Messages posted by : NellyPS
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Following my slight incident on the one and only skiing holiday I have every winter, I thought I'd do a little progress report as and when things happen. It's somewhere for me to document my progress as well as keep people informed, should they be interested.
For those that aren't familiar with my story, I had the tiniest fall when I was getting off a chair lift recently, I was trying to avoid someone that had fallen over in front of me, I went to ski round them and my legs gave way sending my knees places they shouldn't really go. At the time of the accident I felt the ligaments tearing in both my knees, however the left one came out worse off and I ended up being dragged off the mountain in the blood wagon and wheeled into the medical centre in the village. The initial prognosis was that I had over stretched the medial ligament in my left knee; I was strapped up and sent on my way with a 250 euro bill and some crutches, with strict instructions not to ski for the rest of my holiday. It was Tuesday. On returning to the UK I saw my own doctor who wrote a letter to the physio at the local hospital and sent me up to A&E to 'get me in the system'. I saw the physio who didn't actually do any physio on me; she just bent my legs into strange places hurting me in the process, told me that I had in fact torn the ligament and possibly also damaged the cartilage as well. I was referred to the knee specialist who I saw today, I am now the proud owner of a hideous leg brace (rather than a nice little knee brace) that means I can't bend my knee at all, I have to have an MRI scan and possible surgery depending on the outcome of the MRI. So things may get worse before they get better, but I can still ski next year as long as I do everything to the book and don't do anything silly, I could be back on my own two feet in 6-8 if no surgery required otherwise it could be a bit longer. Watch this space :-) |
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Anymore than 6 in a group was often referred to as a tw@t of boarders in my day. Having returned from the dark side, I can see both sides of the story, I'm much happier on skis now and for the first time in 5 years I didn't say 'I might hire a board this week' when I was on holiday - I never do, I enjoy my skiing too much now. A lot of the staff in our hotel were young trendy little things, and they were all skiiers which surprised me. I think a lot of it's down to the technology changing and the introduction of twin tips and snow parks no longer just being a boarders only park. Everyone can enjoy the mountain as they want, funnily enough I saw the return of quite a few scooters in La Plagne :shock: It's an ever evolving sport I guess. |
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*Sob* This brought a tear to my eye. I loved what I saw of La Plagne and will be going back at some point, I never even made it to the tunnel! Or Les Arcs. But from what I did see, it was lovely, despite the concrete jungles, the area and the snow was fantastic and got better after I'd injured myself.
Thanks for the overview SS. |
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What a pain though! Assume you got home by some other means? It's possible that the reason I managed to get two seats to myself and stretch my leg out was down to you missing the train! Ally, I was quite surprised by the whole thing, no one asked me for any money until I'd been seen by the doctor and xrayed, and he was the first person to ask about insurance and Carre Neige, he seemed more concerned about me getting the money back on my lift pass. There was no mention of mountain rescue until a couple of days later when the medical centre rang me to ask if I could get my insurance company to fax over confirmation they would pay for the blood wagon, that was it. I guess every resort is different. Knee is doing ok, still hobbling around on crutches but getting easier every day, got first physio next week so should be back up and running in no time :) |
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How ironic that I can now report back on the insurance cover that I took out.
After my little accident last week, we contacted the insurers (Direct Travel Insurance) and they have been brilliant ever since, they called me pretty much every day to make sure I was ok and didn't need any more help, in particular assistance with getting home, the fact that I was returning by train was probably a great relief to them. They liased with the medical centre to pay for the mountain rescue and were prompt at sending through claims forms etc. However, as yet I haven't sent through my receipts etc so I will report back again once the whole thing has been sorted, but in a nutshell, they have been great so far. One thing I did learn from all of this was that the Carre Neige costs something like 2 euros a day and you can reclaim money back on your unsused lift pass after an accident, however having winter sports cover with DTI also covers this, along with mountain rescue so I'm not entirely sure why else you would want the CN cover?? Am I missing something? |
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So, having just spent most of last week in La Plagne restaurants and bars, I can confirm that prices varied as follows:
Large beer – between 6 – 8 euros Hot chocolate – around 3.5 – 4 euros (depending on if you had cream) Cappucino – 3.5 – 4 euros Half bottle of wine – 12 euros Vin chaud – 4 euros Most of these prices are village prices, the most expensive place I came across in La Plagne was the Arpette restaurant in Bellecote @ 11 euros for a hot chocolate and a cappucino :shock: |
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Have a great time and please dedicate a ski to me! :) |
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It has crossed my mind, maybe a weekend late in the season? But obviously I need to be sensible, like admin said I need to get the physio going, it's not that serious and will mend in a few months, just can't do anything the rest of the week! Anyway, back to sleep counting x |
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