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Post by ricardoguitars on Aug 20, 2015 23:25:11 GMT -5
Broke my bloody leg again! Same fracture, tibia and fibula, the rod I got installed last time bent, I had it replaced. A cager on the phone turned right in front of me on a corner without paying attention, I laid the scoot on it's side to avoid a direct hit but it fell on my leg again!  The cager left the scene without noticing he caused an accident, he was to busy talking on the damn phone  This time the scoot didn't suffer much damage, just a few scratches and a few cracks on the plastics. |
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Post by spandi on Aug 20, 2015 23:26:35 GMT -5
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING!  |
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Post by ricardoguitars on Aug 20, 2015 23:30:05 GMT -5
I wish, might as well get rid of that leg and get a fake one installed, it keeps getting in the way, lol.
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Post by spandi on Aug 20, 2015 23:32:00 GMT -5
Sorry to here of this (I can't believe it!) of all the things to Happen! Same advice as before: rest and follow the doctors orders. BTW, if you're still going to be riding, find those armored boots!  |
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Post by ricardoguitars on Aug 20, 2015 23:38:59 GMT -5
Sorry to here of this (I can't believe it!) of all the things to Happen! Same advice as before: rest and follow the doctors orders. BTW, if you're still going to be riding, find those armored boots! Definitely will get the boots, bones are not as though as we think, this time the rod helped keep the bones in their place, but they did fracture, the recovery has been quicker than the first time, the leg didn't swell as much and it didn't hurt as much after the surgery, I was off the crutches after almost 3 weeks the first time, this time I was walking around normally after 3 days. I will take a few months off the scoot to allow a full recovery, I guess the insurance company is not happy with me, lol. |
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Post by ricardoguitars on Aug 20, 2015 23:44:16 GMT -5
I have no idea how they remove the bent rod   That's not my knee, that's the place where the rod bent. |
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Post by spandi on Aug 20, 2015 23:44:04 GMT -5
I think you're right about climbing back on a little soon  While you are making a FULL recovery. look over REALLY BRIGHT safety gear, and VERY LOUD horns! |
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Post by spandi on Aug 20, 2015 23:54:51 GMT -5
I can't imagine what it must be like for you to have to go through this AGAIN!  All I can say is to stay off of it and follow whatever the doctor says. STOOPID CAGER! |
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Post by JerryScript on Aug 20, 2015 23:58:36 GMT -5
Wow! Hope you recover well, that bent rod must have felt strange, besides the pain!
I'm tempted every day to take off my lid and swing it thru the windshield of some idiot cager on their phone I have to avoid. Some people shouldn't be allowed to drive any vehicle due to their inability to grasp the concept that they are driving a deadly weapon!
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Post by ricardoguitars on Aug 21, 2015 0:00:22 GMT -5
I can't imagine what it must be like for you to have to go through this AGAIN! All I can say is to stay off of it and follow whatever the doctor says. STOOPID CAGER! I'm amazed at how fast things happened this time, last time I had to wait a week with a cast on until I got the surgery, this time I got the surgery the next day and was off the hospital the day after the surgery, I was off the crutches the 3rd day, I feel like Wolverine  |
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Post by rockynv on Aug 21, 2015 0:05:13 GMT -5
Not again! Might consider waiting a bit longer before riding while this is healing up. I just picked up some level 3 riding jeans with Kevlar yesterday along with a replacement helmet and will be starting the repairs on my bike tomorrow however I waited 60 days for the knee to heal before riding again and will not ride without ATGATT now. At my age things don't heal as fast as they used to so I can't afford to be hasty.
Get back in the saddle however please wait long enough to be fully healed up first.
Just for curiosities sake where were you in the lane as you were coming up on this. You gotta stay out of the dead zones to limit exposure to these types of events.
A dash cam may be a consideration too since they many times will catch the plate number or enough info to track down the responsible party. I just picked up a couple and started using one in the Spider and have it looping on a 32 gig memory card.
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Post by spandi on Aug 21, 2015 0:05:59 GMT -5
I can't imagine what it must be like for you to have to go through this AGAIN! All I can say is to stay off of it and follow whatever the doctor says. STOOPID CAGER! I'm amazed at how fast things happened this time, last time I had to wait a week with a cast on until I got the surgery, this time I got the surgery the next day and was off the hospital the day after the surgery, I was off the crutches the 3rd day, I feel like Wolverine well at least it was over with quickly. but next time hopefully someone from above will be looking out for you. . |
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Post by ricardoguitars on Aug 21, 2015 0:12:05 GMT -5
Not again! Might consider waiting a bit longer before riding while this is healing up. I just picked up some level 3 riding jeans with Kevlar yesterday along with a replacement helmet and will be starting the repairs on my bike tomorrow however I waited 60 days for the knee to heal before riding again and will not ride without ATGATT now. At my age things don't heal as fast as they used to so I can't afford to be hasty. Get back in the saddle however please wait long enough to be fully healed up first. Just for curiosities sake where were you in the lane as you were coming up on this. You gotta stay out of the dead zones to limit exposure to these types of events. A dash cam may be a consideration too since they many times will catch the plate number or enough info to track down the responsible party. I just picked up a couple and started using one in the Spider and have it looping on a 32 gig memory card. I usually ride next to the lane division line, the cager didn't look for incoming traffic when he made the turn, if I where driving a truck he would be dead or seriously injured. |
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Post by spandi on Aug 21, 2015 0:17:14 GMT -5
Like I said "Wolverine" you need someone from above looking out for you. Someone like.......ROGUE!   |
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Post by scooter on Aug 21, 2015 0:46:09 GMT -5
Broke my bloody leg again! Same fracture, tibia and fibula, the rod I got installed last time bent, I had it replaced. A cager on the phone turned right in front of me on a corner without paying attention, I laid the scoot on it's side to avoid a direct hit but it fell on my leg again! The cager left the scene without noticing he caused an accident, he was to busy talking on the damn phone This time the scoot didn't suffer much damage, just a few scratches and a few cracks on the plastics. I would like to make a suggestion, Ricardo. I was in a wreck last year. I was hyper-vigilant and all of these people eeking out into the roads and not noticing me were really freaking me out, so I put on some LED strips in legal amber color, and a white strip under the front wheel well. People say they can see me a mile away, and I have noticed very few "oopsies" since I put them on. I feel a lot safer now, and I can really see the difference it has made. If anyone wants help with them, I have some strips and can prepare them for installation on your bike.   Because other drivers may just see your headlight/s and not much else, they may not be able to process the visual cues they need to make a proper assessment of your distance, leading to the illusion that you are farther away than you appear. They may assume you are a vehicle that is far away, and ignore you as a potential threat. I think people can get a better reading of where and what you are as you are coming down the road with these lights on. You get their attention, and they can see more of your actual size and shape because of the positioning of the light strips. Even in daylight, the lights show up very well against the body panels. This helps them to not run over you. |
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The cager left the scene without noticing he caused an accident, he was to busy talking on the damn phone 
