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Got to kick the wheelchair and walker yesterday, so pelvis is about healed, wrist is going well with therapy, still 8 weeks till I can work though, Dr. told me today on a scale of 10, this was a 9.9 for worst he's seen, the radius was shattered so bad, almost not enough bone to plate together, almost ended up with a fused wrist, you can see the gap under the plate in the x-ray

This one is one week after surgery



this one is X-ray from today, 5 weeks after surgery, you can see the gap of missing bone under the plate at the end of the radius bone. You can also see 3 screws in my hand from a break in '01



This one you can see the 9 screws in my wrist



This is today, 5 weeks after surgery, scar healing well, still swollen and WAY deformed

Gnarly!!!!!!!!!!

WOW!!!!!
Good luck to you and let us know about your progress, albeit slow, ( I knlw I did a Knee one Year ago)
Tim

Slow for sure, not sure when, if ever I'll ride again. All my regular riding partners are selling and done after my year, dad, bro-inlaw, and girlfriend all have their bikes for sale

So if anyone is looking for a good used bike, I have 4 listed, 05 450X, 07 450X, 07 250X, and a 99 YZ250, then if I decide to follow, another 05 450X

One hell of a vacation Get healed up !!!

Did the Doc tell you the super hot water trick to promote healing ?


paul

I have one of those scars, on the inside of my wrist though. Had plate and 5 screws in there for a couple years. I don't recommend it.

paul turner wrote:One hell of a vacation Get healed up !!!

Did the Doc tell you the super hot water trick to promote healing ?


paul

No, please do tell, always willing and open to healing advice.
Doing plenty of heat, stretching, and ice, physical therapy 3 times a week, PT and doc both say I'm making excellent progress and actually ahead of expected norm for gaining range of motion, get to start strength exercises tomorrow, usually they wait till 8 weeks and I'm not even at 6 yet. I don't want to rush it though, I unfortunately know the downfalls of pushing back from an injury too hard. I do have great disability insurance though, and work is SLOW right now,and being a comission job, sitting at home getting my check delivered to the front door isn't too bad right now

Another update: Another wrist surgery in late Nov due to joint not aligning/healing properly, had to have a bone graft from my leg put into radius bone, well, still not going very well, Feb 1st will be 6 months out of work, so, bike is for sale. Going to be a LONG time, if ever I am able to get back in the dirt on a MC

nminus1 wrote:I have one of those scars, on the inside of my wrist though. Had plate and 5 screws in there for a couple years. I don't recommend it.

I have one on the top and bottom now, they removed plate from top and put in in the bottom, along with a bone graft, my wrist is JUNK!

Really sorry to hear that this injury can put an end to something I know you enjoyed a lot. Personally, I don't see how you could safely do much riding with a fused wrist ... bummer friend. Heal quickly.

how much for the bikes that are listed?

socalnathan wrote:how much for the bikes that are listed?

#3500 OBO for the 450X, see my ad in the for sale section. only bike for sale

Roady wrote:Really sorry to hear that this injury can put an end to something I know you enjoyed a lot. Personally, I don't see how you could safely do much riding with a fused wrist ... bummer friend. Heal quickly.

They haven't fused it yet.....that is yet. That would be last/worst case scenario. My problem is in the joint between the radius and the ulna. They got the carpal/radius joint to align great and it is functioning very well, just my TFCC (ligament from radius to Ulna) is destroyed and the bone/joint between them is smashed to smitherines, so, short of a joint replacment which has only been on the market in the US for about 5 to 6 years, it's just grin and bear it for now. Vary unstable and painful at the time. I WILL be back on a dirt bike in some fashion in the future, just need to get the temptation out of my mind right now, so that is why the sale, I need to give my wrist at least a good year before I even consider it. But for the time being, I picked up a 2005 Yami FZ1 to scratch the itch

Roady wrote:Really sorry to hear that this injury can put an end to something I know you enjoyed a lot. Personally, I don't see how you could safely do much riding with a fused wrist ... bummer friend. Heal quickly.

Anyway, by the time you retire to good ol, AZ, I should be ready to show ya around the gorgeous back roads/trails of this beautiful state, probably on a big KTM by then

slomotobug wrote:

Roady wrote:Really sorry to hear that this injury can put an end to something I know you enjoyed a lot. Personally, I don't see how you could safely do much riding with a fused wrist ... bummer friend. Heal quickly.

Anyway, by the time you retire to good ol, AZ, I should be ready to show ya around the gorgeous back roads/trails of this beautiful state, probably on a big KTM by then

No mater how hard I try I can't hide my ulterior motives Don't let your Pops sell his either !