OSP's Mini-Bike Mayhem
 

At the bar the other night... a guy I BS with sometimes in there who is a member of a local stunt team says he has his lil' stunt mini-bike out in his van and is thinking about pissing around with it in the parking lot. A few gin and tonics later, we're out there... and he's rockin' circle wheelies and stoppies and such.

Intrigued by the little machine, I ask him to take it around the parking lot. Made it about 50 feet... Turned, bike started washing out, caught, and I high-sided. It was ugly.

Laying there I was laughing at my stupidity for a second... then I tried to get up. Knee buckled and I knew something was very wrong. Knee felt like a balloon full of rocks... I dragged myself over to the curb, straightened out my leg (which hurt very much bad). Ambulance arrived and I'm in the ER within a half hour.

Sit around the ER for a little while... pain not much of a factor, until knee is moved. Go to X-ray... Knee cap shattered into 3 big pieces and doc expects there to be a bunch more that cannot be seen directly. Now I have to wait to be sent to another hospital for surgery. All in all... I sat in the ER for 13.5 hours, until being transferred. They did have me doped up every couple hours with some Dilaudid, which was nice.

Long story short, 24 hours after getting to the new hospital, I'm prepped for surgery. I remember getting the 'cocktail', then waking up in the recovery room. I don't remember getting wheeled to my room, but I woke up next to some guy who was like 10,000 years old and was a snoring machine. Four screws and a bunch of wire, I am together.

The incident happend around 1am on Thursday... I got out of the hospital around 1pm yesterday. I get to lay on my couch for like 2 weeks until my follow-up visit... and there's no guarantee I am going to be cleared to return to work at that time. Estimated recovery time... 3 months.

At least I learned a few things...
1) I'm still a dumbass
2) Fat guys have no business on mini-bikes
3) Alcohol and two wheels don't mix, regardless of how small those wheels are
4) If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough.

:panic: Damn dude. Here's to a quick and full recovery. :beers:

Shit. I'm sorry, but I'm laughing my ass off right now. Hope you get better soon. Jackass.

650mg of percocets make me immune to your inane teasing... or is it that everyone else has been laughing at me too.

I honestly feel bad for you and hope you recover quickly...but knowing you and picturing this is pretty funny.

It's hilarious until I try to move... then it's much, much less funny.

:lol: Ok this part is funny...the rest isn't though.

That sux man. Hope you recover fully and before too long. I've been layed up and on crutches for a few months in the past and it was NO fun. It wasn't my knee but my femur...ankle and foot...yep it sucked.

Good Gawd man! :sorry: Hope you heal up soon and some pretty nurse (they are all pretty when your high I know)gives you some therapy!

I know so many guys who race supersport and open class bikes that get seriously F'd up on little machinery. You just never expect it from something that looks so innocent.:idk:

Let us know your progress!

Holy shit that sucks. At least you survived and can tell the story. Hope your recovery is a quick and painless, but if it has to be long and painful than I hope you get sweet drugs.

That's it. I didn't respect it... Didn't even consider it a danger. DUMBASS.

I got percocets... but they don't really fuck me up... the IV of dilaudid in the hospital ruined me in the hospital. Unfortunately they wouldn't let me take that home.

Damn dude, that really sucks. Hope you get better soon.

:lol: nice

I wish I could've seen it happen in person. Haha.

Unfortunately I was JUST outside the range of the bar's security cameras... Otherwise I would have tried to get it online. I will have some shitty cell phone pics of my knee in the ER and a few post surgery at some point in time... However my USB card reader is waaaaaaaayyyyy across the room... so fuck it.

I'm sorry bro'...I cracked my coccyx on a 50cc bike one time at the track. I was wheeling in 1st and tried to hit 2nd and did an Ebbs! I'm lucky that I didn't crack my skull!

Good luck buddy and I hope that you'll be ok and will heal to your previous level of perfection.....

That's funny but sucks. I've washed out several times on my mini trying to stunt. Luckily I only tore up the fairings and a little skin. :lol: Now my mini-bike looks like a streetfighter. :D

I hope you heal quick!

Video tape you trying to get the USB reader, maybe something funny will happen. Down some percs and a few beers first. You could win $10k on America's Funniest Home Videos.

If that was on video it would probably be hilarious! :lol:

As it is, sucks you got banged up dude :( Heal up quick so you'll be ready to ride come spring!

this sounds hilarious til the ambulance had to get called-how long did ppl laugh before they realized "oh shit he's not drunk, he's really hurt!"

I really wasn't very drunk... People knew immediately cause a couple saw me try to stand up... Then I made them touch my knee... It felt really cool.

Well, you worded it funny so I don't feel too bad for laughing.. but that definitely sucks. Sorry, get better fool.

I'm certainly finding the humor in it... As does my family...

Dad - "I thought you were done being stupid."
StepMom - "You dumbass."
Sis - "I'll pray for you to heal up... and get smarter."
StepBro - "You're almost 30 years old, it's time to stop being a moron."

so on and so forth.

:rofl: damn bro... hope you get better soon... that's gotta kill like a mother fucker shatter'n your knee cap...

Wish they transfered ya to my hospital so I could have messed with ya too LOL

that def sux though but at least they gave ya some good happy medicine.

Any chance you can get images of the X-rays, Iwould be interested in seeing those. I have treated a few peeps with shattered kneecaps and have had very different outcomes:idk:

Anyway good luck, fell better and heal up fast.

Tom

Your Grandma broke her coccyx at the dunes.

WHAT THE HECK WAS GRANDMA DOING AT THE DUNES?!?!

There's alot you dont know about your grandma, Napoleon.

Harsh.

heal up..

Goddamn!!! I gotta remember not to fuck around on minibikes when I'm drunk.

What hospital are you at?

I have copies of the before and after x-rays, but no scanner...

My one ex used to always say that my family doesn't even act like we like eachother... She just didn't understand our brutal sense of humor.

Nah... Gotta remember to rock full gear when you're fucking around with minibikes when you're drunk.

Something to make OSP feel better...

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...pical1/134.jpg

Damn, good thing dude didn't have a real bike sittin in the parkin lot!

Cool... thats not the word i woulda used...

Shit sux man.... looks like Netflix/bittorrent and a video game system will be your new best friend for the next few months......

Don't forget Redtube,Youporn and Jerky Mc Fwapfwap! Oh well,it'll give you plenty of time to go through your 300+ gigs of porn! Some of which you can send me btw.....

That's AWESOME!!!!

Fuck that. It wouldn't have happened. I wouldn't even sit on a bike after drinking... Unless it's a mini-bike that gives me a false sense of security... I promise you... THAT will NOT happen again.

When my leg was straight, I couldn't feel it. And when you felt my knee, it felt like a balloon stuffed with rocks... cool.

Fuck that shit. With the painkillers it's hard to get off. I tried jerking off the other night and gave up after an hour... Last night I finally got one off after nearly 2 hours... bout re-spackled the ceiling... Too much effort... not worth it.

:lol:

Okay i Blew pizza bite Chunks...thats nasty and hilarious at the same time..


Hope your up and doing stupid shit again soon:whistle:

Sorry to hear that man. We occasionally get on 50s in someones big backyard after drinking. Always a good time. No shattered kneecaps with our group yet.


Your step brother's response cracked me up.

Key word... Yard. Had I not been on asphault, I would have laughed and got right back on the bitch.

You jerked it for 2 HOURS? Jesus,what brand of lotion do you use...(getting out my notepad and pen). Maybe you should get a Korean hooker to massage your prostate....

Dry... Wet-jerking makes me last longer most of the time... Especially when under the influence.

As far as my product of choice:
http://shop.avon.com/shop/product.as...id=&pf_id=5906

Use about a little more than a quarter-sized amount it breaks down well, getting very thin and slippery... It's long lasting and cleans off easy. Best part is, I get my mom to buy it for my every Christmas... if she only knew...

:bigrofl:

Update
 

Dad took a picture today... I've been taking cell phone shots daily, but haven't uploaded any... Enjoy!
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...o/DSC01377.jpg

Awesome.

ouch

The part that hit the ground looks worse than the surgery marks... It looked WAY worse right after surgery... the majority of the swelling is down now. Before it looked like one of those fetal pigs they had us disect in biology class in HS.

That's fugly dude!

Damn dude, heal fast. I know thats gotta itch!

Slightly itchy... I picked off the scabs on the three lower surgery holes last night... They were ready, no pain, no blood... boy, did that feel great!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....
 

Showered for the first time in over two weeks today. Damn my two story condo... Bathing in the sink is absolutely NO substitute for an actual shower. I feel almost human again... well, as human as I ever feel.

Went to the doc today... He was impressed with my range of motion and how everything was healing up... Told me I could ditch the immobilizer around the house and stop torturing myself with the CPM machine (aka the leg bendy make hurty rig)... Gave me a script for 90 more Percocets (which I don't need, but I took a couple anyway cause they make me feel GREAT)... Best part is... I get to return to work tomorrow! Thank god, I was going fucking insane here around the house.

Today was a good day.

damn man tht loos bad,well at least u get to go bk to work heal up

:panic: Ouch, heal up quick

so what's your range of motion now... my dad had that machine for his total knee replacement... helped him out alot.

I went to 100 degrees for the past two nights... Unaided I can actually get beyond that... probably to 110 or so... from about 45 to 70 it hurts like a bitch, then it's not bad.

my dad's kneed prior to the total replacement had 7 surgeries and could only bend to 90... because they'd chopped the tendens so short... after the replacement, he's back to equal to his right or about 120 or so. but he said it hurt like a bitch to use that machine

The first time they put me in it, they set it at 30 degrees... 5 hours after my surgery... I have a pretty high tolerance for pain, but I won't lie... I cried. The dilaudid and percocet combination did little... I was in it for 8 hours, 6 of which were amazingly painful. The last two I was whacked out on the drugs that FINALLY started working.

One thing I didn't mention that sucks... Muscle loss. My left calf is now almost 3cm thinner in circumference when compared to my right calf. There goes the excitement about me losing 10lbs during all this.

Do you expect a full recovery...as in back to how you were before? I wonder if being cramped up in a sport bike will be rough on the knee.

Yeah, I heard he's gonna buy a chopper :D

Powered by a 999cc 90* vtwin engine.

Should be a full recovery, but I expect it won't be comfortable riding a sportbike... then again, my other knee is half fucked and hurts like a bitch after a short while... I'm sure to have a matching pair now...

Not out of the question...

996 yo...

Pictures!!!
 

Probably about 5 hours after the incident... waiting in the ER...
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...0109090446.jpg

From here, I'd dictate based on the surgery date being day 0.

Day 1
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...0111091112.jpg

Day 2
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...0112091334.jpg
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...0112091335.jpg

Day 3
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...0113091232.jpg

Day 4
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...0114091222.jpg

Day 5
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...0115091530.jpg

Day 6
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...0116091344.jpg

Day 7
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...0117091500.jpg

Day 8
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...0118091209.jpg

Day 9
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...0119091412.jpg

Day 11... missed a day... Oops...
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...0121091502.jpg

Day 12
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...0122091437.jpg

Day 13
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...0123091530.jpg

Day 15... missed another... Then I stopped...
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...0125091712.jpg

Today (Day 29)
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...0208091457.jpg

:rockwoot:

Apparently I suck horribly at taking pictures today...

That's gonna leave a nice conversational piece. :lol:

How good are you able to walk on it, if any at all? Are you going to have to have PT?

is it just the angle or did your swelling go up massively on day 4 and 5?

They had me with full weight on it the day after my surgery... in fact, about 10 minutes after that pic was taken... Obviously with the immobilizer on it...

When I went to the doc a couple weeks ago, the told me I could ditch the immobilizer when at home, but I should use it for stairs and anytime I'm out and about (just in case)... By that point I was on a single crutch and I bought a cane immediately following the visit...

Now I'm able to hobble around without the cane and without the immobilizer... I've lost a full two inches off the leg muscles above the knee and I haven't measured my calf yet... I can stand with full weight on it, but it's wobbly... My leg is very weak and if I try to walk normal it wants to give out.

I'm not going to push it... I have almost full range of motion bending my leg at this point, but the loss of muscle is going to take a while to get back. Each day it gets a little better with me having more and more ability to lift my knee, my leg, and bend my leg at will... Here in a few weeks I'm going to start exercising it myself... The doc has no plans for any offical physical therapy...

It's the angle on day 4, but on day 5 the swelling was up... I think that had more to do with the time between me exercising it and taking the picture as with all things being equal, I noticed a reduction in swelling pretty much every day...

ahh ok... when do you think you'll be riding again?

At least a month... maybe more... It's hard to predict how everything's going to heal and my muscles bounce back...

yeah I hear ya... have you atleast been able to work on streetfightering it? or your mobility or lack there of made it too difficult?

Looks like its healing nicely. As far as PT goes, focus on exercises that strengthen the quads. However, avoid leg extensions like the plague. They are hell on knee structure unless done 100% correctly. Best of luck. It takes a while to get back to 100%, so be patient.

what can you do that works the quad that isn't basically the same movement as leg extensions? :idk:

Yeah, there's no way I'd be able to navigate the garage in the condition I am in... Plus my dad's trailer is in there so there's no fucking room to work on anything... I'd have to move the bike out and I don't trust myself at this point yet... Not sure if I could throw my leg over it for one and if it started to come over on me, I'd probably end up eating shit and fucking up my knee even worse...

My plan was to do leg extensions, sans weights to start... Also thinking of getting an exercise bike... What exercises would you recommend?

Squats? Step ups?

yeah very true... and the TLR isn't light from what I've heard.

I was think'n squats and stepups would be basically the same movement.. but I guess now that I think about it it's more the pulling on your knee with extensions that would be stressful on the structure

Leg extensions are ok, but have to be done just right. If you start an extension at 90 degrees (inclusive angle between the upper and lower leg), it will put a lot of undue strain on your knee (the joint is bone on bone at this point). If you start it at about 135 degrees, it won't be so bad. My ortho told me that leg extension injuries alone could keep him in business.

I would start on an elliptical, which is low stress. Use the elliptical without holding on to the handles. Using the machine in this method will help you get your muscle balance back. When you have trauma to either wheel, you unconsciously compensate with the other leg, and lose a lot of muscle balance. An exercise bike also works, but I found that it didn't work my bad leg as well as an elliptical. A bike also doesn't help the balance muscles.

After you feel good on the elliptical, seated leg presses and v-squats will help rebuild the quad and surrounding muscles. Start out light with lots of reps, then work your way up.

Oh, and don't forget to stretch. Get your range of motion back as soon as possible.

Again, good luck. It sucks being hobbled.

Very good point with the elliptical, I could definitely see that working on the muscle balance again.

And I was also going to suggest the seated leg presses since they seem to put a lot less stress on my knees when I do them compared to true squats.

Appreciate the input... I'm looking at bustedass machines on Craigslist...

Those pics are gross. Hope you make it on the bike and recover fully soon.

Screw all that shit. Find you a hot tramp and have shower sex. Works my legs like crazy!!!

No problem. I wound up joining a cheap gym for $19 per month and ruined their equipment.

Ha I thought about that too but didn't have time to post! Yea,you could start with a small chick and work your way up to a bbf!

Of all the leg workouts I have done that one seems to help my riding the best! And it is fun to do.

so how's the knee now?

Stronger, but still likes to randomly buckle from time to time. There's no swelling anymore... that's a plus. Now you can feel where the pieces were screwed together and there's sharp edge on the inside that hurts like the dickens anytime my knee touches... and I mean TOUCHES... anything hard... like grazing the coffee table or a desk drawer. I really need to start working out specifically to focus on this leg or I'm gonna be fucked forever.:td:

:rofl: like the dickens huh... haven't heard that since my grandma passed



well good that you're able to get around now... have you ridden much with it? I've never had any hardware in me so I cant compare but I'd imagine that it'd be really painful to bump those screws and rods...:no:

I get the same thing.
I had the muscle that goes over the kneecap rip in half, and each end rolled up like blinds. Now there is no meaty fatty tissue over the mucsle, so when I touch anything with my knee, it hurts like hell.

I also get light knee pains just before it rains when pressing the clutch in a car.

This post makes me sad. One month to the day it happened and I'm thinking another month or so... Shit. 11 months later... fucking damnit.

Note to self: :gofurslf:

damn it's been a year already?