Heavy Metal Club - Page 6

CROM · 03-05-2013, 06:42 PM

Smoked a deer a few years back....wrote off the new 950....killed the deer.....broke some bones

Okeedokee · 03-06-2013, 02:41 PM

Well, I have only one screw. But wait, I also have a cadaver ligament or two that I'm proudly wearing in my right knee after its unfortunate meeting with an oak tree. Does that count?

Lonestar2112 · 03-06-2013, 03:24 PM

I so did not want to join this club. Here is the picture from three weeks ago.

Me sitting on the couch after getting the &%#()&#()(^%((^#)(&^&( bandage off

25 mph low side as the front end washed out.

Twilight Error · 03-09-2013, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by CROM

Smoked a deer a few years back....wrote off the new 950....killed the deer.....broke some bones

I do hope they removed the hemostat...

CROM · 03-11-2013, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Twilight Error

I do hope they removed the hemostat...

Damn....thats why I cant get through airport security!

Mangle · 03-14-2013, 10:39 AM

Brutal thread. I think I'm going to ride home a little slower than I rode to work.

Stromin'Nroman · 03-14-2013, 11:05 AM

January 6, 2012.

Going into town for dryer parts.

Stop sign, Cadillac, don't remember what happened, but I was cited for making an unsafe movement. I do remember a female voice screaming, yellow fender, sky, road, sky, road, sky, fence post, dirt.

My Left Kankle:

My heavy metal:

My orthopaedic surgeon is a rider.
He figured he'd save me some money by removing the long screw at the bottom in his office.
That was an adventure.

YellowFever · 03-14-2013, 12:22 PM

That looks very familiar ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Broken fibula and separated ankle... the two long screws are now broken (4 years later) but they don't bother me so they are staying!

Stromin'Nroman · 03-15-2013, 01:49 PM

Hey, between us we have two good ankles.

dav_dman · 03-15-2013, 08:00 PM

this scares the shit outta me. But i'm gonna ride anyway.

Day-um.

Twilight Error · 03-16-2013, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by dav_dman

this scares the shit outta me. But i'm gonna ride anyway.

Day-um.

I dunno about scary. If you think about it for a moment, this thread is full of folks who have pretty bad injuries that are either riding again or looking forward to it. Without the surgical options that are available now, not many of us would be as active as we are.

lineareagle · 03-16-2013, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by dav_dman

this scares the shit outta me. But i'm gonna ride anyway.

Day-um.

Probably one of the lessons from this thread is that although injuries do happen and surgery is called for and modern orthopaedic surgery can put together just about any bone disturbance, the spirit, the essence of the reason we ride is not lost but in some way enhanced.

Fear of mishap is not a good educator, but awareness that a lack of diligence can have consequences is.

For me decisions are thoughtful and awareness of the road is paramount to a good ride, not an uneventful ride but a ride that delivers all that I demand of it. No surprises.

dav_dman · 03-16-2013, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by lineareagle

Probably one of the lessons from this thread is that although injuries do happen and surgery is called for and modern orthopaedic surgery can put together just about any bone disturbance, the spirit, the essence of the reason we ride is not lost but in some way enhanced.

Fear of mishap is not a good educator, but awareness that a lack of diligence can have consequences is.

For me decisions are thoughtful and awareness of the road is paramount to a good ride, not an uneventful ride but a ride that delivers all that I demand of it. No surprises.

yup. Very aware and defensive, agatt and brights on during the day, brp, and practice countersteering (which is actually a blast). Still....

i told my family i will die on a motorcycle. And i will die happy.

FlyingFinn · 04-02-2013, 12:58 PM

New member to the metal club here. Ti rod in right femur after a what should have been a total non-event dirt nap with 1200GS.
Except that this time bike happened to land on me making the the femur a "crashbar". Bike didn't suffer any damage....

In the first operation the bone got set rather crooked, a revision was required to set the leg on straight. The revision op was really rough.

As it's already been mentioned, removal of this kind of hardware can be tricky and in my case it was. The supplied tool didn't fit the rod and they had to fab a new removal "socket" while I was cut open. They really do have some sort of metal shop at the orthopedic surgery area

Took them two hours to remove the first hardware.

The removed hardware

New hardware

--
Mikko

zora · 04-02-2013, 05:49 PM

Has anyone on here, who had a broken arm/elbow, used one of these?

My surgeon suggested it last week since I am five months out and still only have about a 90 degree bend to my arm. Insurance won't way the $1900 price tag. Stinks cuz I could gain my ROM back so much quicker with the device, but insurance prefers to pay up to $8000 in PT visits and prolong my recovery.

So I am wondering if this little contraption is worth me paying for it out of my pocket or if anyone has a used one for sale....

03-05-2013, 06:42 PM	#76
CROM Canuck del sur Joined: Sep 2006 Location: Terrace BC Oddometer: 357	Smoked a deer a few years back....wrote off the new 950....killed the deer.....broke some bones __________________ The beatings will continue, until morale improves 2009 990 ADV

03-06-2013, 02:41 PM	#77
Okeedokee Tiger Lover Joined: Dec 2011 Location: SC Coast Oddometer: 40	Well, I have only one screw. But wait, I also have a cadaver ligament or two that I'm proudly wearing in my right knee after its unfortunate meeting with an oak tree. Does that count? __________________ If it don't involve dirt, oil or beer, it ain't worth screwin' with Dont forget our soldiers folks. We're still fighting a war, you know! ____________________________________ 2012 Triumph Tiger 800-XC "Blazin' Orange" 2011 KTM 300-XC "Blazin Orange too"

03-06-2013, 03:24 PM	#78
Lonestar2112 Crash test dummy Joined: Sep 2007 Location: Ventura County CA Oddometer: 5,204	I so did not want to join this club. Here is the picture from three weeks ago. Me sitting on the couch after getting the &%#()&#()(^%((^#)(&^&( bandage off 25 mph low side as the front end washed out. __________________ Where am I? "I love the wild spaces above the border, takes some work to get here, ain’t a Starbucks run." jdrocks FCK Cancer Lonestar2112 screwed with this post 03-09-2013 at 05:15 PM*

03-14-2013, 11:05 AM	#82
Stromin'Nroman Studly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2007 Oddometer: 596	January 6, 2012. Going into town for dryer parts. Stop sign, Cadillac, don't remember what happened, but I was cited for making an unsafe movement. I do remember a female voice screaming, yellow fender, sky, road, sky, road, sky, fence post, dirt. My Left Kankle: My heavy metal: My orthopaedic surgeon is a rider. He figured he'd save me some money by removing the long screw at the bottom in his office. *That* was an adventure. __________________ Stromin'Nroman NC28729, USA Suzuki DL650A K7 SW-Motech Centre Stand & Crashbars Caribou Luggage ".......and many of them were driven to these crimes by a horrible force called MUSIC." Frank Zappa, 1979

03-15-2013, 01:49 PM	#84
Stromin'Nroman Studly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2007 Oddometer: 596	Hey, between us we have two good ankles. __________________ Stromin'Nroman NC28729, USA Suzuki DL650A K7 SW-Motech Centre Stand & Crashbars Caribou Luggage ".......and many of them were driven to these crimes by a horrible force called MUSIC." Frank Zappa, 1979

03-14-2013, 10:39 AM	#81
Mangle Adventurer Joined: Sep 2012 Oddometer: 43	Brutal thread. I think I'm going to ride home a little slower than I rode to work.

03-14-2013, 12:22 PM	#83
YellowFever Adventurer Joined: Oct 2007 Oddometer: 11	That looks very familiar ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Broken fibula and separated ankle... the two long screws are now broken (4 years later) but they don't bother me so they are staying!

03-15-2013, 08:00 PM	#85
dav_dman Studly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2010 Location: louisville ky/southere indiana Oddometer: 564	this scares the shit outta me. But i'm gonna ride anyway. Day-um. __________________ dirt bikes, vstrom, cruiser, etc. "what hurts, instructs" - ben franklin

04-02-2013, 12:58 PM	#89
FlyingFinn Studly Adventurer Joined: Jul 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Oddometer: 939	New member to the metal club here. Ti rod in right femur after a what should have been a total non-event dirt nap with 1200GS. Except that this time bike happened to land on me making the the femur a "crashbar". Bike didn't suffer any damage.... In the first operation the bone got set rather crooked, a revision was required to set the leg on straight. The revision op was really rough. As it's already been mentioned, removal of this kind of hardware can be tricky and in my case it was. The supplied tool didn't fit the rod and they had to fab a new removal "socket" while I was cut open. They really do have some sort of metal shop at the orthopedic surgery area Took them two hours to remove the first hardware. The removed hardware New hardware -- Mikko __________________ "It is not when or how you die but how and if you truly were ever alive!" Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald

04-02-2013, 05:49 PM	#90
zora the explora Joined: Mar 2009 Location: WI Oddometer: 1,666	Has anyone on here, who had a broken arm/elbow, used one of these? My surgeon suggested it last week since I am five months out and still only have about a 90 degree bend to my arm. Insurance won't way the $1900 price tag. Stinks cuz I could gain my ROM back so much quicker with the device, but insurance prefers to pay up to $8000 in PT visits and prolong my recovery. So I am wondering if this little contraption is worth me paying for it out of my pocket or if anyone has a used one for sale.... __________________ Who is Zora? "That's hard to explain... Have you ever stood on the edge of an active volcano, with a tornado in it, during an earthquake? A lot like that... But with whiskey... And bunnies." -Benron

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