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I smashed my elbow
i can't believe this completely rotten thing has really happened to me. Last week I seriously smashed up my elbow while riding my 29er. I was taken to the hospital where I underwent surgery, and was required to stay for 4 nights. It was a multiple compound fracture and the surgeon explained that I may need 2 or more additional operations and perhaps years of physical therapy before before I am anywhere near “back to normal.” this is especially disturbing to me because I am an artist and for now I can not use my right hand very well, (I am slowly pecking this out with my left hand) so I dread to imagine the future consequences of all this. The surgeon told me that my elbow was like a shattered glass. It felt like it. It still does.... I wish I wore elbow pads. the irony is that I was protected by knee pads, wrist guards, and of course, a helmet. But not elbow pads. In all my unicycling adventures, when taking a fall, I always went forward and never had a problem because I was always well protected. But you know what they say—it only takes one bad fall on that ONE unprotected place. And its not like I was doing anything remotely fancy—I was out on long island visiting my brother, and I went for a ride. I followed a road that took me down by the beach. It was a beautiful twilight, and for a moment, I stopped and sat on a park bench that faced the water. I noticed a sidewalk that ran parrellel to the beach and that went up into a small forest, so I decided to ride it. I attempted to freemount, and failed. I tried to freemount again, and I still went nowhere. On my third try, the world slipped upside down and a second later I was cradling my broken arm and bleeding all over. It was terrible. Luckily, some nice people quickly drove me to my brother's house, who then took me to the hospital. I think its the freemounting that did me in. I was always lousy at freemounting, I always considered it to be my achillies heel, the one thing I did not like about the unicycle, but still, my success rate was good enough to keep me going. Till now. This event has made a mess of my life—luckily enough, I have health insurance, but my family and I were scheduled to go live in Paris for a year and I had to cancel the flights an cancel the sublease on our apartment, and we may not go at all, or at least I may not go at all—the complications of this have been unbelievable. I still love the unicycle, and I am grateful to have experienced the pleasures of riding the one wheel, and I am delighted to have met so many interesting unicyclists along the way (both live and on this forum) and just a week into my injury I really miss riding the old 29er like you would'nt believe, but –seriously--i do think my unicycling days are over.... for now. Bummed out beyond belief, Steve PS--don't overlook those elbow pads! -- dogbowl - Member, Sun28 Appreciation Society So I ride a Sun 28er. You gotta problem with that? All I want out of life is to be able to ride the unicycle while smoking a cigar at the same time. Is that too much to ask for? www.dogbowl.com / www.eyeballplanet.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dogbowl's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6629 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42225 |
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I smashed my elbow
Glad to hear that you're as ok as you can be. I hope things turn out for the better. I have a gnarly scar on my elbow from a muni ride a while back, where I managed toland with a jagged rock sticking inside my elbow an inch, 3miles from home. I hope you can get back to uni'ing soon. -- Catboy - I enjoy the taste of dirt!!! 'I have the amazing power to talk to cats! =^.^=' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/Catboy) 'UPD T-Shirts FOR SALE SOON!!! (Click Me)' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/album661) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Catboy's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/2042 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42225 |
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I smashed my elbow
Sorry that happened... i hope everything works out ok. My friend broke his leg in 2 places a day before he went to Japan for 3 weeks. -- DK - a bit of the ol' ultraviolence *Knife in hand, love in heart* I never took such pleasure in a death A hatred born of freedom’s dying breath \"I don't like to use the word 'US interests.' Thats why I wish some critics, friends of ours would stop saying we go into this country, we go into that country, we do this and we do that. I say 'shhhh shhhh.' We dont do anything, they do it to us. We are part the victims, we are not part of the victimizers.\" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DK's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8054 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42225 |
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I smashed my elbow
Hello Steve, I am sorry to hear about your smashed elbow and how this has disrupted your work and family plans. I hope your arm heals quickly. I've been tooling around the neighborhoods on my Sun 28 lately and consider myself a member of the Sun 28 Appreciation society. Get well soon. -- Chrashing - Unicycles are flying machines! Regards, Ken ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chrashing's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7501 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42225 |
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I smashed my elbow
I did a faceplant into a wet vert ramp (wet being the key thing wrong with this sentence. without it, faceplant wouldn't even be needed!). I am currently missing a tooth, and it's bumming me out a bit. Apparently we're looking at 2500$ for smile reconstruction. Yay health insurance? -- flyer - Level 5 Unicyclist ------------------------------------------------------------------------ flyer's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9894 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42225 |
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I smashed my elbow
In article st.com,
"dogbowl" m wrote: i can't believe this completely rotten thing has really happened to me. Last week I seriously smashed up my elbow while riding my 29er. What an awful cautionary tale! You have my sincere sympathies and best wishes. Thank you for the timely and hard-earned reminder. Seriously -- it's particularly apropos to me, as we're effectively the same age (although your birthday parties are bigger than mine, i'd guess). There but for the grace... My only advice is: Let It Heal. ..max |
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I smashed my elbow
those elbow pads are important. i bought some about a month after learning to uni, and during my very first ride with them on i hit my elbows hard attempting a freemount. it happened so fast and i hit so hard that i don't dare ride without them anymore, at least not yet. still haven't gotten around to buying knee pads though... -- boo radley ------------------------------------------------------------------------ boo radley's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/10484 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42225 |
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I smashed my elbow
Ouch. I'm glad to see the "for now" qualification regarding your unicycling days. It would be depressing for me to not have that outlet, I can only imagine how you feel.....along with being an artist with injured chops. I hope you heal well enough to be able to get back on it without fear of making it worse. I'm always impressed with the body's ability to heal. I had a minor shoulder separation a few weeks ago that at the time made me wonder if I would be riding any trails this summer, but only a mild residual soreness remains so I'm going for it. I hope you get to that point. Good luck. --unidaddy -- unidaddy - head over wheel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ unidaddy's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7879 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42225 |
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unidaddy wrote: Ouch. I'm glad to see the "for now" qualification regarding your unicycling days. Shhhhhh!! I was going to try to buy his killer unicycle off him until you went and encouraged him! |
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I smashed my elbow
Steve, that's really bad! I hope you heal quickly (insofar possible)
and completely. I usually MUni with 661's (shins & knees), helmet and wrist protector gloves. I have realised for years that my elbows are the "next" thing to protect, yet I never got around to buying and using elbow protection. Maybe I should? But then what's the next next thing? (I've never hurt my elbows badly. The worst was during the 2005 Dutch MUni weekend. I fell backwards on my left elbow when I tried to make it to the top of a skatehall ramp. It's more than a month ago but it still hurts when I press it 'wrong' such as on a chair's hard arm rest.) Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict -- I ride like a princess. - john_childs |
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