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2 labor days ago fishing in Maine. I tell my son be very careful of the black colored rock. No korkers. Not 30 seconds later I take a nasty fall. Just touched the back of my head to the rock, snapped my custom rod in 2 pieces. Hurt like hell. Gathered myself up after a few seconds and got up, went home. Bad swelling in my neck for almost a month with nasty loss of motion. Swelling went away and replaced by pain. Xrays and mri 3 months later show degenerative arthritis at the c6/c7 joint in the base of the neck. I'm a Celebrex junky for the rest of my life now. Doc says it will only get worse. I can't drive as much now and have lost about 1/2 the movement in my neck side to side. Neck sounds like crickle crackle crunch in my ears every time it's moved now.
Lesson learned the hard way...wear you frickin corkers even if your only going fishing for a few hours!
This is a pretty common occurrence the doc says it's due to the trauma and scar tissue of whatever happened there. Been through 11 pillows now trying to find something to sleep on.
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