31th January 2014

Just a regular friday afternoon when i went with a friend to my favorite climbing gym for bouldering. We did several routes for warm up an i worked on one of my projects but it didn’t work out. Always from 4th to 5th hold (both tiny crimp holds) i fell out of the wall 1,5 meters down. No big deal as i always landed on that fluffy crashpad underground, the route was overhanging so no problem at all. After trying 3 times this day i gave up and did a route in same grade just onsite. YEAH, 7a boulder –> onsite, awesome i felt strong and able to climb anything else :) . Now after managing this route in the same grade as my project i wanted to try it only one more time. So back to my project and easily i moved up to crimp hold #4 and then a dynamic move to #5 and yes i was holding that crimp with just to fingers and it was good. After releasing hold #4 to get my hand free for hold #6 my left foot slipped away and one more time i fell down. this time on a f***ing volume which was the starting point of an easier route. My right foot hit the volume really hard and the rest of my body moved on, so my foot was twisted and only my upper body hit the soft gym mat. That hurts so incredibly so that i didn’t realize what was happening. Instantly some of the gym trainers went by and gave ice packs to me. All experts around had been sure that maybe some bands in my foot have been ripped of. Because the pain made it impossible for me to make serious decisions what to do next my friend had to decide what to do next. He caught another guy standing around to carry me into his car and he drove me into the hospital.

waiting for the doc and cooling my swallowed foot

waiting for the doc and cooling my swallowed foot

this is the very nice entrance of the hospital if you have a serious problem.

this is the very nice entrance of the hospital if you have a serious problem.

xray

After taking some x ray pictures from my foot the local doctors decided to call their boss. It was friday late evening, which means that there were not that many surgeons around. After one more Computer Tomography the doc asked me the following.

Doc: „when did you eat last time, and what?“.
Me: „a sandwich for lunch“
Doc: „all right then we will perform surgery tonight“
Me: „When?“
Doc:“NOW ! I just have to call my boss he will do it.“
Me: „Okay! how long have i to stay here“
Doc: „no idea, that’s not your biggest problem right now but i guess some days …“

I was pissed of because that ruined all my plans for the next „some days“ and i had no clue what he meant with „some“. But I was kind of relaxed in my delirium of taking my third painkilling pill.

this picture shows the broken Talus in the middle of the foot.

this picture shows the broken Talus in the middle of the foot.

the pic shows the foot from the back

the pic shows the foot from the back

01st February
After waking up i had some more pills for breakfast and the surgeons described what i exactly did to my foot.

awekening in the hospital

awakening in the hospital

this was my daily dose just for breakfast

this was my daily dose just for breakfast

one day after the surgery the swallowed foot looked like from the michelin puppet.

one day after the surgery the swallowed foot looked like from the michelin puppet.

They had to put in 5 Nails, 2 screws and 2 wires into my foot because i broke one of my metatarsal bones (these bones that are connecting your toes with your ankle). And the more problematic injury was that i broke the Talus bone (the main weight bearing bone in the ankle). And what made it worse that the surgeons didn’t know if they succeeded. The Prof. told me that if the parts don’t fit together it will be necessary to stiff the ankle so that bones can not rub on each other and cause pain.

this showes where the wires, nails and screws were located

this shows where the wires, nails and screws have been located

xray of the main screws fixing the three major parts of my broken talus

xray of the main screws fixing the three major parts of my broken talus

That’s pretty rare because i didn’t break the bone into 2 parts with a flat surface. I broke the talus bone into three bigger parts and between these parts several bone-flakes were located because of the rotational force. Everything inside my ankle was smashed and couldn’t be connected together with screws and nails.

CT picture showing the location of all metal parts. the long one prevents my ankle to move in any direction.

CT picture showing the location of all metal parts. the long one prevents my ankle to move in any direction.

xray from the side which shows where the talus is located and how the docs tried to fix it.

xray from the side which shows where the talus is located and how the docs tried to fix it.

Then i started to realize what that means: maybe my right foot stays stiff for the next 50 years … not so good :*(
The worst day of my life i had to admit. I started to question myself why that has to happen to me …

14th February
After two weeks lying around and sleeping not more than 1-2 hours in a row i was allowed to leave the hospital with a wheelchair and crouches.
Doc: „But do not use your foot!“
During this time i had to cancel vacation, was not allowed to do any sportive action which involves my legs, was unable to drive a car and couldn’t go to work. Terrible situation and very frustrating because i love traveling and climbing and spent much time before the accident to plan a trip to Spain. Hell – that was the time when i really had to struggle with bad mood and felt depressed. This phase lasted from February till mid of May :(

My friends, my colleagues and my family took much care of me in this time. Thanks to everybody who supported me during that period!! I started a rehab program twice a week just to get my upper body into movement. A horrible time started living 8 weeks with your leg in plaster. No hands free to carry a glas of water, standing on one foot while cooking in the kitchen and carrying stuff in a backpack all the time you are out with crouches. What i learned during this time: „focus on what you can do and not what you can’t do!“

training my back was one of few exercises but i had to focus on what's possible

training my back was one of few exercises but i had to focus on what’s possible

3th April
Jippi the plaster was removed, but my foot looked like i didn’t use it for months. Wait ! i didn’t use it for months. I was still not able to move my ankle because of the metal inside my foot. So any time my leg was hanging downwards it went blue because of blood streaming in. And you need to move your muscles to get the blood back, but my muscles vanished and i was not able to perform such movements. So the only way was to hold the leg higher than my heart. which means –> lying around.

after the leg cast was removed my damaged foot looked really thin compared to the left.

after the leg cast was removed my damaged foot looked really thin compared to the left.

my foot started to turn blue because of blood getting into it due to gravity :)

my foot started to turn blue because of blood getting into it due to gravity :)

it was unpossible to touch the ground with the whole foot but only with my toes

it was impossible to touch the ground with the whole foot but only with my toes

29th April
After three month of doing nothing more or less i had my second surgery. One of these f**ing nails was removed which made my ankle stiff beforehand.

the nail which prevented any movements of the ankle

the nail which prevented any movements of the ankle

this shows where the nail was positioned to stabilize the bones

this shows where the nail was positioned to stabilize the bones

yeah i was able to move my foot with my hand, it hurt but it was possible. Active movement impossible because –> no muscles and shortened ligaments. Which meant practicing, practicing and practicing.

30th May
use your foot :)
finally i was allowed to move my foot passively and actively. It gave me pain but as well confidence that everything is getting better.

 

10th June
In June i was the first time out for location scouting with my friend. Still with crouches but man we managed it to get to the wall and just looked a little bit around. Again i was infected to get out climbing outdoor as soon as possible.

first time out in nature. not to easy to access a rock with crouches. the approach can be difficult.

first time out in nature. not to easy to access a rock with crouches. the approach can be difficult.

24th June
First time back climbing at my favorite spot outside. Yeaaaha top rope climbing left foot a climbing shoe and right a „Trango Guide Hiking shoe“ hey i did a grade 4 climb :) yes yes yes. That felt good and because my friends were carrying my backpack, rope, water, food so let’s say anything i needed to climb it was possible to get back climbing.
No it was up to me to regain strength. I was practicing a lot and my friends made it possible to went out twice a week to the climbing gym or into Frankenjura or outside anywhere else.

after 5 months i started to climb top rope outside on a rock with some friends

after 5 months i started to climb top rope outside on a rock with my friends

28th September
After three more months of walking, hiking, climbing i was able to keep me on my feet up to 6 hours a day. That was quiet good so i decided to join the PETZL Roc Trip with a friend :)

visiting Meteora when taking part one week at petzl roc trip'14

visiting Meteora when taking part one week at petzl roc trip’14

We booked the flight to Thessaloniki and went by car to meteora to take part at the roc trip – what a wonderful experience. That wouldn’t have been possible with my friend who had to be my personal sherpa. And after 6 hours my foot was f***ed up and i was only capable to belay my friend. He did the free part and i only tried to keep track on top rope. One of the greatest adventures of my life :)

What i have learned during that time: you have to proof to yourself that you can make it. That feeling of success gives you the energy to work harder on your goals. That was necessary to regain physical but more important mental strength.

6 hours a day it possible for me to climb, after that pain made it impossible to go further.

6 hours a day it possible for me to climb, after that pain made it impossible to go further.

18th December

Getting out this whole metal stuff

And again i had an appointment in the hospital to get the nails and srews removed. The scary thing about that is that i remembered the pain and the hard time for rehab in February. It’s hard to look forward when you know that this surgery throws you back again. i hate it, but there’s no other way.

all this stuff was implanted into my foot.

all this stuff was implanted into my foot.

So again my foot is swallowed and i can not move it without having this terrible pain. So no driving, walking or moving without crouches arrrghhh. But Hey, this time i know what i have to do to fight my way back. I’m sure that this will get quiet faster.

xray shows how my ankle looks finally after removel of screws and nails (2 will remain inside my Tallus)

xray shows how my ankle looks finally after removel of screws and nails (2 will remain inside my Tallus)

 

Today – 5th January 2015

And this is where i am standing today. The last year has been more challenging than anything else i’ve experienced ever before. After this hard rehabilitation process I gained strength and confidence. And what i learned out of this painful journey is that there is always a solution even if you think you won’t overcome the situation. You have to accept the situation and figure out what you can influence to make it better. You have to train really hard, fight and motivate yourself again and again. After suffering a long time and regaining strength it’s possible to overcome the worst situation. Find and fight your way for a good physical and mental health !

 

Now i'm looking confident into the future.

Now i’m looking confident into the future.

Happy new Year 2015

Posted: 31st Dezember 2014 by admin in climbing

I wish you all a very happy new year.

Good luck, good health and Happiness :)

Happy new year 2015 !!

Happy new year 2015 !!

Greece local animals :)

Posted: 1st Dezember 2014 by admin in MBE

Wuhu

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Visiting Frankfurt

Posted: 21st November 2014 by admin in MBE

Awesome city but incredible Slow if no Busses or trains are present because of strike

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Kickstarting the blog

Posted: 14th November 2014 by admin in MBE

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Hello World Vibrio fischeri

Posted: 19th April 2014 by admin in hacking

Alright, next project idea is now ready to get started.
In the begining of malicious software spread over the internet, security agencys named this kind of programs „viruses“.
Cause scientists knew more about biological viruses than about malicious software, they named it after something they are familiar with. In my opinion this has changed and as scientists today seem to know more about computer viruses than about the biological equivalent.
Why? Because people are now able to create, spawn, manipulate, distribute, alter computer viruses. We are developing root kits and exploits for even believed safe applications and encryption algorithms.
You don’t believe me? Just take a look at the heartbleed attack on OpenSSL 2014. Or remember the GSM hack from Harald Welte which has shown volunerabilities of this believed as safe encryption.
As we now know more about computer viruses we can transform this knowledge to biology.

More or less malicious software and organisms are doing the same.
Repeating a function or method, using a set of defined functions, knowing a set of standard instructions, reproducing itself, infiltrating a host and performing a defined task.
So no difference in calculating the fibonacci numbers or manipulating a cell that should glow in the dark 😉 Got me?

Instead of using libraries you choose from a set of available genes and activate or deactivate these genes for glowing. If you have a cell that does not have this gene you want to activate, perform an SQL injection 😉

Sounds easy. It’s not!
Next Post will show my BOM to get all the necessary stuff for creating bioluminescence. I will try how hard it really is to hack Bio Cells 😉

Back to IT

Posted: 9th April 2014 by admin in hacking, Technology

To bring this back to live i will try to post more stuff 😉 unless I’m uncertain What the content would Look like !

Okay guy will start With some it projects i did in the.
The last thing was getting iswipe to run on iPad 5 with ios 7.0.6

I Adidas hiro theme and some Widgets and this is what it looks like:

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Finding Nemo in New England

Posted: 9th Februar 2013 by admin in USA

Trying to keep up to date what is happening right now at the U.S. east coast.
Blizzard Nemo arrived on 8th of February in the North East of the U.S.

Much snow, in Massachusetts driving a car is forbidden right now. in Conneticut 80cm snow.

See some webcam livecasts:

http://new.livestream.com/onsiteonline/Blizzard

Some experimental tries to get the augmented reality thing to work 😀

and no it’s not QR code.

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Final Post on MBE

Posted: 12th Januar 2013 by admin in MBE, MBE-SCMT

never say never but i think i won’t post that many blog entries about the MBE in the next time.

Because I’m done with MBE, the defense was done, the grade for the Thesis is out and i’m totally glad that i got an interesting an challenging job afterwards at Siemens 😉

So there are only a view things more to say:
1. I would do it again !
2. The worldwide excursions and study trips were awesome!
3. Met that many great people (students, teachers, company owners and entrepreneurs)
4. i’m sure that it will pay back in the future

Everything was really good, there is still one additional „but“.
The organisation, the paper work that needs to be done, getting information in the right time, writing exams, case studies, transfer papers making presentations was exhausting. And you must not expect too much! not every lecture was perfectly organised brought you to a higher level of understanding economy and the world trade or was value adding. But making a conclusion I am satisfied with that. There were others before they expected too much from university and in the end what was their conclusion? (!!) Da steh ich nun ich armer Tor und bin so klug als wie zuvor 😉

that’s it

Thank you so much for reading my blog. And i would be happy to answer a lot of questions in the Q&A section of this blog.
This blog will still be kept online, but i might change the purpose and headline topics in the future i guess.

Cheers
Andi