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General Banter / My BIG Motorcycle Crash!!!
« on: October 29, 2012, 01:38:09 PM »
If you're a "Facebook Friend" of mine, you've probably seen a version of this story already. Sorry about that.
The following is the most up-to-date version.
Hola,
For those of you who haven't heard, I had a bad motorcycle accident this year on the 19th of August. I fainted while riding my new (to me) 2010 Honda GL1800 GoldWing motorcycle & drove off the road into a ditch. According to witnesses, the crash was horrific!
Thankfully, I was wearing safety gear, including padded pants & jacket, sturdy boots, good gloves & a full-face helmet. Thanks to the friends I was riding with & our proximity to Star Prairie, WI, emergency medical help was quickly on the scene. Once stabilized, I was rushed via ambulance to a hospital in New Richmond, WI, where a Med-Evac chopper was waiting to airlift me to Regions Hospital, one of the top trauma hospitals in the country. The care I received there substantiates that, too.
After 8 days in Regions (2 in the ICU!), I came home w/2 broken ribs in my back on the right side, a broken right hand @ the base of my pinkie (there was a steel rod in the bone in my palm to the pinkie finger that was removed 9/25/12), an old injury in my back, vertebra T7, that was "awakened" after 15 years to remind me it's still there (!) & a slight concussion that resulted in some short term memory loss.
I spent 2 weeks recuperating @ home before returning to work September 10th, 2012, on a restricted & shortened schedule. Now I'm working full time with few restrictions.
A full & complete recovery is expected.
The doctors consensus of the cause of my accident is "volume depletion," or dehydration, which was made worse due to my recently beginning to take blood pressure medicine 10 days before the accident.
Please remember to keep yourselves hydrated while you're out & about, no matter what you're doing, but especially if you're operating a motor vehicle!
My accident could have been much, much, worse & certainly would have been w/o my protective gear @ clothing. Please be sure to wear your own safety gear while riding any 2-wheel vehicle, but especially a motorcycle!
Above all, enjoy your life & be careful out there.
Wild Bill
The following is the most up-to-date version.
Hola,
For those of you who haven't heard, I had a bad motorcycle accident this year on the 19th of August. I fainted while riding my new (to me) 2010 Honda GL1800 GoldWing motorcycle & drove off the road into a ditch. According to witnesses, the crash was horrific!
Thankfully, I was wearing safety gear, including padded pants & jacket, sturdy boots, good gloves & a full-face helmet. Thanks to the friends I was riding with & our proximity to Star Prairie, WI, emergency medical help was quickly on the scene. Once stabilized, I was rushed via ambulance to a hospital in New Richmond, WI, where a Med-Evac chopper was waiting to airlift me to Regions Hospital, one of the top trauma hospitals in the country. The care I received there substantiates that, too.
After 8 days in Regions (2 in the ICU!), I came home w/2 broken ribs in my back on the right side, a broken right hand @ the base of my pinkie (there was a steel rod in the bone in my palm to the pinkie finger that was removed 9/25/12), an old injury in my back, vertebra T7, that was "awakened" after 15 years to remind me it's still there (!) & a slight concussion that resulted in some short term memory loss.
I spent 2 weeks recuperating @ home before returning to work September 10th, 2012, on a restricted & shortened schedule. Now I'm working full time with few restrictions.
A full & complete recovery is expected.
The doctors consensus of the cause of my accident is "volume depletion," or dehydration, which was made worse due to my recently beginning to take blood pressure medicine 10 days before the accident.
Please remember to keep yourselves hydrated while you're out & about, no matter what you're doing, but especially if you're operating a motor vehicle!
My accident could have been much, much, worse & certainly would have been w/o my protective gear @ clothing. Please be sure to wear your own safety gear while riding any 2-wheel vehicle, but especially a motorcycle!
Above all, enjoy your life & be careful out there.
Wild Bill