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Vance
Tue Oct 21st, 2008, 08:40 PM
Me.
Wrist broken in two places.
Will likely need surgery - will know more in next couple of days.
Gear saved me from a much broader range of damage - especially my head.

Unknown damage to bike other than it lost all its oil out of the engine on impact and I cracked off the left side foot peg.

Nick_Ninja
Tue Oct 21st, 2008, 08:43 PM
Man ............ if you need anything holla. Did you ever replace that front tire?

JustSomeDude
Tue Oct 21st, 2008, 08:43 PM
WTF?! :shocked:

When/Where?

Good thing you're alive, mate!

rforsythe
Tue Oct 21st, 2008, 09:17 PM
n00b.

So what's this all about? Was it your "friendly" wrist?

pilot
Tue Oct 21st, 2008, 09:29 PM
Do tell.

DanFZ1
Tue Oct 21st, 2008, 09:31 PM
Get Healed.:hump:

(I am glad this didn't turn out to a "Rest In Peace" thread.):hump:

Aracheon
Tue Oct 21st, 2008, 10:03 PM
WTF?!

Player 2
Tue Oct 21st, 2008, 10:27 PM
Damn Vance... WTF??

Hope you heal up well man

Matty
Tue Oct 21st, 2008, 10:30 PM
sorry to hear about your accident.

heal up quick....

bodhizafa
Tue Oct 21st, 2008, 10:41 PM
That sucks, heal up dude. "Friendly wrist" :rolleyes:

Aracheon
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 05:39 AM
If it was his friendly wrist, I'm not going to lunch with him anymore. :lol:

Devaclis
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 07:11 AM
Vance, why so sparse with the details man? If it is due to embarrassment, suck it up. If it is due to a possible law suit, we were not involved. If it is to protect the innocent, spill the beans and go to confession.

Heal up quickly man. Wrist injuries are for life. I hope your is 100% recoverable :)

Spiderman
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 07:26 AM
Ouch! :shocked:
That sucks, sorry Vance! Hope the wrist aint too bad. Heal up quick!

~Barn~
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 07:27 AM
Sorry to hear that Vance. I hope you recover fully.

King Nothing
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 07:41 AM
Vance, heal quickly. If you need anything, drop me a line. Of course you'll have to pay for gas seeing as I live at least 3 min away.

Sortarican
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 07:43 AM
Bummer Vance.
If it's your 'firendly' hand there go your plans for a healthcare job in New Zealand.

Wrist injuries can be pretty slow in healing, but on the upside, you have all winter to recoup.

If you need any help just holla.
(Help with the bike or whatever that is. Not with a 'friendly' helping hand.)

Vance
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 07:50 AM
Sorry for the lack of details - its just very difficult for me to type one handed... and yesterday was a lot of searing pain as i hadn;t gotten my prescription filled yet... and the two percocet in me now are rally not helping my literary capacities.

Anyway...
My wrist is broken in two places after my crash – one of them apparently in a bad enough spot I will need to consult an orthopedic surgeon to see if I need to get pins or such to aid in the healing process. I’m going to do that today hopefully.

The “official” diagnosis is:



·Right distal radius fracture





·Right navicular fracture





·Possible ligamnetous dispuption


As for the crash details - I never made it out of my work's parking lot when I got tagged by two wind sheers - one that hit me square on enough to make me lose control of the bike - and the second that as best as i can describe it - "threw" me off the bike and onto my wrist and back.

Thanks everyone for the well wishes and such. I will eventually need some help recovering the bike then diagnosing how bad the damage is... but that's for another day.

BTW Bob - were you riding SB 25 last evening hitting the Park Ave - 20th stretch around 6:15 pm? I think you passed my broke ass in the ride home I was getting.

Spiderman
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 07:59 AM
BTW Bob - were you riding SB 25 last evening hitting the Park Ave - 20th stretch around 6:15 pm? I think you passed my broke ass in the ride home I was getting.
I left Boulder around 5:45, so that probably was me.

Devaclis
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 08:02 AM
I'm no doctor but I will advise yo uas if I were. Get that thing pinned man. And do EVERYTHING your PT's tell you to and get that wrist back to normal. You would be suprised at how a wrist injury will effect the quality of your life.

Glad you did not suffer any major injuries bud. Heal up, enjoy the drugs, and tell the girl that BJ's make the world go 'round

puckstr
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 08:39 AM
Sucks dude. Heal up

Ask for Oxy-Cotton. or Hydro-Morphone

1ofTheBoys
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 08:46 AM
Sorry to hear, hope it heals up quickly.

MetaLord 9
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 08:48 AM
Sorry to hear, man! Just tell the GF that is was your "happy hand" and that the fate of your recovery rests solely on her lips. (pick a pair)

Seriously tho dude, +1 on the following the PT's instructions to the letter! Heal up soon & you'll be back on the bike by the time the canyon's are ready for ya!

Sortarican
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 08:49 AM
Ask for Oxy-Cotton.

Mmmmm....... Hillbilly heroin.


And Vance. Don't let set your wrist like they did Dana's.:gay:

CYCLE_MONKEY
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 08:50 AM
Sorry to hear it man, heal up fully and soon!

....that wasn't your voting hand was it?:)

puckstr
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 08:50 AM
Originally Posted by puckstr http://www.cosportbikeclub.org/forums/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.cosportbikeclub.org/forums/showthread.php?p=370616#post370616)
Ask for Oxy-Cotton.
Mmmmm....... Hillbilly heroin.


Mixed with beer...very nice

64BonnieLass
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 08:53 AM
:( Heal up sweetie. Sorry to hear this happened to you. I bet some purple jesus juice on Sat will make you feel no pain at least until the morning. :)

salsashark
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 09:20 AM
Ouch...

found this pic before you explained, but then you explained... mehh I'm gonna post it anyways!
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-cat-does-not-know-how-but-he-is-stuck-in-a-folding-chair.jpg




take it easy and yet another bow to the PT gods and do all they command!

VFR
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 09:21 AM
Heal up...

Mel
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 10:46 AM
:-(

Vance
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 01:21 PM
just went to the ortho...
I got a resounding "Wow" when he looked at my x-ray.
Sent me to get a cat scan done of it...
Going to see a hand specialist tomorrow. Looks like surgery is going to be a must for my thumb and wrist depending on what the cat scan shows.

:banghead:

dirkterrell
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 01:36 PM
http://msp299.photobucket.com/albums/mm308/spiritgeekcom/Humor/catscan.jpg

Sorry to hear about your drop, Vance. :(

Dirk

ChrisCBX
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 02:00 PM
just went to the ortho...



I got a resounding "Wow" when he looked at my x-ray.




I had a similar response from an x-ray tech once. Not a happy moment.


Hope you heal up quick.

shahiran
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 02:08 PM
Awwww Vance- so sorry--- get well soon-
How else ya gonna have weekly philisophical discussions with me? lol...Let me know if I can help with anything.

Matrix
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 02:30 PM
When I went down at Pueblo in the spring I broke my scaphoid bone which connects to the wrist. My wrist was jacked up too and I ended up having a pin put in the bone to speed up the recovery time. I still feel it from time to time but all and all its as close to 100% as I would expect.
Cornerstone Medical was recommended to me by several people and I my experience there was good. I went in on Wednesday and they squeezed me in for surgary that Friday. Here is link to the Dr. I used if your interested. Either way good luck with the recovery.

http://www.cornerstoneorthopedics.com/index.php~practiceId=10015&dir=personnel&lib=Personnel&personnelId=10024.html

Sully
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 02:34 PM
Vance - who is your ortho ? I went to Panorama Ortho & Spine Center, they did a great job IMO... On Mineral just off Broadway.

Anyway.. hope you're feeling better soon :(

Moveman
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 02:45 PM
sucks man.. hope you heal up soon.

Mother Goose
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 03:35 PM
That sucks Vancey Pants! :( Didn't you just finish painting the ex Cricket?

Slo
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 04:24 PM
Yeah I guess a "wow" or an "uh oh" isn't something you want to hear from the Dr. Good luck on your injury, hoping for the best for you.

Spiderman
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 04:42 PM
Vance - who is your ortho ? I went to Panorama Ortho & Spine Center, they did a great job IMO... On Mineral just off Broadway.
+1 :up: Dr. Rowland did the surgery on my forearm (plated the Radius and repositioned the Ulna), and I have 100% recovery!

SumoWeezle
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 04:54 PM
Sucks to hear, Vance. Hope you heal up quickly!

Snowman
Wed Oct 22nd, 2008, 05:35 PM
Dude that sucks... hope you're feeling better soon.

Vance
Thu Oct 23rd, 2008, 06:56 AM
Not sure of the name of the ortho I'm going to see this morning - but the guy I saw yesterday was Dr. Yamamoto... who gave me the "wow" as in not good response and sent me for the cat scan.

I should know more about what's what after my 8:30 appt. I'm guessing surgery (my first since I was 18 months old) for certain - but then the question is how quickly.

Unfortunately this means my costume for Kim & Dean's party will have to be "Stupid Polish Guy" - which is pretty much what I see in the mirror every morning anyway.

King Nothing
Thu Oct 23rd, 2008, 07:05 AM
I guess on the up side, if it was your right hand you might have trouble driving that little hot rod of yours. ;)

Snowman
Thu Oct 23rd, 2008, 08:00 AM
Unfortunately this means my costume for Kim & Dean's party will have to be "Stupid Polish Guy" - which is pretty much what I see in the mirror every morning anyway. Wasn't that your costume to begin with?

Vance
Thu Oct 23rd, 2008, 10:11 AM
I guess on the up side, if it was your right hand you might have trouble driving that little hot rod of yours. ;)

That little hot rod is for sale if you want it.


Wasn't that your costume to begin with?

It was going to be full Japanese samurai armour - but now that'll have to wait for next year :(

So - sugery it is tomorrow afternoon. The hand specialist looked at the CTs and Xrays and upgraded "wow" to a "holy shit"

Nick_Ninja
Thu Oct 23rd, 2008, 10:18 AM
Do all your drugs.

TFOGGuys
Thu Oct 23rd, 2008, 10:31 AM
Sorry to hear you need surgery.... I rode with a broken wrist for about 6 months back in 96.... I thought it was a bad sprain....didn't find out it had actually broken (and healed) until about 01....Hopefully your recovery is a lot faster than mine!

LadyT
Thu Oct 23rd, 2008, 11:34 AM
So sorry to hear that happened.....hope it heals well.

Sortarican
Thu Oct 23rd, 2008, 11:37 AM
It was going to be full Japanese samurai armour - but now that'll have to wait for next year :(

Why can't you still do it?
Too much fabrication work left?

If you need help with it, I'm pretty handy when it comes to fabrication.

Vance
Thu Oct 23rd, 2008, 12:47 PM
Why can't you still do it?
Too much fabrication work left?

If you need help with it, I'm pretty handy when it comes to fabrication.

WAY too much left to do in too short of time actually :(

Vance
Fri Oct 24th, 2008, 07:33 AM
Is it odd I'm totally wigging about this surgery thing?
I've never really been in the hospital before let alone broken anything let alone been put under and cut on... and while I know they're professionals and this is absolutely necessary to fix me and get rid of this massive pain... I'm still kinda freaked out by the whole thing.

rybo
Fri Oct 24th, 2008, 07:41 AM
Hey man,

Yeah, it's normal to be wigged out about it. They are pros, and they are very good at what they do, but really, you should take a friend or someone to be there when you wake up.

I've had surgery once, it was a bit of an emergency and it all happened so fast that I didn't really have time to think about it. I was grateful that my friend was there to take care of some little details while I was under and that he and his family were there when I woke up. It was good to have friendly faces in the room.

I'm sure it's all going to be OK and I wish you the best!

s

~Barn~
Fri Oct 24th, 2008, 07:53 AM
You should see if they'll give you one of those mechanical hands, like Luke Skywalker got!

Bueller
Fri Oct 24th, 2008, 09:57 AM
Make sure they operate on the correct wrist. n/k

Practicing physicians

Spiderman
Fri Oct 24th, 2008, 10:11 AM
Is it odd I'm totally wigging about this surgery thing?
I've never really been in the hospital before let alone broken anything let alone been put under and cut on... and while I know they're professionals and this is absolutely necessary to fix me and get rid of this massive pain... I'm still kinda freaked out by the whole thing.
Even after everything I went through last year, I was still a bit nervous going in to get my Radius plated. Before going into surgery, they gave me a nerve block (I highly recommend it! :up: ). I woke up after surgery feeling refreshed... as if I'd taken a good nap! Don't worry, everything's going to be fine. 8)

CYCLE_MONKEY
Fri Oct 24th, 2008, 11:23 AM
Unfortunately this means my costume for Kim & Dean's party will have to be "Stupid Polish Guy" - which is pretty much what I see in the mirror every morning anyway.
Doesn't qualify as a costume then......:)


Do all your drugs.
And if you don't, I'd be happy to help!:drink::)


Is it odd I'm totally wigging about this surgery thing?
I've never really been in the hospital before let alone broken anything let alone been put under and cut on... and while I know they're professionals and this is absolutely necessary to fix me and get rid of this massive pain... I'm still kinda freaked out by the whole thing.
Nope. Think how I was wiggin when I went to have my BALLZ cut!:shocked::cry:

You'll be ok man, heal up soon!

~Barn~
Fri Oct 24th, 2008, 11:30 AM
Nope. Think how I was wiggin when I went to have my BALLZ cut!:shocked::cry:

Yes, but I'm guessing that Vance actually needs to use his hand. :dunno:

CYCLE_MONKEY
Fri Oct 24th, 2008, 11:32 AM
Yes, but I'm guessing that Vance actually needs to use his hand. :dunno:
.....whereas I never need to use my ballz again!:)

Aracheon
Fri Oct 24th, 2008, 12:13 PM
.....whereas I never need to use my ballz again!:)


This sounds like a future cop-out excuse if you don't want to do something.


"Frank! Why can't you come play trampoline dodgeball with us?"

"Sorry guys, I just don't have the bawlz."


:lol:

dapper
Fri Oct 24th, 2008, 03:51 PM
Before going into surgery, they gave me a nerve block (I highly recommend it! :up:
I'm glad that it worked for you Bob.
Apparently, the block doesn't work for everyone. The nerve block didn't work for me. The anesthesiologist left this minor detail out.

Heal quickly Vance!
Is your hand surgeon David Conyers? Dr. Conyers is awesome!

FZRguy
Fri Oct 24th, 2008, 08:04 PM
Wind sheer? Damn dude, I probably would have taken flight at my weight. I’ve had exactly seven surgeries and it’s no sweat...they will take good care of you. Do the PT and then double or triple that rehab on your own.

mtne
Mon Oct 27th, 2008, 10:01 PM
Wind? :dunno:

Do your PT and maybe hit the glucosimine sulfate for good healing.

And let me know when you need the S checked out.... and yes I still have parts laying around............