I would give my left leg for that...

So my initial blase attitude to my knee being just a bit sore and bruised really stepped up a gear this week. I had my first session with my physio on Tuesday night and here i am sitting downtown on Saturday with a flight to Christchurch booked for tomorrow and an MRI scan and an appointment with an Orthopedic surgeon scheduled for Monday morning. All has escalated very quickly...

At the minute, it looks like i may have done both my ACL and PCL ligaments and torn a section of my quad from off my knee, with a compression fracture to boot! All of this from one snowboard fall, it wasn't even a particularly spectacular crash, just had the board wash out from under my me on some ice whilst riding one of the steepish runs at Cardrona. In all honesty i feel real sheepish about causing all this fuss but i have to be honest with myself and admit that it hasn't got any better since i did it, i still can barely walk, and even if it costs an arm and a leg to pay all these bills, i really don't want it to literally cost me a leg.
Having been at work today with it all day today, one of the girls in the ticket office said that she didn't really fancy going out skiing today cos the weather was a bit naff, i now know the true meaning to saying to someone:

"I'd give my left leg for that..."

I guess this has shown me not to take my mobility for granted, there are so many people out there who would kill for the opportunity to hurt themselves snowboarding, because it is something they cannot access, either physically, financially, or geographically. The saying of you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone is really quite apt, i lost my chance to snowboard, but i've also lost the ability to walk, drive, sleep comfortably and be self reliant. But i know that with the help of the doctors and my physio, i can have another shot at chances for those things again, whilst others have to contend with the eternal knowledge that they cannot. From this i have learned about gratitude, i have learned about accepting help, and i have learned about how quickly basic rights can be taken from you. At least mine will be a temporary situation, but certainly one that has shown me a lot about the world around us...