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Just had a call from Drew who had an off today. He was on the back road from Gala to Lauder and apparently went into a lowsider after clipping the grass verge.
Some helpful folk lifted him back on and he rode the other 5-10 miles home at which point he decided it would be a good idea if his neighbour would give him a lift to the Borders General Hospital!
He's managed to break five ribs but other than a stiff shoulder that appears to be the full extent of the damage. His Kwak has some major fairing damage as well as the usual bits 'n' pieces of damage (bugs, etc.), but he's at least proven it's ride-able!!!
He's in good spirits, but that's probably because they're keeping him in overnight and it's an opportunity to chat up some nurses!
I'll post any updates as I get them.
wyrdness
25-06-06, 07:44 PM
Bad luck. Hope that he mends fast and has some nurse success!
:cry:
glad to hear its not worse. Hope he mends quickly.
Aaargh! Riding with broken ribs. Funny stuff adrenaline, you feel invincible when you clearly are not.... :(
Wish him a speedy recovery from me.
Sounds like it's mainly cosmetics on the Ninja, thankfully.
amarko5
25-06-06, 08:18 PM
best wishes for a speedy recovery Scooby :wink:
21QUEST
25-06-06, 09:25 PM
:( mend fast.
Cheers
Ben
carelesschucca
25-06-06, 09:27 PM
Get well soon my man!!!
kwak zzr
25-06-06, 09:32 PM
get well soon :(
Sorry to hear this, please give Drew my best regards and I hope he heals quickly.
.
Peter Henry
25-06-06, 10:01 PM
Come on Drew you old attention seeker! Heal fast buddy. :wink:
Biker Biggles
25-06-06, 10:26 PM
Bad luck.Hope you recover fast.
BTW what a refreshing story of self reliance and initiative.Made own way home and got a mate to run him up the hossie.My sincere congratulations for that,as it don't often happen in the soft shandy drinking home counties where nanny Blair rules. :)
The Basket
25-06-06, 10:29 PM
I am sorry to hear this.
Heal well, pal! :thumbsup:
Ouch!! Five busted ribs!! Heal up quick, my forum friend :thumbsup:
northwind
25-06-06, 11:53 PM
:( Just yesterday he was telling anyone who'd listen about how he wasn't doing the trackday because he couldn't bin it as well... Bad weekend for the Macninjas :(
Thanks for passing it on Cronos.
(Bikerbiggles, it's an Edinburgh thing, you wouldn't understand- I got my dad to give me a lift to hospital 3 hours after I fractured my hip ;) )
Flamin_Squirrel
26-06-06, 06:38 AM
Ah, but I've ridden my bike with a broken hand - not all of us southerners are soft :wink:
Unlucky Scooby :cry:
fizzwheel
26-06-06, 07:03 AM
Mend fast dude.
oops, get well soon, hope the bike isn't too badly hurt.
Daryl.
Oh no not another, get plenty of rest mate those ribs may take a while to mend Falc is still in pain now two weeks after his.
Take it easy xx
Anonymous
26-06-06, 07:40 AM
drew you dozy buggar, how you going to get to annual run now :lol:
dirtydog
26-06-06, 07:42 AM
sheeet!
some people will do anything to get the attention of some nurses :roll: :wink: :lol:
mend quickly mate
JUICY LUCY
26-06-06, 07:45 AM
Pat on the back mate - getting back on your bike with 5 broken ribs!!!! I've broken just one rib and that was bad enough. Get well soon. :wink:
Ow ow ow.
Best wishes and here's hoping the bike doesn't cost too much to repair. :(
quikstu
26-06-06, 08:55 AM
Get better soon Scooby.
My ribs were agony for 3 days after my off & I struggled to sleep for that time. And thats without even breaking them, just very bad bruising. Even sitting down & getting up again were sore.
Quick recovery for you buddy.
:thumright:
Dicky Ticker
26-06-06, 09:04 AM
That boy will do anything to better Rossi!!!!
Sorry to hear of your mishap Scooby old son but get well soon and take it easy for a little while,sort of dents one's confidence a tad,but I'm sure we will hear
I'LL BE BACK------
Only 5? That's nothing :roll:
:lol:
GWS Drew :thumbsup:
Get better soon
The 5 ribs thing is quite impressive, I had 2 cracks ribs for a month or so before I got it checked out and I remember the pain...
Only 5? That's nothing :roll:
:lol:
GWS Drew :thumbsup:
Steal my line how dare you, I was gonna say 5 is nothing!
Hope you heal well Drew and speedy recovery, I have an idea how it feels :D
Steal my line how dare you, I was gonna say 5 is nothing!
Sorry - couldn't resist :lol:
Blue Flame
26-06-06, 10:08 AM
F*kin hell. Just seen this.
Sorry to hear this. Get well Scooby.
Looks like I'll be able to return the compliment of visiting you in hospital although it is not something I anticipated or wanted to do :cry:
creamerybutter
26-06-06, 10:09 AM
Get well soon.
Steal my line how dare you, I was gonna say 5 is nothing!
Sorry - couldn't resist :lol:
You just knew he was gonna do it :lol: :lol: superb
northwind
26-06-06, 10:50 AM
Looks like I'll be able to return the compliment of visiting you in hospital although it is not something I anticipated or wanted to do :cry:
I think he's home... 'least, I just missed a phone call from him :roll:
Steal my line how dare you, I was gonna say 5 is nothing!
Sorry - couldn't resist :lol:
You just knew he was gonna do it :lol: :lol: superb
:lol: any offers above 8? :D
Serious note it aint fun, any bone breaking aint fun but one thing Rictus told me was that the rib bones actually heal to be stronger
mitchbligh
26-06-06, 11:13 AM
Ouch! Good luck mending mate.
Dave The Rave
26-06-06, 11:25 AM
Get better soon mate.
Ouch!!!
(we don't have a bandaged smiley!!!!)
Get well soon or else we'll be round annoying you! :twisted:
Congrats on getting home! I think i would of just lay there crying :P
I hope you have a speedy recovery!
colinbal4
26-06-06, 02:41 PM
Get well soon matey (and good luck with those nurses!!).
DanAbnormal
26-06-06, 04:01 PM
Cooo-eck. Breaks five ribs and carries on riding, what a guy!!! I guess you do all your own stunts.
Get well soon buddie, all the best.
Dan
Blimey, more ribs broken!
Heal fast Mr Drew
DanAbnormal
26-06-06, 04:10 PM
Blimey, more ribs broken!
Heal fast Mr Drew
It's the start of a new trend you know. And one that I am happy not to follow! :lol:
bluebell
26-06-06, 04:47 PM
Get well soon Drew.
Blue Flame
26-06-06, 05:06 PM
So is he out of hospital yet???
If not is he up for visitors ???
independentphoto
26-06-06, 05:10 PM
Bugger!
Bad luck SD. Hope the healing is fast and the pain minimal. Take care Sir.
Garry :(
northwind
26-06-06, 06:07 PM
Just off the phone... Drew's still in Borders General (we got through a whole conversation with me thinking he was home, but he was kept in... Should be out tomorrow. If anyone is planning to go down (he sounded fit enough but in pain from teh shoulders and ribs) I've got his actual name but not ward details or anything- PM me or call me on 07796 896173- don't know if he'd want the details on teh forum. But it sounds like he's doing OK.
Blue Flame
26-06-06, 06:13 PM
Aye I have just spoken to him as well.
He is in ward 7 but visiting finishes at 8PM and as he will be out tomorrow (hopefully) it shouldn't be necessary for visitors.
He is keeping up his high spirits and was even talking about still coming to AR06 if he can get a pillion ride :shock: I suspect that that is more wishfull thinking though !!
northwind
26-06-06, 06:28 PM
That'd be the 3 recently broken horsemen of the scottish abiking apocalypse :)
peterco
26-06-06, 06:50 PM
Thinking of you,hope you are feeling fine.
Keep taking the painkillers.
pete
northwind
26-06-06, 06:55 PM
They're only letting him have paracetemol! I take my prescription strength cocodamol if I stub my toes.
peterco
26-06-06, 07:06 PM
Paracetemol?? Iwould have thought a stronger painkiller would have been better.
pete
They're only letting him have paracetemol! I take my prescription strength cocodamol if I stub my toes.
Yep they are the only things i take if need to take anything. Cant believe they have stuck him on just normal Paracetemol! Bring on the morphine!
Blue Flame
26-06-06, 07:38 PM
They're only letting him have paracetemol! I take my prescription strength cocodamol if I stub my toes.
Must be a budget thing cos that's all they gave me when I was in there. (Apart from the drugs to knock me out for the op of course :wink: )
northwind
26-06-06, 07:47 PM
I was the same- but with me, it was because I was pretty fragile, the less it hurts the more likely you are to do something daft I think. If they're worried about Drwe puncturing a lung they won't want to reduce his awareness of that I think...
Biker Biggles
26-06-06, 08:09 PM
That's the downside of not being a shandy drinking soft southerner.They think he don't need pain killers and being a ruffy tuffy northern type he don't know how to whinge properly.
when do I become an honourary northerner? :lol:
when do I become an honourary northerner? :lol:
Move north of the Watford Gap. Drew's from a lot further south than you an he's made it! :lol:
Get Well Soon Scooby!! :crutches:
They say things happen in 3's... What with Falc... Who's next?? :wink:
Kilted Ginger
27-06-06, 08:50 AM
Heal up quick, take care out there everyone.
They're only letting him have paracetemol! I take my prescription strength cocodamol if I stub my toes.
But you're a wuss! :lol:
Heal fast Mr Drew Sir
Well Oiled
27-06-06, 11:57 AM
Sorry to hear of yet another broken biker. Get well soon.
Keith
poohy, only just read this :?
hoping for a speedy recovery
all the best n that
keith
Scooby Drew
27-06-06, 06:31 PM
Thanks guys, your wishes are greatly received. Not sure where to start except to say that I am a tw@ - it was my fault, I was on a road that I know very well and got cocky and got it wrong - that and I hate right handers... Was very lucky cos where I went wide, the grass was only 2 foot wide with a stone wall behind it :shock: The bike hit the grass and I hit the road. At about 60mph - I was toes down already so it was a very short trip...
The nice folks that I had just ****ed past stopped and were genuinely concerned (was expecting them to give me an earful) They asked me if they could call an ambulance. I said 'Just hang on' and lay down in the road for 20 seconds to get my breath back, then got up and asked them to pick the bike up and hold it for me so I could jump on 8) They were very nice and followed me home :thumbsup: Luckily my neighbor was out front so once I managed to prise myself off the bike I asked him to take me to the hospital.
The folks at the hospital were nice and the doc congratulated me on my full gear. He said that if it wasn't for my back protector, I would have been seriously f%$*d
To paraphrase Big Ape 'Always wear yer ferkin leathers and yer ferkin back protector!'
It doesn't hurt that much any more, it's just an annoyance cos I can't lift stuff etc. I asked for the x rays so I could show off my injuries but they would give them to me :( :lol:
northwind
27-06-06, 06:35 PM
I take it that's you home then?
IIRC< NHS policy is if you apply in writing you can get copies, but they're allowed to charge you. I keep on meaning to get copies of mine.
Scooby Drew
27-06-06, 06:43 PM
I take it that's you home then?
IIRC< NHS policy is if you apply in writing you can get copies, but they're allowed to charge you. I keep on meaning to get copies of mine.
Yes, just got in. The doc said that I could go once I had been x rayed and it looked ok. That was at 9.30 this morning. They got round to doing the x ray at about 3pm and the doc eventually looked at it at 6pm :evil: It all came to a head when I refused to eat my dinner :lol: :lol: The nurse said 'It's not my fault that the doc is busy...' :oops:
RingDing
27-06-06, 07:06 PM
You could always get them to pop the xrays on a light box and take piccies with a diggie camera. That's what I did when I bust my back. You have to have a memento of these things IMO!
P.
suicidesam
27-06-06, 08:20 PM
Glad to see you're home.. hope the broken bits get better soon 8)
Blue Flame
27-06-06, 09:41 PM
Glad your out of the hospital now. Heal well.
Tell me did they have the obligatory psyhco in your ward?
They had one in mine when I was in there and there was one in the ward at the Queen Margaret in Gary's ward this evening. I think it must be a compulsory NHS requirement or something. :wink:
It all came to a head when I refused to eat my dinner :lol: :lol: The nurse said 'It's not my fault that the doc is busy...' :oops:
Bit much to go on hunger stike :lol: Glad you're back home.
Aw Drew just spotted the post!
Heal quick. You need some cakes!
Glad you were all kitted up.
Tracy xx
SVTONYB
27-06-06, 11:34 PM
Get Well Soon Scooby!! :crutches:
They say things happen in 3's... What with Falc... Who's next?? :wink:
GDBD59 thats who :roll:
Hope you feel ok scooby.... I bruised my ribs and had a hell of a time cause I caught a cold at the same time :shock:
Anonymous
29-06-06, 07:24 AM
glad your feeling not to bad drew. dont suppose this is going to slow you down any lol
northwind
29-06-06, 10:13 AM
I don't know, he was talking about getting a sensible old man's bike the other night. Mind you, I think you said that before you got the Ninja, didn't you? :)
Glad your home matey take it easy
Glad u are on the mend Scooby Drew. I have 2 cracked ribs and severe inner brusing from coming off my bike a few weeks ago. They hurt bad enough but funny thing is i was able to ride 300 miles back from France the day after it happened yet i am unable to ride at the mo due to the pain! Hope u get bike sorted soon.....mine is taking a while due to funds.....
Scooby Drew
29-06-06, 12:49 PM
Glad your out of the hospital now. Heal well.
Tell me did they have the obligatory psyhco in your ward?
They had one in mine when I was in there and there was one in the ward at the Queen Margaret in Gary's ward this evening. I think it must be a compulsory NHS requirement or something. :wink:
We didn't have a psycho but we did have an old man who needed the commode at 3am - Hollywood couldn't produce sound effects of that quality :lol: :lol:
Aw Drew just spotted the post!
Heal quick. You need some cakes!
Glad you were all kitted up.
Tracy xx
Will come by when the bike is fixed - I prefer chocolate cake :lol:
glad your feeling not to bad drew. dont suppose this is going to slow you down any lol
What me slow down? Nev... well perhaps. I am mostly sensible these days, just not on the day I fell off :( :D
I don't know, he was talking about getting a sensible old man's bike the other night. Mind you, I think you said that before you got the Ninja, didn't you? :)
I do so many miles that I really need something a bit more sensible and less likely to bite back. Riding at 60 mph in second on a road 1 1/2 lanes wide using the throttle as an on/off switch is very rewarding when you get it right, but needs a lot of attention and I just proved that, like a stupid dwarf, it's not big and it's not clever when you muck up. If I had a bike that wasn't really made for that kind of behaviour, I probably wouldn't try it :oops: and stay out of trouble (mostly) :wink: :oops:
And if you are going to try it for the nurses, don't - they were a dissappointment 8)
Thanks for all of the wishes guys - broken ribs seems to be a recurring theme here. Today is a bit 'gruelling' to say the least :( :wink:
northwind
29-06-06, 01:28 PM
Three words for you mate- Vee Eff Arr.
Incidentally, the nurses in the ERI Orthopedics are extremely nice.
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