Elliot hasn’t visited the forum since January. His handle is Big_Boy_4005. So it wasn’t his post you saw.
With all due respect to Elliot as well as the concerned members of this forum. Folks should pay closer attention to posting dates as well as the content of an older thread.
From the first page of this thread , posted 11/27/20:
"As for the subject of this topic, I have not set foot in the train room in well over a year. All train related activities have stopped. The main reason for this is my health. The neuropathy in my hands is so severe, I have trouble with a knife and fork, let alone modeling tools. My other problem is my knees. I injured the left one about three years ago, when I tripped over an electrical cord, and landed on the bare concrete. The following year, I did the right one, when I did a toe plant into the floor while putting away groceries."
"As if all of that wasn't enough, fourteen weeks ago, I fell again. This time was the worst. I ended up with a compound fracture of both the right tibia and fibula. That's when the bone sticks out through the skin. For football fans, think Dak Prescott, or if you're old school, Joe Theismann."
"There was a silver lining to having neuropathy in my legs, I heard the bones snap, but never felt any pain. The ambulance crew, sheriff's deputies, and ER staff, couldn't believe it. The first day in the hospital, I took a couple rounds of Tylenol, but that was it."
"After a couple nights in the hospital, they shipped me off to rehab for two and a half weeks. I was lucky to have dodged Covid while I was there. They started getting cases just after I went home."
"We had to rent a ramp, so I could get in the house in my wheel chair. One day, about five weeks ago, it snowed. That was the day I relearned how to get up the steps in the garage. I'm getting around pretty well now, but I still have to wear a boot 24/7. I'm pretty sure the bones are healed. The problem is the skin, that's still a mess. Of course I can't drive, because it's my right leg."
"I haven't been through a metal detector since I did this, but I'm curious if all this metal would set it off, cause there is a bunch of it, rods and plates and pins and screws."
"Well, there you have it, straight from the horse's mouth. No more guessing required."
"Without anything train related to talk about, I don't plan to hang out here anymore. It has been a difficult decision to give it up, but I just can't do it anymore. Sorry guys, it was fun while it lasted."
Elliot