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| #52  26-Oct-2005, 11:56 | ||||
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Weird that! I had the same experience when I fell off earlier this year on the continent negotiating a rather nasty hairpin in the French Alps.  Anyway, I remember everything apart from the second or so when it all went t*ts up. Can remember clearly the sliding across the road and hitting the bank on the other side thinking - phew Im glad nothing was coming down the other way! But ask me what happened at the crucial moment and Im completely blank, must be to do with shock. Sorry to hear of your accident stu and hope you make a full recovery. I still love riding despite my spill and time in hospital etc and if anything its made me a better rider...  Im sure you'll feel the same when you get back in the saddle.   |
| #54 26-Oct-2005, 15:12 | ||||
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Having had a rupture of my anterior cruciate ligament playing basketball I can tell you that it's spelled - cruciate. Sounds like a fair bit of grief. Like Phil says, do the physio properly. I'm losing strength and movement in my left hand right now because my left shoulder is pinching a nerve. Why? Because I dislocated my shoulder, collarbone and tore the cartilage off the bone in there last year. After the operation I had to screw the cartilage back on I didn't finish my physio properly ... this is why I'm having the nerve problems now. DO THE PHYSIO! [Edited on 26-10-2005 by TP] |
| #55 26-Oct-2005, 15:35 | ||||
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| Take it from one recuperating cripple to another... ...do what the physio tells you, when the physio tells you or suffer the painful consequences later  I've still got the carbon fibre cage and titanium rods n screws holding my spine together and my ribs have all been cut'n'shut to fit my smaller chest cavity so they've still got the wire holding them all in place. The spinal fittings will always be there, even though they're rubbing on my shoulder blades, the rib-wires are staying too, even though they feel like they're digging into the muscles alongside. I suppose the moral is, don't be a muppet in the first place, but when you do, get the best opinion you can afford (yes, pay for it if you have to!) and then make sure you LISTEN TO THEM |
| #56 26-Oct-2005, 18:09 | ||||
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| sorry to hear about your crash.  good luck and have a fast recovery time,  I had a crash that broke my cruciate ligaments and it took 6 week before they took the cast off and 2 or 3 mouths of physio to get it to move probably,  |
| #57 26-Oct-2005, 19:22 | |||
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ttstu, the doctor said that in some cases the steel bar can stay, but in my case it was too painful as they let around 5 cms of it coming off from the hip bone, so that really affected my mobility. Here check these    as for physio.... start it ASAP!!! I had my accident on the 14th of November, had surgery on 15th, went home on the 19th and started phsyo on the 19th. Yes, you must take it slowly at first and it can be quite painful, but it's essencial for a good rehab. In March i was back on ridding, and in April i was in a trackday (but yeah, it was too crazy and i still had crutches ), that's just to show you how important physio is.As for my accident, i remember every single bit (i still have the slow motion image in my head of the car cutting my lane and just getting in fron of me  ).Ok, be strong and heal fast. Also, try to set a goal for yourself. My goal was to be back on ridding bikes in April, and, for general surprise (doctor, physio etc.. said i was crazy and that it was impossible), i was doing it on March. |
| #60 27-Oct-2005, 03:32 | ||||
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The French are always to blame As you said, you're still here, that's the main thing. Airport security going to be interesting though  |
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