In a bad wreck over the weekend

[Mikkel]

Sounds like you re-found your appetite

[_intense_]

Dude. grats on surviving! sounds like you did a real number, dishing out serious respect for sounding so upbeat about it man, counting the blessings on the gear. take care!

[klingon]

I'll take a double order of the eggs benedict, but you do realise FnA is looking for "tasty through a straw" meals?

Yep. Runny custard is perfect through a straw (and if you make it with eggs and sugar and soy milk it also has lots of energy and protein). If you put enough fruit juice with your sponge cake you can also make it squidgy enough to slurp through wired jaws.

My meal suggestions were based on recent experience with my Dad having cancer that meant he couldn't eat solid food and didn't feel like eating anything. Every day I tried to think up something new and tempting to keep his strength up. Creamed potato with onion gravy was his favourite.

I'm glad to see you craving Indian food! What about a yummy dhal for dinner? Or some rice put through the blender then topped with butter chicken sauce!

[oldrider]

I can empathise about eating through a straw with your jaw all wired up and piss all gap to get any fluids through!

I had my jaw all wired up by the US Army in Panama and then spent a month in a Panamanian jail sipping lumpy concrete soup through a straw.

I was a skinny bugger when I went in there but the invisible man cast a bigger Shadow than me when I got out!

You sure did give yourself a bit of a work-over but it sounds like you are making good progress dreaming of all that food.

Good luck with the mending, keep posting reports.

You will soon be again. Cheers John.

[FkNAmerican]

hey all.......

LOL Oldrider (well, not really, still cant laugh or even smile).....please tell us how you ended up getting your jaw wired by the US Army in Panama and THEN spending a month in jail there. Hehehehe. Sounds interesting.

Hey MunterK-6.....is that Indian place on campus by the book store still around?? I miss thier mango chicken, nan, and rice take aways.......damn they were good after a full morning of lecture and an hour at the gym!!!!
Ah, memories of New Zealand flooding back to me.


Condition update: I feel better and better now. Starting to feel ready to get back to life. Im amazed at my own turn around. The day after my accident I was thinking at least a month for a full recovery but now its the docs holding me back. Right now Im just impatient to get on with life. I want to get out of the house, get back to work, and get my jaw opened up so I can talk and eat solid food and take a shower rather then a bath.

One of my friends who saw me right after the accident stopped by again today and said I look completely different from that day. He couldnt recognize me before but he said now I look like myself again. Thats encouraging.

I really do feel lucky to be alive. I know three people who are amputee's due to motorcycle accidents. One is a double amputee and he still rides. They are my inspiration to get back on a bike (even though there was never really any doubt about "if".....just "when").

Also the scar on my face that sticks out beyond the bandages is long but its not jagged. Apperently it was a very clean slice along the face rather then a jagged wound which is surprising considering what did the slicing. The part that I can see doesnt look all that bad. So that makes me feel good hehe.

Still have my "racoon eyes" (dark bruising around my eyes) and Im STILL drooling all the time which is annoying.

I think the bones in my mouth have set too (at least partially) b/c I dont feel sharp stabs of pain every time my face shifts a little like I did before. Before it felt like my teeth were slowly being pulled out of my jaw and I could feel things shifting around in my mouth. Now its just a steady dull pain which I can ignore most of the time.

Im off pain meds completely now b/c they were making me sick to my stomach constantly. I've decided the pain level is low enough for me to just deal with it.

Just a few more days until I go back to the doc for a checkup and more surgery. Im hoping they unwire my jaw but it could be another week.......which is torture to even think about.

[Mikkel]

Hey MunterK-6.....is that Indian place on campus by the book store still around?? I miss thier mango chicken, nan, and rice take aways.......damn they were good after a full morning of lecture and an hour at the gym!!!!
Ah, memories of New Zealand flooding back to me.

When were you down here btw? Spice traders are still there - but they haven't been around for that many years. They certainly weren't here 4 years ago. I'll have a mango chicken for lunch for you today
And I'll probably hit the gym around 3pm

Condition update: I feel better and better now. Starting to feel ready to get back to life. Im amazed at my own turn around. The day after my accident I was thinking at least a month for a full recovery but now its the docs holding me back. Right now Im just impatient to get on with life. I want to get out of the house, get back to work, and get my jaw opened up so I can talk and eat solid food and take a shower rather then a bath.

Easy does it tiger Take your time and you'll be better off for it in the long run!

Im off pain meds completely now b/c they were making me sick to my stomach constantly. I've decided the pain level is low enough for me to just deal with it.

That's awesome news as well - more than a few people have gotten addicted to strong pain-killers as a result of bad injuries! Glad to hear you're off them now...

[Bloody Mad Woman (BMW)]

Amazing you are still alive, all the best for a speedy recovery, not alot one can say really, but thoughts are with you. Cheers

[Toaster]

What a terrible crash you poor fella! Thoughts with you as you go through recovery.

[YellowDog]

Pretty shocking. Glad to read your recovery is progressing well. Good luck with the healing and hope it's not too long before you can get back on that horse.

[FkNAmerican]

Yeah dude, have a mago chicken with two pieces of nan and rice and when you get it say you want it "take out" instead of "take away" heheheh. (its an inside joke). Thier butter chicken was the shit too. MMMMM butter chicken.


Condition update:

Well, I went "out" for the first time today. Went to the local bookstore (had a friend drive me) to pick up something to read for the next week and keep my mind occupied. Didnt go too well. Apparently, I thought my face looked alot better then the rest of the population.

I actually had a girl start to open a door for me, see my face, then back away and let go of the door so it shut in my face. Ended up having to catch it as it shut on me. She looked embarrassed for doing it so I just said "its ok" and walked past her. Ugh. I guess its all relative really. Compared to what my face looked like not even 3 days ago I've made a massive improvement.......but I guess I still look like shit heheheh.

[Deano]

. Compared to what my face looked like not even 3 days ago I've made a massive improvement.......but I guess I still look like shit heheheh.

Got any progress photos ?

[jrandom]

Got any progress photos ?

Yes, bring on the photos! We want to see the horror for ourselves.

FkNAmerican, you haven't gotten anyone to take pictures of your face yet, hurry up and do it - even though things are generally pretty unpleasant right now you'll want those photos in the years to come, trust me.

[FkNAmerican]

I have had pictures taken of my face. Had my mother come over and snap some pics for any future circumstances that might arise.

Im not gonna post them up though. They arnt digital. Even if I could I dont think I would. Its pretty nasty. Wouldnt want the first pics all you bastards see of me to be ugly now would I?? I could just see them ending up as avatars straight away. Gotta say...it would make me laugh though to actually see that.

What I am planning on posting is pics of my R-6. I'll take the pics tomorrow and post them up for you. Bike is gonna be sent off totalled soon anyway. Frame's bent, forks bent, etc.

I went out today in the rain and said goodbye to her. Its been a short relationship........and I was thinking of dumping her for a bigger bike.....but we still had our moments and I will miss her. Didnt want it to end like this.

[Badcat]

i know what you mean.
my buell xb12x was stolen and burnt.
the cops told me where it was in case i wanted to go see it.
i didn't go.
i wanted to remember that bike as i knew it, not a forlorn pile of smelly burnt plastic and twisted metal.
weird how we infuse inanimate objects and our relationship with them with such emotion.

well - at least i do.

ken

[Mikkel]

I actually had a girl start to open a door for me, see my face, then back away and let go of the door so it shut in my face. Ended up having to catch it as it shut on me. She looked embarrassed for doing it so I just said "its ok" and walked past her. Ugh. I guess its all relative really. Compared to what my face looked like not even 3 days ago I've made a massive improvement.......but I guess I still look like shit heheheh.

Don't pull a Lovecraft on us here mate - vague hints of terror are more horrifying than putting it up for all to see