I go back to work next week..

[Pistol Pete]

.. for the first time since the 6th of June lol

Bit of background info.. those who have read my WIP will know i had a bike accident on the 7th of June.

Hit a tractor whilst out on my bike :( . An 8 hour operation to fix my leg and nearly 2 weeks in hospital followed.

Injuries: one snapped left femur (my fooot was by my head!) fractured bones in my left wrist and hand and messed up my left knee. My teeth went through my bottom lip and tongue aswell.

I have a metal rod full length of the bone with three screws and had a full length plaster cast on my left hand/forearm. My knee i had to wait for it to heal naturally.

Pic whore time lol....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/Pete_58/Bike%20Accident/BikeAccident004.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/Pete_58/Bike%20Accident/BikeAccident006.jpg

Bike damage wasnt major. Mainly fairings. Sold on eBay in its damaged state for nearly £800!! Happy days!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/Pete_58/Bike%20Accident/SecondCast2-1.jpg

My kermit plaster cast!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/Pete_58/Bike%20Accident/SwolenLeg2-1.jpg

My leg after my operation. I'm normally a skinny bugger so this is massivley swolen!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/Pete_58/Bike%20Accident/LegBrace.jpg

My leg brace. I had to wear this for nearly 4 months. Its well travelled. It came to Cyprus with me on holiday lol along with my crutch!

So after over 5 months of sitting around, going to hospital for check ups and physio, i return to work. Going to be a massive struggle. I work for Honda on shifts so a 5am :( start is going to be murder!!

Wish me luck! lol

[Spudly]

Best of luck to ya mate, tis a horrible thing to come off a bike and looks like you hit the deck hard:eek:

Hope they go easy on you when you start again and remember dont push yourself too hard when you start back as you dont wanna re-damage yourslf!

[Riggy]

PNG will be so much quieter lol ,

just kiddin fella , glad to hear your goin back , bet time off has been killing you after this long lol ,

[meritlover]

thank god the bike doesnt look too bad.
i like SV's

[Pistol Pete]

lol @ Riggy, cheers!

meritlover, i took the brunt of the impact so the bike was spared!! It was mostly cosmetic. And yes sv's are great. Was my first bike and i loved riding it.

[meritlover]

yes, bones heal, but bikes will not. better to hurt yourself than hurt your bike.

a bike will not fix its self.

no doubt a set of race fairings and itl be on the track with the new owner.

[Breeny]

Nice one Pete! If you're anything like me you will have been bored brainless these last few months!

I've been off since 19th June- hoping to go back in another 3 weeks or so!

[Pistol Pete]

Bored isnt the word!! lol i thought i was going mad at one point!

Be good to get back ot reality, although give it a week and i'll be hating it again!

[Spudly]

yes, bones heal, but bikes will not. better to hurt yourself than hurt your bike

a bike will not fix itself




Bikes can be replaced, you however can not so i totally disagree with your comments tbh!

[hendrix]

my mate has just gone back to work from being off since Mid-June. He can't wait to use his holiday days lol lol

[Pistol Pete]

lol i've still got three to take before christmas shutdown!!

[Pistol Pete]

Got my interview at work monday afternoon. I have to have an assessment before i can go back on the line.

[Lynsey]

You broke your Femur? OMFG! I hope you're all fixed up now :D

[scott.parker]

Good luck dude! (or break a leg! lol)

Luckily Ive never broke a leg, just arm(s) and fingers, toes etc.

Scott

[Pistol Pete]

Yeah. Still got abit of a limp and i found out today that the cold weather makes my knee very stiff! lol I'm sure it will clear up with time though.

[Pistol Pete]

Good luck dude! (or break a leg! lol)

Luckily Ive never broke a leg, just arm(s) and fingers, toes etc.

Scott

lol, cheers.

[Lynsey]

Yeah, I broke my ankle a couple of times and it's all stiff and sore in winter :(

[Stuart]

That'll learn you for riding a motorbike lol

Atleast you only have to go back for 4 day weeks :D

[Spudly]

Yeah. Still got abit of a limp and i found out today that the cold weather makes my knee very stiff! lol I'm sure it will clear up with time though.


Fraid not bud, soft tissue and bone damage never quite heals properly, i tore all the ligaments in my left ankle when i was in my teens and the quadracep (sp) muscle in my right thigh a few years ago, and they ache like a mofo in the winter so ya will find it will ease up as time goes on but will never quite go away though:(

[Pistol Pete]

Ah great. I got rid of my zimmer frame and special toilet seat months back and thought the old man stuff was behind me lol. Damn it!!

[Spudly]

I dont think it will quite be that bad again bud lol

But you will find niggly aches and pains especially through the cold months.....

Hmmmm see "cold months" read "January to december in this country"

[mowgli]

I got my left leg mashed up back in 95, but on the plus side, I did remove a mk3 escort from the road......

you will be advised to get some thermals & use them.

also get stuff like cod liver oil & glucosamine tablets. they help.

you were lucky to survive a tractor crash. twenty odd years back, I worked as the junior parts man at a busy tractor dealer. the worst job I got was writing parts lists for crashed tractors. when a motorbike was involved, I used to use a pointy stick to poke body parts out from the shaft guards etc. I remember one where a 900 kawasaki hit a 100hp 4wd tractor at over a ton.
the front axle was bent round 45 degrees (not bad for a 8" diameter casting), the block was shattered & the gearbox housing was like a smashed egg. we found a tub full of bits that got sent to the coroner....

[General Baxter]

iv got 3 pins in my knee due to my old bike, was coming down the road, some 12 year old on a push bike tried to overtake me, and cut straight across me and stopped, i slammed the brakes on and went down, broke my knee, but there was that much adrenaline, i pushed the bike of me, took my helmet off, threw it at the kid, and processed to deck him, then i fell to the ground crying like a little girl lol

[Pistol Pete]

mowgli, i have been told by many people i'm a lucky chappie. The copper at the scene was talking to my dad and was gob smacked when he heard i was in an air ambulance on my way to hospital!

lol @ GB, throwing your helmet in anger!! Top man! Adrenaline is goood. I knew i had a broken leg, my foot up by my ear was a give away lol, but no real pain till i got to A+E!!

[Ernie]

get well soon mate.You know it will be more like an hr before you hate work again not a week.
Mind the rush on your way in and back out lol.

[Pistol Pete]

lol @ Ernie!!

You may not ne interested... here is one of my x-rays!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/Pete_58/Bike%20Accident/leg003.jpg

The line at the top and two at the bottom are the screws.

[scott.parker]

Yowcharoo! :eek:

[Pistol Pete]

Doesnt even come close mate!! Still dealing with muscle wastage now!!

[meritlover]

i took some pictures of meritlovers ding-dong when he wasnt looking. i was very impressed!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/Pete_58/Bike%20Accident/leg003.jpg



You told me you'd stopped that :(

[Pistol Pete]

lol PMSL

[Pistol Pete]

First day back today... Looking forward to it in a strange way!!

[turbojolt]

take it easy mate i remember when i mangled my foot and went back to work after months and i guess it was to early and i hurt it again and had to start the healing process all over again

[Spudly]

Hope its going alright for ya bud, its got to be a bit of a massive shock after so long being off!

[Pistol Pete]

Well, i lasted a full 8 hour shift!! Started to flag about 9ish, had a sit down and a coffee. Was full of beans about half 11ish lol :roll: typical!

Start again at half 12 today, finish at 6. :D Love short days friday!! Then on to earlies next week, :( 6 am start!

My cheeks were hurting for a while last nite, the banter from the lads was unreal......laughs a minute!!lol

[Spudly]

Quality mate aslong as youre getting back into it and getting on with all ya workmates again then:thumb: