Gotta love hospitals!

[Goblin]

But I did it on riding my mountain bike. Maybe the same thing....?Both have 2 wheels, both crash lots.

Oh say no more! Anything with 2 wheels and you're classed as an idiot.

[007XX]

Already well on the way - 13 weeks as we speak

Most excellent! bling sent....My congrats to you and your hubby.

[Sparky Bills]

Oh say no more! Anything with 2 wheels and you're classed as an idiot.

HAHA, Yip Thats one name ive been called!
But by far, not the worst.



I had nearly 20Miligrams of Morphine (sp?) and it had no affect at all.
First time ever having that stuff, and i really dont see whats so special about it.

[Goblin]

I had nearly 20Miligrams of Morphine (sp?) and it had no affect at all.
First time ever having that stuff, and i really dont see whats so special about it.

OMG! I had 10mg and spewed my ring out. Did ease the pain tho.

[Headbanger]

I cut open my hand, had a few stitches, It had started to heal and then I "fell" out of a front end loader (OK, I leaped, only to find the seatbelt was wrapped around my foot, It flipped me upside down, smacked into the access ladder, and I then dropped to the ground)

After this cunning stunt my arm was in a fair bit of pain, So off to some hospital, Cant remember which, Though it was in Auckland.

After an X-Ray they decided I had broken a bone in my wrist and put me in a cast. (though no break was detectable in the X-Ray).

4 days later, I'm back at home in Wanganui, The pain in my arm has built constantly for the entire timer, To the point where I couldn't handle it, Eyes closed, Spent my time lying on my bed, eyes closed, a tear sitting in each eye, No thoughts, just pain shooting up my arm, constant waves.More pain then I could imagine having.

Finally I broke, Got the BIG KNIFE and cut off my cast, Instantly my hand swelled up like a massive grapefruit, and went funny colours.

At this stage I thought I had better go to the Doc again.

Upon seeing my hand the Doc went a funny colour as well, Immediately rang a surgeon, told him to drop whatever he was doing, he was sending someone around.

So I went off to see a surgeon, after about a minute of looking at my hand he said prepare to lose it. The plan was to cut it open, cut out all the infected flesh, Which would ruin my hand, and if the flesh was rotten into my wrist/arm, he may have to amputate.

Surgery was booked for 8am the next morning.

In the mean time, He gave me a script for some different antibiotics, Told me if they had done anything by 8am the next morning he might hold off the operation.

That was a rough night.

Sweet Jesus, the next morning most of the swelling had subsided and we skipped the surgery.

The hand still took about 3 years to stop swelling up when I used it, and stinging when I knocked it.

Moral of the story, Don't let em put a cast over a recently healed cut (especially when nothing is broken), Inside the cast is a breeding ground for nasty bacteria.

[FROSTY:Me]

SB-- Have a read back on my experience iffn ya wanna horror story.
Both my shoulder and my wrist--for that matter my head all fucked up diagnosis and treatment.
The best line from a doctor---(Keeping in mind I had a badly broken and dislocated wrist)
" Here ya go Take two panadol and see ya doctor in a couple of days if the pain persists"

[Fryin Finn]

Back in 1978 I dislocated my right shoulder for the first of 11 occasions. I managed to pop my shoulder back in myself. I dislocated it a further 2 times in the next 3 days. I dislocated it twice yawning. Part of the original problem was breaking the end off one of the shoulder bones which was not noticed till xrays a coupla years later.

Eventually I had an operation to screw the bit back in place and tightening of muscles in the region. I tested the shoulder a year later in a spill that broke my right collarbone. I was pleased to see my shoulder came through OK.

Since then I have been playing Softball as a pitcher and outfielder and this has strengthened the area considerably. I used to throw like a girl - now I throw like a big girl.

I have dislocated my left shoulder twice - apparently this isn't uncommon. The trick is not to do it again.

[Nasty]

Grub went in and was told he was fine after the fall on the Rimis ... turns out he broke four bones three in his hand and one in his arm ... been told to complain to Health and Disability Commissioner. The problem was the radiologists were on strike ... but they should have booked him an appointment for the next day!

[Goblin]

What about the poor bastard who went in to have his tonsils out and woke up castrated!!!

[Kenzie]

SB-- Have a read back on my experience iffn ya wanna horror story.
Both my shoulder and my wrist--for that matter my head all fucked up diagnosis and treatment.
The best line from a doctor---(Keeping in mind I had a badly broken and dislocated wrist)
" Here ya go Take two panadol and see ya doctor in a couple of days if the pain persists"

Ah-yup heard that too when I broke my left collarbone rather well. No standee/walkee too well due pain of it and with the broken end of bone "tenting" the skin was told to "go home, take some panadol and try and rest"

[Crasherfromwayback]

Oh say no more! Anything with 2 wheels and you're classed as an idiot.

I've gotta say that of all the hospital visits I've had (and there have been MANY)...Wanganui has been the best so far. They were not at all pissed off with 'another stoooopid motorcycle racer' (hey, they love us there!), and apart from the food....I couldn't have asked for better service.

Nigel Willis, who's considered one of NZ's best foot/ankle surgeons was more than impressed with the patch up job they did on my ankle.

So...if you're gonna race at Wangas, and you get it wrong....don't sweat it!

[skidMark]

Im out of the Winter Series for at least another couple rounds.
Id be keen to hear from people in the know. How long did you wait etc?

need somebody to keep the bike on the track you know keep the engine going well etc? huhuhuh lol

[Goblin]

Nigel Willis, who's considered one of NZ's best foot/ankle surgeons was more than impressed with the patch up job they did on my ankle.

So...if you're gonna race at Wangas, and you get it wrong....don't sweat it!

Which begs the question...are YOU impressed with the patch-up they did on your ankle?

I wont be racing at Wangas anytime soon. Paeroa? Yes!

[Crasherfromwayback]

Which begs the question...are YOU impressed with the patch-up they did on your ankle?

I wont be racing at Wangas anytime soon. Paeroa? Yes!

Well I guess considering how nasty it was...yeah!

I can't post my ankle x-ray again so I'm told...but I'll put it up as my home picture.....see what you think!

I think they're gonna do the off road section at Wangas again, and that'll rule me out. If not, I'll be back this year!

[sunhuntin]

crasher... why would the offroad section rule you out? i thought it was neat, but in a bad spot cos theres hardly any good viewing places. as a result, i missed most of the action on that section.*bugger* the esses seem a bit funny lately, but the track runs in the opposite direction to how i ride them, which must make a difference.

wangas hospital didnt do too bad a job fixing me up, but they stuffed up enough to leave me with bad knees.

short story: got hit by a car, and carted away in an ambo. left sitting in the ambo admittance area for a while. left leg scraped up nicely and right knee a little sore. got taken up for xrays, and my left leg was stuck in a cast. the scrape was not dressed or protected in anyway from the cast materials. sent home with instructions to return in a week.

a week passes [very slowly, i might add!] and for that week, my right knee was taking all my weight whenever i wanted to move. keep in mind, i was doing 7 hours a week at the gym at the time, and hated being motionless. i even went in, while cast up, and did some arm exercises. [got bitchin arms doing that!!]
by the end of the week, the foot of the cast was crushed due to my putting weight on it. cast gets removed, with a patch left over the scrape that had started to heal and was a lovely yellow tinge. xrays retaken; no break anywhere in the bone. hmmm... must have been a hair on the lens.

now, almost 2 years later, my left leg is numb below the knee and its agony if i lean it on a ladder rung, car bonnet, even the petrol pump hoses can hurt if they rest on the area. if i lean the leg on anything for too long, its enough to just about kill me. my right knee is fucked and has been killing me this week with the cold weather. both knees hate being bent up for too long [ie, kneeling]

i said at the time of the accident that i wanted to go to work [thats where i was headed, after a gym session] and i honestly think that would have been a better option than what im stuck with.