Home from the hospital - update
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:43 am
Well, it finally happened. After 10 on-an-off years of riding I got seriously hurt. Guess I was due, according to the old adage “there are riders who’ve gone down and rider who haven’t – yet.” I was MXing Thursday night and my rear wheel was apparently collected by another rider, pitching me hard to the dirt in a third-gear fast-sweeping corner.
I attribute the fact that I am not hurt much much worse to my guardian angels and my EVS neck brace. I took the full force of the blow on the point of my left shoulder. I can remember the dirt coming up to greet my face thinking this one’s gonna hurt bad. I immediately sat up and grabbed my shoulder and told the corner worker I was certain I broke my collar bone bad. I passed out trying to walk back to the pits, so they carted me off on the stretcher and called the ambulance.
So it turns out my collar bone is NOT BROKE! I had massive pain even tho the ambulance guys gave me 4 hits of pain drugs on the way. Once at the hospital, they discovered my shoulder was dislocated, causing most of my agonizing pain. Also, the top of my humurus wash split into 4 major pieces which will be getting pinned and plated on Monday. They put me out enough to get my shoulder back in which relieved a lot of the pain, and admitted me to have a crappy night’s sleep in the hospital.
I can’t believe the force of the crash broke that bone so bad and dislocated the shoulder without breaking my collarbone. My plastic chest protector was shattered into several pieces and the neck brace had a ding in the plastic frame from where my helmet rim bashed it hard. The helmet has damage there also. If I hadn’t had the brace, that would have ben my collarbone. I had knee and elbow pads on too, and the left elbow was scarfed so hard it bled from the contusion.
So I’m stiff and sore all over and have my left arm in a sling waiting for surgery. The bike is packed with dirt into all kinds of nooks and crannies and the bar is bent from hitting the dirt and my thigh. I have 90 little happy pills callimg my name and am headed out to lala land for now. I’ll see if I can post a pic or two later.
Protection up, everybody!! It really works!! Guardian angels don't hurt either.
I attribute the fact that I am not hurt much much worse to my guardian angels and my EVS neck brace. I took the full force of the blow on the point of my left shoulder. I can remember the dirt coming up to greet my face thinking this one’s gonna hurt bad. I immediately sat up and grabbed my shoulder and told the corner worker I was certain I broke my collar bone bad. I passed out trying to walk back to the pits, so they carted me off on the stretcher and called the ambulance.
So it turns out my collar bone is NOT BROKE! I had massive pain even tho the ambulance guys gave me 4 hits of pain drugs on the way. Once at the hospital, they discovered my shoulder was dislocated, causing most of my agonizing pain. Also, the top of my humurus wash split into 4 major pieces which will be getting pinned and plated on Monday. They put me out enough to get my shoulder back in which relieved a lot of the pain, and admitted me to have a crappy night’s sleep in the hospital.
I can’t believe the force of the crash broke that bone so bad and dislocated the shoulder without breaking my collarbone. My plastic chest protector was shattered into several pieces and the neck brace had a ding in the plastic frame from where my helmet rim bashed it hard. The helmet has damage there also. If I hadn’t had the brace, that would have ben my collarbone. I had knee and elbow pads on too, and the left elbow was scarfed so hard it bled from the contusion.
So I’m stiff and sore all over and have my left arm in a sling waiting for surgery. The bike is packed with dirt into all kinds of nooks and crannies and the bar is bent from hitting the dirt and my thigh. I have 90 little happy pills callimg my name and am headed out to lala land for now. I’ll see if I can post a pic or two later.
Protection up, everybody!! It really works!! Guardian angels don't hurt either.
But I've been doing what they told me, and I got 10 more degrees range of motion in the shoulder than last visit, so I'm earning a Bunch of cold ones when the time is right! 