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what is the extent of your research? or are you just being a fucking troll again?
this shit is getting old
you must motorcross all the time bro.
Like some salt for that sticky foot of yours?
On Ryan Villopoto....
Ryan Villopoto was in damage control mode in Toronto. After missing all of practice due to a reported case of food poisoning (the team still wasn't sure exactly what the problem was) Villopoto returned for the night show and gutted out a sixth. We may look back at tonight and say, “This is where Ryan Villopoto won the championship.”
Racer X Virtual Trainer: Hey Aldon, thanks for talking to me and giving us an update on Ryan and Adam. Tough night in Toronto, eh?
Aldon Baker: Yes a very tough night for sure. We aren't really sure what caused the problems but we are pretty certain he did not have food poisoning because he didn't have diarrhea. He was vomiting a bit but it was more dry heaving and stuff like that.
Take me through the week's events briefly leading up to the problem.
Yes, we had a normal week of training with no problems and traveled to Toronto on Friday. We all went out for dinner to our normal place Friday night and all was good. No troubles at all. Saturday morning when we met up to go to the gym for a quick warm-up session. He said he was going to go to the restroom and he would meet me in the gym. Kristen, his wife informed me he had severe stomach pain, so I went to his room and he was laying down all curled up in pain. He said his stomach was hurting and it was getting worse and worse. He said it woke him up earlier but it was just a little discomfort not the sharp pain he was feeling now. So that's when it all started.
What happened next?
Well, we tried to wait as long as we could to see if he was getting any better and he wasn't. So I took him to the track doctor. Doc Bodnar checked him and recommended he go to the hospital, and that's what we did.
Wow, that had to be a shock. You had to be thinking at that point it was something a little more series than food poisoning.
Yea, at that point I wasn't sure what was going on. I mean, I'm not a doctor but the pain wasn't in a place that would make you think appendix or anything like that. Hospitals in Canada have a different system than we do here in the US and kind of first come first serve so we had to wait a bit once we got there.
Wow, I never really thought about that. Here you all are defending a supercross championship, all this pressure, it's race day and you have medical emergency outside the US in another country.
Yea, that was definitely a bit of a process. I mean I tried to talk to the doctor with all due respect and explain to him what was going on and how important this all was. They went through the normal process of checking his vitals and checking his blood and all the usual tests but I kind of knew that the only way they were going to get a speedy diagnosis was with an contrast CT scan. So on top of all that he had to drink that dye. But trying to speed up the process a bit was not easy. Unless you are maybe a hockey player or something, it's not happening (laughs).
So at that point, you guys had to know it wasn't food poisoning, right?
Yea, for sure. I pretty much ruled that out because he wasn't really exhibiting the signs of food poisoning. The only thing he had was this sharp pain. No fever or anything else. Plus we all ate Friday evening and this happened about 12 hours later. Food poisoning tends to kick in pretty quick and usually comes out both ends. And actually our team manager Dan, he wasn't feeling well and was exhibiting the normal signs of food poisoning and Josh Grant too from what I was told.
So this sounds like this didn't have anything to do with food.
No, it definitely doesn't look that way.
So what did they do at the hospital that got him well enough to race that night?
Well, we were there for a few hours waiting and going through the process and the pain seemed to start to relax a bit. Actually right before the CT scan the pain seemed to relax quite a bit. So he started feeling a bit better and moving around. He then said that he would like to try and ride. If he was going to ride we needed to get a plan together to get him cleared with Doc Bodnar at the track and the AMA and FIM. Up to that point we were thinking there was no way he was going to ride. Give up the 25 points and go to the next round. But Ryan felt that as long as he didn't have that extreme pain he would be fine to try and ride. Then it was a big stretch to get him released because they had to do the CT scan and read it before they would let him go. Once everything came back clear and they were not going to keep him overnight we got out of there. We got the forms from the hospital, headed back to the track and off to Doc Bodnar to get clearance. Then it was off to the heat race.
So he hit the track for the first time in a heat race. No practice laps or nothing.
Yes.
He was noticeably cautious in both races. Watching the race live, we were all told he had suffered from food poisoning all day and I just assumed he was dehydrated and just sick. Was he just being cautious because he was still in a bit of pain?
Yes, he was still in a bit of pain and wasn't feeling unreal for sure. He had a long day in the hospital and was slightly dehydrated from throwing up. He also had not eaten anything all day. It was not an ideal situation but I think he did pretty good considering the day he had. There was no way he needed to go out there and try to push the limits.
So what's the prognosis now?
Well, he flew out to California and is working with a specialist to try and determine what caused all this. I'm actually waiting to hear from them now.
Has the pain gone away?
Yes, for the most part. He still has a bit of soreness from all the cramping but the sharp pains have gone away.
So from the sound of things, it looks like we can expect a 100% healthy RV on Saturday in St. Louis?
Yes, that is what I expect.
I cant find that post
A better comparison would be RV and Tyler Bowers I believe.
I'm not picking a side
I had giardia (sp) once Shit (no pun) was debilitating.
Kudos to RV though. Even more kudos to Stewart. If you watch the GoPro vid on the homepage, it's unbelievable! He was in the "zone" and went faster and faster as the race progressed.
"I can't imagine going to the heat race without knowing the track like RV did. We really have to give RV a lot of credit for his Toronto performance. Even on top of my game, I don't know if I would have made the main in RV's situation. Ryan took "winning a championship on your bad days" to a whole new level and deserves our respect."
Pit Row
If you meant Lorenzo, I think his ride was unbelievable. I remember Chad spitting up blood and returning to track to race in SX.
Also in OZ Chad rode with a broken leg that didn't get fixed for a week as if they did what they wanted to do right away Chad would be like Booby M.
What RV did was ok but up there as the toughest of all time ffs give me a break. Some riders put in some pretty quick laps in early practice so I don't see that as a Major.
http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-top-10s/top-10-hardest-rides-of-all…
I guess that I can't link to other websites...
1. Mick Doohan
Where: Sao Paolo, Brazilian 500ccGP
Where: 1992
What: Honda NSR500
Why so hard?: Mick fights appalling pain and fatigue to protect lead
In late June 1992 Mick Doohan fell at the Assen GP and suffered a savage lower right leg break - spiral fractures of the tibia and fibula. After botched early treatment, amputation was on the cards. It was horrendous.
After rescue and relocation, a radical op performed by Doctor Claudio Costa’s Clinica Mobile saved his legs from being sawn off and speeded up his recovery. Seven weeks after his crash, as weak as a kitten and with his leg withered and useless, Doohan came back to defend what was left of his once imperious 57-point Championship lead at the hideously dangerous Interlagos circuit.
His treatment had included radical surgery, sewing both his legs together and transplanting muscle tissue from his torso to his calves, to help get the dying muscles become oxygenated by the living tissue.
Mick, until that stage an unbeatable prospect, knew he was in trouble in Brazil and was a physical wreck. “I’d lost six kilos, and had been pretty lean to start with; I was run down, beat up and on some pretty strong pills,” says Mick with typical ‘no worries’ understatement.
He eventually finished 12th, but in 1992 that meant no points and all that grit and risk had been for nothing. He finished the Championship in second place, losing out to Wayne Rainey by just four points. “That was my toughest race ever, but I was happy that I had finished,” he says. “I got back to the pits and Costa and another doctor were crying. It was all pretty emotional.” But the legend that was Mick Doohan had been born. The infamous Gold & Goose photo of him in appalling pain, with his stick-thin leg clearly on display and Dr Costa offering comfort, shows the true grit of the man. And that’s why Doohan’s Sao Paolo effort is unquestionably our hardest race of all time.
Read more: http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-top-10s/top-10-hardest-rides-of-all…
(no offense to Hillbilly)
I'm unoffendable ,nothing could be posted that my wife aint already called me.
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