Thread: Should have driven My Disco! HighSpeed motorbike crash

Keep getting more better, you'll be marathoning in no time.

Originally Posted by Tombie

I’d like to join you (I won’t be though). I will be doing the City to Bay in Adelaide in 2020 though.

Not too shabby for a Guy who has already lost 36kg since September.

Nice work! I just yesterday clocked up 30kg lost since mid last year. Still got a bit to go but feel fantastic these days which spurs me on even more. Can’t see a marathon or even fun run on the cards, not my cup of tea but I’m about to buy a new bike - my long suffering old one has had it, so I’m going to lash out and buy the 3rd bike I’ll have owned since I was a kid. First one was a BSA 10 speed which lasted me 20 years and did countless KM. Second one which I’ve just retired was a cheaper one which didn’t cop much abuse during my mid life weight gain, but I’ll be buying something at the lower end of half decent this time which should last me a few years.

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Do it to me one more time

Wasn't able to walk as expected in Feb. It hurt. Bone graft thought to be 75% around my leg was found to be about 50%. MRI or CT scan showed a lot more clearly than xray. Surgeon being a helpful chap fixed the bone graft. He Broke my tibia and fibula while doing that.

First removed a screw in the bone and titanium rod in my Tibia. He cut a escape hatch in the tibia and took the titanium rod out. removed the 50% bone graft. He ground the bone to allow a neat coming back together point where the first bone graft was. That makes my right leg a few mm shorter.
He also ground the inside of the bone to allow him to put in a thicker 16mm titanium rod, it was 13mm. If that sounds spooky you can just imagine he used a bit of oil to make me heavy duty. As the tibia is a bt shorter he also cut the fibula to match the bit removed. He used all the bone scraps to the bone graft on much neater broken leg.
I was supposed to get out after an overnight stay. Surgery was at 17:30 Dr Altay was doing me a favour after hours.
Bleeding a bit to much had the nurse wanting to keep me. Doc came back at 5pm last night and put a few more stitches in so I got home last night.

I got to be one of the first people in Australia to use some biofilm anti microbial products which is used in 200 plus and expanding US hospitals during surgical procedures reducing infection rates by 99%. Company is Australian starting life in US and EU. I managed to sweet talk some from the nice company. Some used during surgery and some on my wound now. I am a lucky bugger as it is not yet sold in Australia.

Surgeons are amazing - I thought a quick patch of the area the bone graft had not worked and got a whole lot more. A bit sore for some reason so sleep is a bit tricky

Sounds amazing, and your up beat attitude to all of this is also impressive. Hope you heal quickly and get back to what you love doing.

Originally Posted by Homestar

Nice work! I just yesterday clocked up 30kg lost since mid last year. Still got a bit to go but feel fantastic these days which spurs me on even more. Can’t see a marathon or even fun run on the cards, not my cup of tea but I’m about to buy a new bike - my long suffering old one has had it, so I’m going to lash out and buy the 3rd bike I’ll have owned since I was a kid. First one was a BSA 10 speed which lasted me 20 years and did countless KM. Second one which I’ve just retired was a cheaper one which didn’t cop much abuse during my mid life weight gain, but I’ll be buying something at the lower end of half decent this time which should last me a few years.

42kg down now....

Even taken up a bit of Boxing

ND, Homestar and Tombie, you could join forces perhaps, jousting with traffic?

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Originally Posted by Saitch

ND, Homestar and Tombie, you could join forces perhaps, jousting with traffic?

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Prefer to use a Sword in traffic

Surgery was at 17:30 Dr Altay was doing me a favour after hours.

Cash job was it? I thought only Fridgies did those. Have you checked his qualifications Divs, he may have a Tradie background?

Glad to hear of your progress, it is all looking up now.







Tombie. Sounds like you are going great guns as well, keep at it.

Enough said is at times saying nothing at all


Hint. Skip to the end. I was very very very indulgent.

Roll on 42km recovery run