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2/6/2013 4:10pm
2/6/2013 4:10pm
Edited Date/Time
2/16/2013 9:25am
i wrecked up at ram jam mx in lorain ohio on 1/12/13. i endoed my bike off a triple, went to bail and got stuck arms leading. anyhow i broke my left ula/radius in 4 spots, dislocated my left wrist and broke my right humerus at the elbow. anyhow movement sucks in my left hand still and ive been out of school going on a month. i just figured you guys would like a story and a few gnarly pics. anyone else fuck up really bad?
2. indoors suck....is it spring yet?
3. who wipes your.....nvm
Heal up quick!
The Shop
Edit: Newskool beat me to it!
617- dude that sucks. my dads a doctor, i guess your safe until you break into a joint. i did twice haha.
I shattered my left elbow into 15 pieces, 5th gear pinned on my 94 CR250 in 1995 (I know i am old) I lost blood flow to the lower arm and almost lost the arm all together!!! I still have 2 pins and a wire that was supposed to break and be removed, but, it never broke so i live with it. All I can say is the pain goes away.... and DO YOUR PT!!!! I promise you that it is going to hurt way worse than the wreck and surgeries put together but do it!!!! You will never regain your range of motion and strength if you dont.... I still lack 15-20% extension but it works and I raced another 8 years with it!!!
Those photos are brutal i do not envy you at all!!!
I believe to this day if you ask them about the big guy that yelled "Fuck" a dozen times.....they know who it was.
jake- indoor is a death trap, i hated it before and its even sketchier hahaha
617- i am with you on that dude.
A biggg thank to everyone for the thoughts, it really cheered me up. now to tackle the 15k bill, after insurance. before it was 150k
Pit Row
-shattered left femur, way up high - 14" titanium nail and some other screw piece to join the top and bottom portions
-broke left radius and ulna 3" above the wrist, but clean, nothing but a cast
-3rd degree separation of right shoulder
-cracked sternum
-all ribs broken
-right lung punctured by an errant rib
-concussion
-6 days in a trauma center 2 hours away from home
-3 weeks in a wheelchair (couldn't use crutches, both arms jacked)
-several weeks in a walker (yes, like an old man)
-several more weeks on crutches
-walking on leg at 2 months
-riding again at ten months post injury
Yeah, someone wiped my ass for a bit (mom and dad), at 34 yrs old, that's a tough one hahaha. Had a hospital bed in my house for a bit. A year later, I had another big crash, got a bad concussion (#3 in ten years), broke a tooth, and decided it was time. Time to quit that is.
OP, you look young, heal fast, heal right, and do your own therapy, but DO it.
I took up a safer sport after that...I'm the white dude, black guy is a close friend, our first marathon, me at 38yrs old, (he beat me by 14 minutes, damn yound kids, 21yrs old).
The leg at 10 days post injury
Hardware
the jump
I've read alot on Ridge and many others and i dont want to go through years of surgery and suffer with it when their is not much they can really do. I cant walk or put much weight on it and it getting worse by the day. I have extensive soft tissue damage that is adding to it. Its all good if i have to make a choice i won't hesitate. Just like you i want to get back to riding and living. Thanks for asking.
chrisridgway181@yahoo.com
In the bottom pic my wrist was swollen to about 4inches wide, its normally 2 1/4". My avatar and sig pic are both from 2012, feels so good to be back at it, especially after the Docs, parents, friends all said I was done. Determination can overcome anything!
Funny thing I was laying in bed last night unable to sleep from pain and thought about all the great people and friends you meet in this sport. Everything is moto 24/7. Normal people think it is crazy we keep going back for more.
Hopefully you're healing up well.
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