Just got the all clear:-)

[Antshiel]

On 20/06/2003 i was involved in a serious bike smash. I was coming home about 10-10.30 pm on my zx12 from a ride out with some mates. I was on the college road in perry barr doing about 60 - 70 about half a mile from the traffic lights.Tthere is a slght bend in the road where there is also a side road. As i approached the bend a stupid little singh in a rover 216 pulled straight out without even glancing in my direction. The obvious happened, i braked, the bike stood upright and the bike and me slid sideways on into a parked car followed by a lamp post and finally, a brick wall. The bike disintegrated and took flight in several directions. By the time i had stopped flying and came to rest against the wall, everything seemed ok. That was until i tried to stand up and my right leg collapsed from under me. I went to hopical, had leathers cut off and there it was, My fib and tib were hanging out of my leg. This meant 13 weeks in hospital, 11 operations, MRSA, collapsed lung and to top it all pneumonia. My leg was basically rebuilt from the knee down, with various bits of metal, pins, brackets and screws, skin grafts and muscle from the back of my leg moved to the front and all held in place with an external fixator (scaffold). I was left unable to walk for 9 months and had the fixator on for 6 of those. Anyway (sorry if its gettin boring but i am so relieved and have to vent it somewhere) 15 months later i was walking again allbeit with a limp. I started physio and the first session something cracked. OH $HIT thought me. Back off to hospital and yes the tibia had snapped clean in two. To cut a very long story short, another 4 days in hospital and no walking for a further 6 weeks, i was pi$$ed off (and skint) with 1 1/2 legs and no bike . There was a little hole in my leg which would not heal as splinters of bone from inside my leg kept working their way out, this went on for the best part of 12 mths.
Anyway i have been going to physio now for just over 1 year and when i went in this morning, to my surprise, at the end of my sesh my consultant (the bloke who did all the ops) came in to see me. "hello Anthony, i am pleased to rell you everything is well and you can come and see me in 6 months for a check up". Thats it im a free man again. He said i can do everything i used to as long as i keep on exercising it and get it up to strength.

So there you have it, i am now going for a very very big pint. sorry for boring you with this but im a happy chappy

[Chillitt]

yikes! have i seen that scar in superbike?

[Antshiel]

Seen it too, i have a good look at it every day, God im lucky hehe.

[stormforce]

Seen it too, i have a good look at it every day, God im lucky hehe.

you were certainly lucky Ant

[Chillitt]

i managed to do a damage to my hip with a toboggan, but i only got 3 tiny little scars out of it.. and that was only 3 months in traction.. so fair play on the souveneirs.. and well done on escaping the specialists!

[drunkmonkeyboy]

glad to hear you doing well. I work in operating theatres so see a few bikers come through being a biker myself i know the dangers of other road users! i must say theough i see almost as many people come in for ops after a horse acident as for bikes!! Its good to see that even you might not remember seeing odp's (operating department practitioners) like me our work is helping people like yourself get back to doing what you used to, especally biking!!! have had a couple of spills myself nothing serious but it smarts a bit makes me extra carful with the diesel!!!

[stormforce]

Where do you work then Mike

[drunkmonkeyboy]

Derriford, plymouth. but i trained with people from all over the southwest so might of trained with some of the people that look afteer you when you get your hip done!

[stormforce]

Derriford, plymouth. but i trained with people from all over the southwest so might of trained with some of the people that look afteer you when you get your hip done!

so what do you actually do then Mike?are you one of those who knock us b4 going in for the op

[Antshiel]

glad to hear you doing well. I work in operating theatres so see a few bikers come through being a biker myself i know the dangers of other road users! i must say theough i see almost as many people come in for ops after a horse acident as for bikes!! Its good to see that even you might not remember seeing odp's (operating department practitioners) like me our work is helping people like yourself get back to doing what you used to, especally biking!!! have had a couple of spills myself nothing serious but it smarts a bit makes me extra carful with the diesel!!!

Well i can only say "YOU GUYS DESERVE MEGA MEDALS"
all the peeps who work in hospitals are under appreciated and this goes for the air ambulance too. Ive seen all sorts coming and going while i was in and they never get to see what goes on beyond the ward. Keep up the good work m8.

[TonyN]

Respect for the scar, thats a MoFo of one!!

[drunkmonkeyboy]

lol kind of! basicly an odp is like a nurse but we train to just work in theatres. I can work with the surgeon handing them the instruments and leeping stuff clean. I can help yu wake up afterand help keep you pain free!! but the job i do is to help the anaestist (sorry spelling $$$$ dyslexic) we hold the keys to the controled drugs to give the doctors, and basicly look after all the equipment and are the anaestists right hand man. Mrs drunk is an anaestist, but its not so much fun working with her as she likes telling me what to do a little too much! (hope she dont read this!)

[drunkmonkeyboy]

Well i can only say "YOU GUYS DESERVE MEGA MEDALS"
all the peeps who work in hospitals are under appreciated and this goes for the air ambulance too. Ive seen all sorts coming and going while i was in and they never get to see what goes on beyond the ward. Keep up the good work m8.

Thanks means a lot most of the patients i help look after are asleep!!

[Antshiel]

Respect for the scar, thats a MoFo of one!!

Ive got all the op pics on a phone but lost the usb lead, so trying to send to another phone with my sim in it but the bugg@r wont let me.

[Antshiel]

Thanks means a lot most of the patients i help look after are asleep!!

You must work days then cos the moaning sods wont sleep or let anyone else sleep at night lol.