F%ck me....This year is starting to suck ass

So.... Many of you were there today/yesterday now at woodward, and saw me mad smash myself into the ground rather violently. Well its near one am, and I just got back from the Hospital.


So here is the verdict as of now.


4 cracked ribs, fractured sternum, lots of bruises......And one effed up Knee. Lots of xrays, chest, back, spine, knee, and a double check on the wrists.


So the big worry is the knee, no fractures in the knee, but I am now off work, waiting for an MRI to see how much damage I did with my little smash up.


Gotta say, its a strange feeling having a half dozen people stop you from getting up, and forcing you to lay down, and not being allowed to move.

So here is the crash, went off that last kicker hot, and too far back, bucked super hard, thought I was going to land on my head, pulled back as hard as I could, still very nose heavy, drove the front wheel into the ground, bottomed out, washed out, took the bars to the chest, bike to the knee with me on top, and one hell of an impact into the ground followed by a gnarly tumble...





Andy, I know you have a pre impact Pic..... Help a Brother out

 

Ouch Mike. Heal up. Sending the best your direction

 

Holy crap.. you f'd yourself up good! I can only imagine the pain your in even with the meds.. Wow.. Major healing vibes your way man.. your gonna needs it.

 

I for one cant wait to see it hope your ok, its no fun going down. been there a few times myself have a few, i mean a 6 pack, of brew and relax

 

Oh yeah.... Forgot to add.......Worst par is.... I am supposed to be using crutches to get around.......Holy **** are they retarded???

 

Getting injured sucks. Heal up soon man. Hope you are back on the bike in the near future.:beer:

 

Welcome to the IR list with the rest of us. :drunk:

Seems a lot of us are on it this year :-k :?:

Hope you heal up quick and I agree, crutches suck.

 

Yikes!!! How did we miss that??? Major healing vibes being sent your way!!! And yes crutches do suck but sometimes there faster than hobbling!!

 

Ouch, man that doesn't sound like fun at all, hope you heal up quick!

 

Yeah crutches suck...... theya re bearable..... but along with the ribs..... I just want to not move.


I litterally, bounced off the finish line. I am pretty sure you guys were up top.

 

Ohh damm I had no idea. Was that on the second run? I could have swore I heard your name for the second runs.

That last kicker was kinda dangerous. A number of people crashed on it. It was so bad they moved the timing table after first run. I saw one pretty bad crash where the guy tumbled with his bike over the line. I heard just before me someone crashed into the table.

Dude just heal up and yeah crutches would really suck with bad ribs.

If you bad knee is same side of body as the bad ribs you could try using on crutch might be less painful yet still helpful. You use the crutch on your good knee side and move the crutch forward and then step forward with bad leg then support yourself with crutch and move you good leg forward.

 

Major healing vibes to you, glad you didn't have any traumatic brain injury!

Re: the crutches, if 'ya bored, modify them and add something like a RP23...lol, Propedal crutches \\/

 

Bright orange bike that said Dirty Mike on the side of it, Green Jersey, Blue helmet?

If so, that was me.

If not, Yeah it was My second run, and yes, I Killed that finish line.

 

Wasnt you, I would have known. It was 34-4? Beginner.

 

Here 'ya go, a project for you if bored, Propedal crutches:

 

:lol:

 

as bad as it may be, youre online and posting, that alone is a good thing!

Hope you get back on the bike soon!

 

I heard you hit that jump so fast and hard you literally landed and an other area code.

Healing Vibes man, Rib injuries are the worst, here's a little advise:

1. Don't laugh
2. Don't cough
3. Don't sneeze
4. Don't snap your radish for at least for a week or more.

 

Ok, Ortho and MRI on Monday..... good to see Kaiser i smoving fast on this. I love the fact there are Four MRI machines local to us.

 

Dang Mike, sounds pretty gnarly! Heal up quick!:beer: