Toshiba Boy
N+1er
- Location
- By the beach, West Zummerzet
Ouch! Speedy recovery. Must have been bad if, as you say, your first thought wasn't "how's my bike?"
My Future Scar
- Thread starter lifeson
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Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
I hope the idiot who stepped in front of you has the relevant karma coming to them (or, maybe they were injured too?).
I'm jealous in a strange sort of way.
Don't be, once I have my reversal Gastro Surgery next year, my stomach will be a REAL mess!
Got a 6 inch scar and various other bits and pieces at the moment as it is!
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lifeson
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- Here or There but mainly Here
Ouch
Get well soon. Looks like it'll be neater than my shin after plating
That looks nasty
I'll get a pic of the scar as it is now but I am really pleased with how it has healed up, you can barely see it in places.
I can manage to get on the turbo for 10 -15 mins at a time albeit on low resistance, but I think it will be a while before I am out on the road.
Anyway heres a pic of my plate...
And no I havent got a tree growing inside my leg
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lifeson
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1 I dont really know, the French surgeon suggested that they can stay in, but reading a few forum threads some people have had problems which have been resolved by taking out the plates and screws once the bone has healed sufficiently. I have to go back to the clinic at the end of the month and this question is top of my list!
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I think so, the photo was with the x rays up against the window of our motorhome when we were in France, they were Dutch opposite
1 I dont really know, the French surgeon suggested that they can stay in, but reading a few forum threads some people have had problems which have been resolved by taking out the plates and screws once the bone has healed sufficiently. I have to go back to the clinic at the end of the month and this question is top of my list!
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I still have my bolts and screws, nothing was suggested to me about taking them out. I have had them since 2000, when I had a piggy back accident.
smokeysmoo
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bolton, not very far from Nob End
Stick to cycling, it's safer than pig racingI have had them since 2000, when I had a piggy back accident.
Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
I had to have the plate removed, otherwise I wouldn't have been allowed back to frontline duties. It isn't vitally important otherwise. The pin joining the two ends of bone is still in there. You can feel it under th skin.
The scarring is the result of a Staph infection I picked up after the removal op. It was a very smelly and painful few months trying to get the wound to heal.
The scarring is the result of a Staph infection I picked up after the removal op. It was a very smelly and painful few months trying to get the wound to heal.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Some good war wounds there boys/girls.... show em off
Some good war wounds there boys/girls.... show em off
Here's my entry. Following a low speed accident in 2007 which saw me break my femur and shatter my femoral neck into 5 pieces, I was left with one of these as a souvenir.
(This is not my actual X-Ray as I don't have a copy of it so a picture from the web will have to do).
Still have it after 4 years as the docs have never mentioned getting it removed,
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Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
He can't go near certain bits of machinery either, and don't even mention what the washing machine on full spin does to him....
Sorry, I am still in 'Post a lie about the poster above' mode.
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lifeson
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