Rider Down

[FieSTa45]

Folks, I went down on Wednesday, hard. A lady turned left @ blocked both lanes and stopped. Over the bars I went, landing on my right elbow.
The scene was about 3 blocks away from the local hospital. Helmet took a hit as well. Attached is few x-rays of the elbow, both before & after. The
wife calls the after a poorly done home repair project! Pictures of the of the 1100 will be coming in a few days. This will be the end of my riding, most likely.
15 years + is a good deal of riding, but I think my time is over.

 

[Chance]

God man, I'm truly sorry to read this. I hope you are doing ok. You May feel differently a few months from now. In the mean time take the time to heal fully. Good Luck!

Troy

 

[BakerBoy]

Sorry to hear this Bob. Heal well, and contemplate riding at a later time.

 

[v8-7]

Hope you heal up quickly..

Not sure what I'm looking at in the pix, but how many screws did the doc put in that little area ?

 

[piper87c]

Very sorry for you, but glad it was not worse.
Praying for your full and rapid recovery.

 

[FieSTa45]

Screw count is around 15 or so......

Thank GOD for gear. The riding jacket did not even have a rip.

 

[John Anthony]

Wow! What a terrible experience. Glad you're on the mend and thankful you weren't more seriously hurt. If it were me, I'd worry about future riding after I was healed and in a better frame of mind. Please keep us posted on your progress.

John

 

[970mike]

Wow that is just a bad day! I hope you heal fast and complete.

 

[John OoSTerhuis]

Damn, Bob. Really sorry to hear this. I hope your recovery goes well. Assume the SSMST didn't fare very well...(?)

BeST, John

 

[Al Gully]

Darn, that's not a pretty site, here's to a speedy recovery.
Let's us know frequently on your updates and how your feeling.
It's never nice when you hear of a fellow rider hanging up his gear.

 

[ardykay54]

Sorry to see this Bob! Heal quickly. Russ.

 

[Rick Gibson]

Heal up first, then decide about the future.

 

[vinny]

Sorry to hear this, Bob. Heal first, decide later... your desire to get back on a bike may come back.

 

[Bones]

Heal well, Bob...ride again if you can.

 

[Mark]

That is an ugly break, and I agree with your wife too!

Hope those bones heal quickly and your PT goes well.

Mark

 

[Jrnyer]

Damn, you'll need a can of WD-40 to keep that from squeaking. Best of luck on your recovery.

 

[playfair]

Wow, that's some repair job!! I'm sure there's a million "what-if's" rolling around your head in this aftermath, but in the scheme of things, it could have been a LOT worse.
Here's to the day that xray is hanging on the wall of your man-cave wall and you can sit back with a cold one and brag about it!

 

[Jeff F]

Sorry about your get-off.

Wishing you a quick and complete recovery.

 

[sirepair]

Sorry to hear about this. I have a very similar hardware installation in my left arm. Took a while to recover, but ended up with 95+% range of motion. Did mine back in '91 and was a couple years before I threw my leg over a bike.

Listen to docs and do all therapy you can!

 

[Rekoob]

Sorry to hear this. Good luck and heal well.