I know the doctor said I wasn't to get on a bike again yet, but...

[denny]

...I think this one is pretty safe:


I'd love to know the exact force required to break a piece of metal the thickness of this fork:


This one obviously didn't take quite as much of the impact, opting for a rather charming banana theme instead of the outright snap:

Comments

[wechsler.livejournal.com]

uh, what's going on with the leg now then?

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Nothing much... I get to keep still as much as possible and try not to move in between times. :)

I go back to the hospital on the 16th, when they'll x-ray and see if the bones have got the right idea about joining up again (no idea what happens if they haven't!). After that appointment they should be able to give me slightly better time estimates as to when I'll start trying to walk again and when I'll be considered 'fixed', but it's likely to remain in the '6 months / 12+ months' area.

The skin graft, as you can see in that pic, is now mostly just a fairly funky and rather large scar. It's probably still a bit delicate, but I don't intend to poke it hard enough to find out :)

[aeia.livejournal.com]

Ochie.. looks like the bike got broken legs (forks) as well... Hmm the scar on your leg does look kind of like some "go fatster stripe" :)

I know you shouldnt probably be thinking about it just yet.. but is the bike fixable? Or did that huge impact bend the frame as well as snapping the fork!

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

The bike has been written off by my side of the insurance/lawyer tag-team wrestling match. I very much imagine the other side will agree after looking at it.

It's not obvious in the photos but there is engine damage that would probably write the bike off even if the frame were straight, which is uncertain.

[androktone.livejournal.com]

poorbike :

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

Hmm. You ought to make an animated gif of you sitting on your broken bike with the icon you've got of it now.. ;)

Ouchie. Best of luck with getting it all sorted out. I'll have to come and visit soon *hugs*

*looks innocent*

[wechsler.livejournal.com]

?

or for added loopiness

[wechsler.livejournal.com]

?

Re: or for added loopiness

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

you've been watching too much Dangermouse again, haven't you?

Re: or for added loopiness

[wechsler.livejournal.com]

No such thing :p

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Seconded.

Did I mention to you that I bought no less than 5 DM DVD collections a few months ago? Hours of giggling to be had...

[adjectivegail]

Did I mention to you that I bought no less than 5 DM DVD collections a few months ago?
*squeaks*

*stops* *thinks* *wistful sigh*

*squeak*

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Hrm... I don't think duranorak is much of a DM fan so this gets tricky... but when I'm mobile again I could bring my laptop to hers with me and you could visit for a DM session, if she didn't object too strenuously :)

Re: or for added loopiness

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

Lol!

Somehow I think it loses something in the reduction *sigh*. The scariest part is the darkness of the scar on his leg makes his leg look matchstick thin on that small picture...

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

My leg is matchstick thin... I wasted away in hospital (no surprise, with that food), and now that the swelling from the break is finally starting to go down, you can see just how skinny my leg really is.

Guess I'll have to do a fair bit of exercise when I finally do get the use of this leg back, to try and rebuild it to it's former not-quite-so-skinny glory...

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

No no, it's not as thin as it looks in that icon wechlser created. Compare and contrast the two photos :)

And you complained about your fat when I saw you too.. biggest load of bollocks this side of christmas.

I expect you will have to exercise gently to get used to moving around as much as you used to, but that's only to be expected.

[wechsler.livejournal.com]

odd place to gain weight...

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Oh I dunno... have you thought about the impact a broken leg has on bedroom athletics? ;)

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

LMAO!

Naughty! He remained clothed (mostly) throughout my short visit.. sadly ;)

[wildeabandon.livejournal.com]

Guess I'll have to do a fair bit of exercise when I finally do get the use of this leg back,

If there's anything I can do to help with that....

;->

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

*grin*

I wonder if anyone's ever written a physiotherapy book with helpful hints as to what positions help with rebuilding different muscle groups. If not, why not? :)

Re: or for added loopiness

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

LJ oddness... both email notifications contained the second version.

Re: or for added loopiness

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Oh, is the first one a single-cycle animation? That would explain it - Evolution buggers those up for some unfathomable reason...

[calum]

Ouch.

At least you mend better than the bike does..

How goes the legal tussle?

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

The legal tussle is well underway and shall continue for some time, from the look of things... he claims I was speeding, and I claim he's an unobservant fuckwit. Time will tell who the courts favour on that one...

[calum]

Well, my legal tussle with the police, who overtook me from the right hand lane, to cut across in front of me and turn left, continues.. Since Nov 2001.. Sigh..

F*cking useless, lawyers.