Omelet wrote:
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> I'm so sorry Dave. :-(
> It's hard to give up something you love.
> Is there any way you can wear protective clothing of some sort?
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> I've never broken a bone yet, but I have hurt myself a few times doing
> things I enjoy, but I keep doing them anyway...

I never broke a bone until I was 52 and got thrown over a jump. That was
a collar bone and it was 6 years ago. I have to say that as painful as
this is when I move the wrong way, it doesn't hurt anywhere near as much
as the collar bone did.