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Post by 'O'Verse on Nov 29, 2018 21:23:36 GMT -5
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Post by oldgeek on Nov 29, 2018 21:38:02 GMT -5
So sad. A helmet could have made a difference.
I ride without a helmet, but since Brent's accident, I have been really looking for and trying some on in the pawn shops when I see them, hoping to find a style and size that fits me so I can order one. Helmets are not a big seller in South Carolina, simply because they are not required.
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Post by 90GTVert on Nov 30, 2018 6:24:30 GMT -5
Very sad to see this happen period, but especially when the cause of death was head trauma and no helmet was worn. Seems so easily avoided. My brain can't even comprehend it when I watch people here cross over the state line into DE where there is no helmet law and take their helmet off and strap it to the bike. They call it freedom. I call it stupid. Sorry if that offends the folks that don't wear helmets, but I'm telling you from personal experience that hitting the road even with a helmet on sucks. We're talking about $100 or maybe less that could literally save your life. Do not assume you won't crash. Don't kid yourself and think that you're so good that you can't crash. Some stuff is unavoidable, unless you just stay home. Anyway, I'll get off of my soap box. I just hate to see stuff like this happen and will gladly speak up if it may help in any way to convince someone else to start wearing a helmet or at least thinking about it. While I'm here; it's exactly 2 months today since my crash. The shoulder is still sore with some movements. Still can't lay on my left side to sleep as I used to or it hurts, but I think it's not that far away. Strength is improving. It doesn't really bother me most of the time, but I still have to watch it or I can make it hurt. Sometimes just bad posture gets it going. I wouldn't even know my ribs were ever hurt for the most part now. Still have tender spots on the shoulder, tricep, elbow, belly/hip and knee. The knee is the most persistent issue, but it's much better now than it has been. At the beginning of the week, I went to a warehouse store and pushed a cart around. First time I've tried to walk far, especially on concrete, without the cane. Not what I'd call painful, but within a few minutes I was feeling a lot of pressure in the knee. Continued that way for prob 10 minutes. My father was with me so I got him to push the cart and I took the cane for the last few minutes and the walk back to the car. I had just started walking a little in the house without it prior to that. Use it prob 50/50 now just in the house. Gotta work on my gait and strength so I'm not limping, but overall I'm happy to be able to walk around some now. There are still movements that can cause sharp pain so I have to be careful not to twist the knee or anything like that, but it continually improves. I did cancel my knee appt that was going to be a week from now. Just don't see the purpose of another $1000 visit when it's getting better so they aren't going to do much by their own admission at the last visit. As long as nothing changes for the worst, I should be done with docs and therapy related to this now. If following all guidelines, I'd be going back for checkups again in 3 months, but that ain't happening either as long as I continue to improve. I just got word that my $2500 personal injury protection from scooter insurance has been used up after some bills were redirected. So far, the only thing I've paid was when they required out of pocket at the knee appointment because they saw the insurance issue and for 2 prescriptions from the day that I crashed, but I'll probably start finding out how bad the bills actually are before too long. Long story short; there's a lot of room for improvement, but things are getting better and I think normal life isn't all that far away. I want to ride, but that I have avoided. If I have the will power, I will stay off for a while. Not really wanting to ride during peak deer time anyway if I'm honest. The idea of more deer kinda terrifies me ATM.  |
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Post by FrankenMech on Nov 30, 2018 16:24:14 GMT -5
I am glad you are feeling better. Injuries like that will haunt you your entire life though. We never really heal completely. Then there is diabetes which can slow down healing a LOT, -or not healing at all.
Not wearing a helmet and crashing can give you the Darwin award.
The reason that helmets are required in most states is the cost of medical treatment for head injuries borne by the public at large through insurance premiums or taxes. Sometimes that $$$ treatment can go on for life...
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Post by fuzzyruttin on Nov 30, 2018 19:27:28 GMT -5
90GTVert I've been following this thread and your recovery but haven't said much. What everyone has been saying is basically my sentiment as well. We (two wheeler gang) have all been through it, and if not, brace yourself because it will happen... just a question of how hard it'll hit. You took a hard spill man. Kudos for putting up a good fight and keeping a positive spirit. Personally, I have always ridden back to the scene of the accident as soon as physically possible, just to punch it back in the face and say "Is that all you got?!" Whatever. Obviously we all appreciate your efforts and wish for your well being. Glad you are doing ok.
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Post by 90GTVert on Nov 30, 2018 20:59:10 GMT -5
Personally, I have always ridden back to the scene of the accident as soon as physically possible, just to punch it back in the face and say "Is that all you got?!" I'll ride by the area very regularly. It's only 2.5 miles from my house and on the main route to anywhere. No trouble finding it either, because I left behind a big dark stain from gas and 2T oil. The scene of the accident won't really be an issue for me. As much as I've had close calls with deer and seen so many cross the road or by the road, it is suddenly scary as hell knowing that at any moment one of the damn things can come seemingly from out of nowhere ruin the near future or worse. Not that I was unaware before, but it makes it feel very real after it has happened. I never had that attitude from the rogue hay bale incident, because I figured it's so uncommon and unlikely to ever happen again. I will get back on 2 wheels, no doubt. I would be a liar if I said it didn't worry me though. |
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Post by FrankenMech on Dec 1, 2018 1:35:17 GMT -5
I had a near drowning incident with a canoe on a rain swollen river. Getting back into a canoe the next year was one of the hardest things I have ever done. Once I had launched and paddled a few hundred yards and shot a rapids I felt better. It still raises a pucker at times though.
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Post by 90GTVert on Dec 3, 2018 19:03:50 GMT -5
I drove by the scene of the accident today taking my father to a doctor and there was a dead deer in the ditch about 10ft from my pre-mix stain. Then a few hours later I got the mail and someone sent me this (presumably related to Secret Santa).   |
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Post by 90GTVert on Dec 6, 2018 20:03:06 GMT -5
Another gift appeared in my mailbox today from parts unknown.  |
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Post by oldgeek on Dec 6, 2018 21:08:32 GMT -5
Is Monty hungry or in love?  |
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Post by FrankenMech on Dec 7, 2018 1:30:15 GMT -5
Is Monty hungry or in love? Wait for the next picture...  NSFW |
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Post by sToRm on Dec 13, 2018 12:23:24 GMT -5
Saw this on YouTube and guess who appears at 31:57.
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Post by 90GTVert on Dec 13, 2018 13:37:35 GMT -5
Saw this on YouTube and guess who appears at 31:57. Nice find. That burnout is in another vid too, but now I forget which one. Of course everyone with a cam saw the only burnout I've ever done where someone lifted the scoot like it couldn't do it on it's own. lol They were cheering because there were cops right across the street when I did it and none of the cars would do anything but rev. |
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Post by 90GTVert on Dec 19, 2018 11:57:29 GMT -5
Now almost 3 months post-crash (11.5 weeks), I just took my first ride. It was brief, but it's also 40F and I wore a mesh jacket over a flannel that doesn't block wind (waiting on new jacket, old one destroyed). Riding with just jeans in this, I won't have to ice the knee! Felt good to get out, but I have to be careful getting on and off of the scoot because any twisting, bending certain ways, etc... can make it hurt pretty good. You better believe I was scanning the fields as I passed at 80+MPH too. Safety first. The scoot actually smelled like burning dust BTW. Maybe that's because of my father though. He had to do a project that I'd normally do shortly after the crash. Instead of cutting down a piece of wood to fit what was needed, he used my bench grinder that's right beside the TMAX to grind a board and made a bunch of fine dust.  I actually walked without a cane for quite a while the first time yesterday. My father had been taking up my slack with groceries and shopping this whole time, but he got gout in his foot and was on crutches. I went to Wal-Mart and a grocery store and ended up waking around for over an hour combined and the knee didn't act up too much after. It is still swollen. It still hurts. It's still stiff... but compared to a little while ago it feels pretty good. As I told dexameth recently, what would have felt like a crappy day pre-crash with aches and pains, now feels like a pretty damn good day. After your sort of lose something, it's very nice when you start to get it back. I've been working in the garage and even cleaned out a shed and moved some stuff around (pissed off some friends/family moving large furniture around alone... why didn't you just call us... cuz I got it), but I haven't been able to walk or stand for this long without some sort of break before now. I still have a long road I'm sure. There's considerable pain doing things like bending my leg straight out under it's own power and things like that. I can't crouch. I can't get on my knees. I think I may have lost some range of motion on the extension... hyperextension really. That's my fault. Waiting 3 weeks to call about it and another week for an appt instead of getting it checked day 1. I've since learned that even after knee surgeries they'd generally want to start working on range of motion immediately. If it were in a cast for the broken tibial plateau, it would have been at full extension because that's harder to get back than flexion (bending your leg/foot back toward your butt). You seem to have about 6 weeks to get back to full ROM according to what I've read before the opportunity is gone, and I started trying 4 weeks in. I was aggressive with the stretching/weights with the knee and didn't worry about putting myself in pain, but I dropped the ball on day 1. Luckily, I don't think it's that far off. I can walk without a limp... briefly. The shoulder still hurts routinely, but I lifted 60-70lbs the other day and that was fine and moved around some heavy stuff as previously mentioned. Can't be crawling around on the garage floor much, but I have done oil changes. Just have to avoid rolling onto the left side, even on a work mat. I can kinda roll on that side now in bed. I had an abrasion on my foot almost down to the bone by my pinky toe. Never really mentioned it because it hasn't been a source of concern or great pain (aside from when I was dumb enough to rip the scab off at one point), but now it's significantly smaller. Prob from the size of a dime to the size of an eraser on the end of pencil. Just walking around stores for that long without major consequence made me feel like maybe life was finally getting back to normal. That meant I had to ride.  I got a Scoot Tag and then rode to the scene of the accident since fuzzyruttin mentioned that in this thread. Got a few pics, starting with the pre-miX stain that marks the spot of my crash.  There are pieces of T2's front plastic still hanging around the roadside as well. They're accompanied by parts of a car, I'm guessing from that deer that I saw dead in the same spot not long ago.  You can see that it happened right at a tree line, beside a field. The deer came from what would be the right side in the photo though, where there are houses and a cemetery.   |
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Post by aeroxbud on Dec 19, 2018 12:27:18 GMT -5
Nice to see you back on the road Brent.
It's going to be a while before you are back to full strength, but just getting back to doing normal things is a little victory.
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I got a Scoot Tag and then rode to the scene of the accident since 
