The harsh reality of the motorcycle accident set in a few days after the fact. I remembered that I saw the driver do a ‘fake’ left turn, and that I had slowed down because he looked like he was turning. I was first in a line of traffic on this two lane road. He balked, stopped, and I twisted downward on the throttle, because he clearly saw me. Just as I pulled down, he pulled out! I hit him with throttle wide open, barely attacking my brake handle, clutch handle, and right foot crushing the rear brake pedal. Hit him behind the rear wheel, just before the bumper, and the bike went sideways, my left side facing oncoming traffic, and my right side taking full impact with the pavement.
I’m laying in bed at home as this all appears in my mind. Full leg immobilzing brace. My knee literally the size of a cantalope. Pain meds help some, but not enough. My right arm lost skin down to the dermal level near my elbow. It’s wrapped up fully from wrist to shoulder. Not exactly how I had envisioned my Summer Of Freedom.
Doc says I will be in physical therapy after my wounds heal for 9 weeks. Three times a week for 3 full months. Super awesome!! No physical activity for about 4 total months. I’ll let that sink in for a minute.... Think of all the things you can’t do when you can’t stand, kneel, or drive. For 4 months. (Barreness, for some reason YOU came to mind when I wrote that. ;-) ) Yeah, so not a lot you can do during those warm summer nights.... Maybe sit at the local cantina and enjoy a cold drink, but hobbling back to the car just seems so... Humiliating in a way.
During my physical therapy, my wonderfully cool therapist observes that my stomach muscles aren’t working in their proper manner. It doesn’t appear to be from my accident, as I didn’t suffer any abdominal injuries. She suspects that I may have suffered a hernia, and I should see my regular doctor about it. Annnnnnd, she was right. Umbilical hernia it is! What the eff??
I wasn’t able to get to my Doctor for two months. His work schedule (he’s a sports med doctor, and works for a team) and mine prevented me from being seen right away. Doc says it’s an old injury, and he’s surprised that I didn’t notice it earlier. Well, I’m a guy, we don’t all stand in front of the mirror admiring ourselves and showin’ off the gun show and loving the washboard every morning. So no heavy lifting until we can get you in for surgery.
Two months after THAT, I get my surgery. So that gets all you little freaks just about up to date.... The next post will take you through the wonderful world of internal medicine, and what I’ve learned about surgery over the last 3 months. Stay tuned.
Hey, YOU wondered where I’ve been, you’re finding out, so lay off. At least I wrote something....
Doc says I will be in physical therapy after my wounds heal for 9 weeks. Three times a week for 3 full months. Super awesome!! No physical activity for about 4 total months. I’ll let that sink in for a minute.... Think of all the things you can’t do when you can’t stand, kneel, or drive. For 4 months. (Barreness, for some reason YOU came to mind when I wrote that. ;-) ) Yeah, so not a lot you can do during those warm summer nights.... Maybe sit at the local cantina and enjoy a cold drink, but hobbling back to the car just seems so... Humiliating in a way.
During my physical therapy, my wonderfully cool therapist observes that my stomach muscles aren’t working in their proper manner. It doesn’t appear to be from my accident, as I didn’t suffer any abdominal injuries. She suspects that I may have suffered a hernia, and I should see my regular doctor about it. Annnnnnd, she was right. Umbilical hernia it is! What the eff??
I wasn’t able to get to my Doctor for two months. His work schedule (he’s a sports med doctor, and works for a team) and mine prevented me from being seen right away. Doc says it’s an old injury, and he’s surprised that I didn’t notice it earlier. Well, I’m a guy, we don’t all stand in front of the mirror admiring ourselves and showin’ off the gun show and loving the washboard every morning. So no heavy lifting until we can get you in for surgery.
Two months after THAT, I get my surgery. So that gets all you little freaks just about up to date.... The next post will take you through the wonderful world of internal medicine, and what I’ve learned about surgery over the last 3 months. Stay tuned.
Hey, YOU wondered where I’ve been, you’re finding out, so lay off. At least I wrote something....
Everyone has a story. Glad you are sharing yours.
ReplyDeleteI am moderately concerned about your ability to appropriately judge when and how much medical care you need. I think you tend to underestimate WAY. TOO. MUCH. (you dismissed the NURSE who found you. there are other examples that collectively mystify me.)
ReplyDeleteyour blog is doing weird things, comments and posts disappearing, but... glad you are STILL HERE.
No need for concern HM. The 'nurse' who found me was a vet assistant. She was one of a dozen people at the scene. My posts fell into the Blogger server void, when they crashed, or were being serviced, or whatever they were doing to them. Sorry about the lost comments, too.
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