Good point. Its definitely not black and white... but I'd lean on the side of leaving you limping unfortunately. I wonder though - would you ski anyway, if the doctors didn't exist? I'd suspect so...
I "feel" that there is some difference between the injury type situation and the self inflected harm of depression or obesity though - its possible to ski without any injuries, but its not possible to put on loads of weight, or take a depressed approach to life without suffering the consequences. I guess I am more inclined to feel sorry for you because the risk from skiing is such that you might have avoided the injury if the situation were more favorable... its more "unlucky" than "inevitable".
Thanks for the wealth of information with which to undo my supposed ignorance...
I never said its a choice anyway, just that behaviour can cause it... whether its intentional or not is another story, and I'm not going to claim that all depression is not physiological - I'm sure there are real hormonal/neurological problems which lead to depression. My personal experience however is that change in behaviour solved my own depression... so in at least one case it is true. My doctor prescribed me pills and his attitude towards it was unhelpful, despite being very sympathetic and supportive - a good slap round the face about my attitude would have been much more effective.
I should probably add that I'm pretty fat, bordering on obese perhaps, but I don't consciously over eat...
I "feel" that there is some difference between the injury type situation and the self inflected harm of depression or obesity though - its possible to ski without any injuries, but its not possible to put on loads of weight, or take a depressed approach to life without suffering the consequences. I guess I am more inclined to feel sorry for you because the risk from skiing is such that you might have avoided the injury if the situation were more favorable... its more "unlucky" than "inevitable".