On September whatever, the Sunday of Labor weekend, 2016, I crashed my motorcycle. Luckily, my passenger wasn't hurt too badly, and for all intents and purposes, neither was I.
Amanda only had some bruises, some contusions on her hands and the indignity of having her bra cut off in the ambulance. Personally, I think she liked showing her boobs to the crew.....and she was only irritated by the loss of the bra. They really didn't have to cut it off.
You're saying: "just wait a minute, who is Amanda and why didn't we hear about her before?" It's kind of a long story, and I'll just say that the girl I was seeing at the time of the crash probably wouldn't believe that it was a platonic trip, so I sorta simplified life and didn't tell her. Will she read this? Dunno....haven't seen her for a year....
If you don't remember, after the crash, I was in and out of consciousness for quite a while, coming to when there was a great deal of pain, like when they put me in the helicopter. I really don't remember landing, though, or anything of the ER. But I wasn't bleeding, so maybe I didn't have the tv/movie ER experience, of 5000 people running around shouting STAT. There were probably just 4, snickering and saying jeez, he's fat and where's his dick?
My ICU nurse was really great, and of course I don't remember his name. My main complaint with him was when he got impatient when I didn't pee for a long time, so he stuck in a catheter. And then he was upset when there was only like 350mL. I reminded him that it'd been a very long time since I'd had a drink, and they'd only pumped in a quart of juice, saline, whatever it is. I'm sure that I said "a guy's supposed to drink half body weight in ounces, right? I'm dehydrated."
and yet they kept waking me up every hour asking about silly stuff, the date, the prez, etc.
I was watching an ambulance show last night, a guy got hit by a car, the crew asked something like "what's wrong, where do you hurt?" He said "that's a stupid question". I can relate to that, and while I don't advocate that the ambulance crew or nursing staff go out and get hurt to experience what it's like, it'd be helpful if they knew what it was like.
Based on the dirt marks on my pants, jacket and the scuffs on my helmet, I slid on about every side of me for a ways. I must have landed on my hip and shoulder, or hell, I don't know. EVERYthing hurt for a while. Quite a while. There was no way to single out one area from another.
Well, actually, my knees didn't hurt.
But when they asked "where do you hurt?" they don't like to hear "everywhere"
And my head/neck didn't hurt, either, surprisingly. Pretty good helmet, for a cheap helmet.
Must have been day 3 or 4 in the hospital when they thought to put some super cold strips of an alleged pain relief on my back. I can't think of what it is, and I'm not sure that it worked. but they asked where they should put it....I probably said "on top of the broken ribs"
Lidocaine?
I went back to the scene of the crash last July when I rode over for one day of SCRC regional ride in. Of course, there wasn't any sign of the crash, and I wasn't even sure where it occurred. We were on our way to the International Mustard Museum in Middleton, WI this 2nd linky shows about where I crashed. We were close. What happened? I thought the car was parked on the side of the road and went around. They were stopped to turn left.
Everything happens for a reason? I'm still trying to figure out what the reason is. Any ideas?
So, how do I feel? Same as before. Some things took longer to heal than I expected. For example, my right elbow hurt for a very long time, but only when I tried to prop up on it....and I only did that in bed. I could elaborate on that, but I won't. Seems like the skin over that elbow took a long time, too. My right shoulder pops a lot, but it doesn't hurt. Seems like my neck is better than it was before the crash, with less/fewer neck related headaches. Hard to know for sure, when I never kept track of them.
Memory? I was blaming my frustration and irritation toward insurance company on the concussion. But I had that before, to some degree. I'm sure I'll continue to have it as long as I have to deal with insurance. Seems like I really struggle at times looking for the word I want to communicate my thoughts. And sometimes all the words are right there.
Ribs? I don't notice anything there, ever. Toe? same. Nothing with the hip, and if you recall, that pain went away after the first walk or 2.
I was dizzy at times for a very long time, esp if I bent sideways and then turned my head to look up. Kind of a weird position, but I found myself in it a couple times...in the bus and also in the basement installing some shelves. That has gone away.
We had had a really nice ride, so far. Dinner in Balltown on the way to Dubuque. Farmer's market for picnic stuff, and visit the park to see the overlook, and also the shortest steepest elevator place. We toured the beer museum, researched corn, viewed the Dickeyville grotto and rode a tiny train.
Dubuque has a nice market. We bought some meat sticks, cheese, vegetables like kohlrabi, carrot, and apples. I had some plums that someone gave me. It was enough for 2 lunches, maybe more, except it got wrecked. I don't remember if we bought bread or crackers or not. All you really need is a knife, but some napkins and a paper plate makes it more civilized. Plus....you KNOW that people change diapers and have sex on picnic tables. Ziplock bags for leftovers, grab a spork if you get tater salad. Take a bag for trash.
that's your PSA for the day.
Maybe that's the reason....I'm still here to teach you people how to have a picnic!
This just in. I walked 3 or 4 blocks yesterday to trim a tree that was annoying me and my hip kind of bothered me for half the walk over, as if it's saying:"why are we walking when we could drive?" And I palpated my elbow today and realize that it has some spots that are not quite happy. I guess I better dig around in there to see if it gets better.
In conclusion: Pay attention so that you don't crash your motorcycle. Hope that you get good nurses, and know that you can tell them no.
Thanks for reading. I do enjoy feedback.
Amanda only had some bruises, some contusions on her hands and the indignity of having her bra cut off in the ambulance. Personally, I think she liked showing her boobs to the crew.....and she was only irritated by the loss of the bra. They really didn't have to cut it off.
You're saying: "just wait a minute, who is Amanda and why didn't we hear about her before?" It's kind of a long story, and I'll just say that the girl I was seeing at the time of the crash probably wouldn't believe that it was a platonic trip, so I sorta simplified life and didn't tell her. Will she read this? Dunno....haven't seen her for a year....
If you don't remember, after the crash, I was in and out of consciousness for quite a while, coming to when there was a great deal of pain, like when they put me in the helicopter. I really don't remember landing, though, or anything of the ER. But I wasn't bleeding, so maybe I didn't have the tv/movie ER experience, of 5000 people running around shouting STAT. There were probably just 4, snickering and saying jeez, he's fat and where's his dick?
My ICU nurse was really great, and of course I don't remember his name. My main complaint with him was when he got impatient when I didn't pee for a long time, so he stuck in a catheter. And then he was upset when there was only like 350mL. I reminded him that it'd been a very long time since I'd had a drink, and they'd only pumped in a quart of juice, saline, whatever it is. I'm sure that I said "a guy's supposed to drink half body weight in ounces, right? I'm dehydrated."
and yet they kept waking me up every hour asking about silly stuff, the date, the prez, etc.
I was watching an ambulance show last night, a guy got hit by a car, the crew asked something like "what's wrong, where do you hurt?" He said "that's a stupid question". I can relate to that, and while I don't advocate that the ambulance crew or nursing staff go out and get hurt to experience what it's like, it'd be helpful if they knew what it was like.
Based on the dirt marks on my pants, jacket and the scuffs on my helmet, I slid on about every side of me for a ways. I must have landed on my hip and shoulder, or hell, I don't know. EVERYthing hurt for a while. Quite a while. There was no way to single out one area from another.
Well, actually, my knees didn't hurt.
But when they asked "where do you hurt?" they don't like to hear "everywhere"
And my head/neck didn't hurt, either, surprisingly. Pretty good helmet, for a cheap helmet.
Must have been day 3 or 4 in the hospital when they thought to put some super cold strips of an alleged pain relief on my back. I can't think of what it is, and I'm not sure that it worked. but they asked where they should put it....I probably said "on top of the broken ribs"
Lidocaine?
I went back to the scene of the crash last July when I rode over for one day of SCRC regional ride in. Of course, there wasn't any sign of the crash, and I wasn't even sure where it occurred. We were on our way to the International Mustard Museum in Middleton, WI this 2nd linky shows about where I crashed. We were close. What happened? I thought the car was parked on the side of the road and went around. They were stopped to turn left.
Everything happens for a reason? I'm still trying to figure out what the reason is. Any ideas?
So, how do I feel? Same as before. Some things took longer to heal than I expected. For example, my right elbow hurt for a very long time, but only when I tried to prop up on it....and I only did that in bed. I could elaborate on that, but I won't. Seems like the skin over that elbow took a long time, too. My right shoulder pops a lot, but it doesn't hurt. Seems like my neck is better than it was before the crash, with less/fewer neck related headaches. Hard to know for sure, when I never kept track of them.
Memory? I was blaming my frustration and irritation toward insurance company on the concussion. But I had that before, to some degree. I'm sure I'll continue to have it as long as I have to deal with insurance. Seems like I really struggle at times looking for the word I want to communicate my thoughts. And sometimes all the words are right there.
Ribs? I don't notice anything there, ever. Toe? same. Nothing with the hip, and if you recall, that pain went away after the first walk or 2.
I was dizzy at times for a very long time, esp if I bent sideways and then turned my head to look up. Kind of a weird position, but I found myself in it a couple times...in the bus and also in the basement installing some shelves. That has gone away.
We had had a really nice ride, so far. Dinner in Balltown on the way to Dubuque. Farmer's market for picnic stuff, and visit the park to see the overlook, and also the shortest steepest elevator place. We toured the beer museum, researched corn, viewed the Dickeyville grotto and rode a tiny train.
Dubuque has a nice market. We bought some meat sticks, cheese, vegetables like kohlrabi, carrot, and apples. I had some plums that someone gave me. It was enough for 2 lunches, maybe more, except it got wrecked. I don't remember if we bought bread or crackers or not. All you really need is a knife, but some napkins and a paper plate makes it more civilized. Plus....you KNOW that people change diapers and have sex on picnic tables. Ziplock bags for leftovers, grab a spork if you get tater salad. Take a bag for trash.
that's your PSA for the day.
Maybe that's the reason....I'm still here to teach you people how to have a picnic!
This just in. I walked 3 or 4 blocks yesterday to trim a tree that was annoying me and my hip kind of bothered me for half the walk over, as if it's saying:"why are we walking when we could drive?" And I palpated my elbow today and realize that it has some spots that are not quite happy. I guess I better dig around in there to see if it gets better.
In conclusion: Pay attention so that you don't crash your motorcycle. Hope that you get good nurses, and know that you can tell them no.
Thanks for reading. I do enjoy feedback.
