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General Category => Members Health & Wellbeing => Topic started by: Aj1300 on May 23, 2017, 07:45:51 PM
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Greencan, Dickie has had a big off on his dirt bike. He has knocked himself around a fair bit. Broken collar bone and more broken ribs you would ever want, front and back. His chest is like a squeezebox so no laughing for him. Plus some other injuries. He is in a private hospital in Brunswick as he can't get home as yet. I saw him yesterday and he's very sore. Being an ex ambo he is not the best patient, worse than Dr Google. Drop him a line to lift his spirits.
Cheers Aj.
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Bugger Greencan! Ribs are certainly no laughing matter. Take every med they offer you and worry about weaning off them later.
"Cuddles" over on FarRiders did the same thing to himself up at Barrington Tops on his Tenere. Sure laid him low for a while.
Moral: stay off dirt bikes!! :-(((
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This absence is totally unapproved.
Get well, and back on duty soon.
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Get well soon
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Cor Blimey Dickie, you don't do things by half measures.
Rest well and heal.
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Told yuh not to restore
that bloody thing up! Hope you didn't scratch it.
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Just got an up date from Ella. He is being transferred to John Fawkner hospital where he has to get his lung drained and they are going to see if they can do anything to his ribs while he is asleep . Probably wake up very sore.
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Thanks for the updates Aj :hatwave
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Bloody hell Greencan how is anyone going to top your list of injuries? Now pretend the pretty nurse, is a very hungry lion and don't move. Enjoy the attention and turn off any news of Trump or it will hurt. Big but gentle hugs from W.A.
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Good Morning to those silly enough to be awake at such an unearthly hour as I am...et al
Thank U all for the thoughts and best wishes, very much appreciated. And thank U, Adam n Neil for the personal visits too.
Though I was told last week I had incurred a L haemothorax at the major trauma hospital I was originally conveyed to, it came as a bit of a shock last evening when I received a visit from a cardiothoracic surgeon and adviced of the extent of the bleed and his reccommendation to undergo surgery asap and that he is also reviewing the fracture management with his colleagues.
Interestingly, having participated in the administration of acute chest drainage, not once did it occur to me that one day I'd be on the receiving end! I think other para medicos that have witnessed this procedure with know what I am talking about...for the rest of you males, it is inpart akin to seeing some other poor sod receiving a blow to his plums. :eek Thankfully, in my case a GA will spare me such thoughts as the plan (as Adam has mentioned), is to collapse that lung and irrigate due to time since the injury occured.
So, the anticipated answer to the $64 question is..."too right I am going to another crack at dirt bike riding!" :wink1
Cheers the can :-)
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Bugga - Dickie - Yep those chest drains are awesome to watch being done but not so good to be on the receiving end of a Dr test drilling for iron ore :fp
So your getting back on the dirt bikes - Well my diagnosis is your mental health is normal ;-* :grin :grin
Get better soon - It wont take long as the hospital food will have you out of there in no time at all :grin
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Good morning Sir Richard of Sunbury :hatwave
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Good to hear your going to get back on the bike. Maybe you can have a go of my Husky 500 ? A bit more power and you will just fly over the top of the ruts and rocks. Don't worry about not being able to touch the ground it's over rated anyway. More horsepower and you will become one with the bike. Take it easy mate see you soon.
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All the best!
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Were you riding one of those evil 2 stroke trail bikes Dickie ?
A workmate has just bought one as his 4 stroke ktm was a bit gutless.
He is beginning to see the error of his purchase :-[
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GC,
Tough break !
Sound horrendous.
I just watched a YouTube 'educational' on the procedure you are going through ..... think I would prefer a kick to the plums actually!
Obviously I hope the recovery journey is a little more relaxed for you after the lung drainage activity.
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Very sorry to hear about your off, Dickie.
I hope to see you out and about once you've mended.
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Got another update about our stunt rider. He is back to day one when he had his big off. Poor bloke, he had the lung drained last night and while he was under the Doctor put a plate and screws in his collar bone and drew a funny face on his arse. :rofl :crackup At the moment they are going to leave his rib to repair themselves. Get well Dickie. I think I should get your Trumpy for mowing your lawn. :like :like :grin
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We need pictures o:) o:)
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We need pictures o:) o:)
Of the mown lawn. :well
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Thank U Lionel, Gary Adam et al...thoughts gratefully appreciated :grin
A third CT of my chest revealed a bleed of 500-700ml. So I underwent a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), and also I took the advice of a second opinion from an orthopaedic surgeon and had my left clavicle (collar bone), realigned and pinned. The problem with these surgical procedures are they have reduced my movement and increased the pain to that of the day of my off...bugger :'(
So much like a game of snakes n ladders, when ya land on the long one!
Interestingly most of the bloody drugs I administered to patients over the decades I am hypersensitive to at best, or am allergic. So presently on iv fentanyl and ketamine and have epidural block, so now searching for the long ladders to get me outta here. :wink1
Hopefully the chest drain n block will come out tomorrow, then I be able to more mobile by next week...touch wood ;-*
Cheers the can :-)
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Awesome to see you are keeping a good attitude mate :thumbsup
All the best for the recovery, and keep the updates coming (hopefully the next one will be better news) :thumbs
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Keep up the good work.
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Sending positive thoughts for your recovery Greencan :hug
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best wishes for a speedy recovery :beer
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Best wishes Dickie....get well soon mate.
:beer
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Mornin' All...and thank U all for your thoughts, much appreciated :thumb
Well tis day 5 in ICU (bit of a diversion eh from emergency care then to rehab :think1) Anyway, we will slog on ;-* Just waiting for the nod from the cardiothoracic surgeon to remove both the drain and the extra dural plumbing from my chest...these alone will be a blessed relief to get rid of. As for the indwelling urine cath...well I have sorted got used the practice of not worrying 'bout when an where ya fo for a pee, novel too is the experience of going for a walk with a nurse leading ya along by a rubber hose coming from ya nob...just a thought.
TTFN
the can :-)
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:crackup
Lovely turn off phrase.
Keep up the good spirits. It's a big part of healing quickly.
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I was unable to stop envisaging multiple mental pictures.
Please know your pain is being shared :fp
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the experience of going for a walk with a nurse leading ya along by a rubber hose coming from ya nob...
On the bright side. Some people pay big bucks for that experience, you're getting that for free, so don't complain.
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Yeh - Can you supply more details of the nurse or even a picture or two ;-* :popcorn :popcorn :grin
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Is that with her holding the hose or otherwise....that`s important,,,,Get well :wht11 :wht11 :wht11
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Remember the Can's on drugs - What he thinks is a nurse with a hose up his ole fella is actually his dressing gown belt tied around his nads so she can lead him around ;-* and that free feeling he has been getting, whilst having a leak, has been the same warm feeling he has been getting as he lays on his sheets ;-* :grin :rofl
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:crackup
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It must be the meds keeping him sane enough to keep us amused with his dry wit.
Having had the tube and bag :grin, I know what he means by not worrying about having' a leak.
Mend quickly Dickie :thumbsup
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Mornin' all...
Well this is a first...03:45 and reading flamin' emails n forum threads, dont want to make a habit of this! But I am awake and as nursing interests have shifted from me willy and what was residing in the little fella, to the now daily copious amonts of pee the wee bloke is producing. Funny how the female mind can shift. But I digress.
Had the plural (garden size) drain hoses and extra plural line removed from my chest yesterday, along with the fentanyl iv (will miss those perverse n wired dreams :'()...and as mentioned the urine cath, so spose norms of willy's leadership roles are returned as per the rest of the male population...he so hated being lead around by the nose Wot thuh
Anyway still in ICU until they find me a bed on a general ward later today...have declined the offer to be returned to a rehab hospital, so will use the remainder of the week in convincing the Docs to discharge me home and to get a local physio involved in the rehab process. Just miss being able to sit outside within arms reach of me beer frigde I guess.
As before, ta muchly for the thoughts and messages, back ni ni's for the now day only person as I gave up this night shift lark 8 years + ago :wink1
TTFN
the can :-)
PS...have yet to see the nuero surgeon, but the radiology report from my CT scan of the brain showed no further complications with regards to the R sub dural haematoma I sustained in the crash.
Now I mention this for no other reason other than to pass on that I was wearing a brand new off road Australian Standards approved helmet AND my off was between 10 & 20kph...that's all. My helmet was (getting AJ1300 to destroy it), of a cheap polycarbonate type shell...instead of absorbing the energy, it transferred it into my brain. I take full resonsability for purchasing such a cheap hemet and on it's first outting it came close to killing me, or at best, leaving me with and acquired brain injury. I have had an extremely lucky escape. I wont be by making the same mistake again!
Please, check your helmets ;-)
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keep up the good work.
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I have always been wary of cheap helmets but have always been appalled by the criminal markup at dealerships/helmet warehouses when looking for quality gear.
I find trying them on at a local store is great to get the sizing right then buying from o/s at half price on ebay is a great solution.
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Good advice Dickie :clap
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Glad you're on the mend Greencan! Great advice re helmets, you can't put a $$ value on your noggin.
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Arvo All...I'm home at last :grin
Now I begin the physio rehab for (hopefully), will be for a 6-8/52 period as we do not want to ammend our plans of being outta cold old Victoria and on the GC in mid July, which, if all the fractures mend well and I begin to get my fittness back, am planing on the odd over nighter on the other ST we keep up there.
So again, thank you that passed on your thoughts wishes, very much appreciated...ball is firmly in my half of the court to something with, so I reckon this thread is pretty much done n dusted. Thank you all again! :thumb
Ciao, the can :-)
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Great news :thumbs.
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Once at home, the mind will help heal faster.
Just dont be in a hurry to get back on the bike, it would be only too easy to pop something. I'm sure some one would drop by in 4 wheels to make sure you attend a function in comfort
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Good to hear.
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Awesome news mate :thumbsup
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Bike is now back with another Mate who is going to do the roadworthy (and a small fix on the exhaust intermediate pipe), then the paper work goes off to the club scrute, club plates, dirt trails, grumbles, crashes, grumbles, appease Wife, doctors, yarda yarda... ;-*
I am not sure what draw me back to this post on the bike I reclaimed that has done its best to kill me....now if only I can predict the coming weekends lotto numbers! :think1
Cheers, the can :-)
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now if only I can predict the coming weekends lotto numbers! :think1
Cheers, the can :-)
Just in case you can think of 'em Dick, don't forget your old mates in here :hatwave