Rictus

Mark - you never cease to amaze me with your bravery, you are an inspiration to all of us take it easy hun and i'll see you at Verna's do next week if you can make it

T xx

[rictus01]

Originally Posted by Tara

take it easy hun and i'll see you at Verna's do next week if you can make it

T xx

all plans in place to attend, and I'll be expecting to collect on all hugs & kisses promised

Cheers Mark.

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Mark - Glad to hear that you're mending bummer about the pain though

Originally Posted by rictus01

all plans in place to attend, and I'll be expecting to collect on all hugs & kisses promised

Cheers Mark.

no problem

Been reading your posts and i really feel for you Mark. I (touch wood) have never broken a single bone in my body so cannot even comprehend the pain you are feeling. Keep gritting your teeth and get through it one day at a time and then those days will eventually turn into weeks. X

hi gorgeous xx hope you doing ok be seeing you later on if ok xxxx prob about 3ih xx

[rictus01]

Originally Posted by BernardBikerchick

hi gorgeous xx hope you doing ok be seeing you later on if ok xxxx prob about 3ih xx

You're in luck, Ican't run away

Originally Posted by rictus01

You're in luck, Ican't run away

I always forget to do that...

[rictus01]

Update time again.

day 44 after the event (only 44 days, seems like a life time ago)

the Physical

The cast is once again loose on my leg, yet I think the surgery wounds have healed enough so that I’m not getting the sharp pains I did last time, so will probably not get it changed at present, although the muscle wastage is frankly alarming to say the least, as I know how hard it is to get back.

Well it seems to be the pain has clarified into three type.
the first is a deep seated bone ache, this being constant is mostly manageable, although to much to allow sleep without the help of medication.

the second is a ball of pain behind the knee, it has become apparent this is the major cause, as it's where the pain originates when I move the leg from vertical to horizontal or back again, it gets bumped or bashed, and when the leg swings.

the third is somewhat of a mystery, ranging from a feeling of ice water being dripped and running around my leg to a sharp electric shock kind of thing, now I've been told that as well as the tendon and ligament damage the blood vessels and nerves are a bit of a mess, and as they haven't looked at the soft tissue stuff as yet I can't expect this to change until they do.

An interesting development, the pain was all consuming with the ribbons of light around my vision, light headed, tears the whole nine yards so to speak, and yet now although I get the same symptoms the pain is almost remote, it’s there and no doubt as intense , however somewhat muffled, perhaps it’s the minds way of dealing with prolonged pain ?

Still waking up to the hammer blow pain, then then again that's from behind the knee, so I'll be looking for improvement after they do some work there.

I’m using the broken left index finger as a bench mark to the leg bones, and indeed the finger is aching badly, which feels somewhat like (although a lot less) the deep bone ache of the leg, which I’m taking as a good thing and it’s mending nicely.

the Psychological.

I guess the biggest thing is the feel of a monotone existence, time not having any meaning, and everyday being the same, I’m sick to death of my living room, the chair I sit in most of the day, but then I was expecting that.

Anything out of the ordinary happening in my day seems to have taken on a disproportional importance almost to the extent of a kid on Christmas eve and if for some reason the expected doesn’t happen it’s almost crushing in it’s impact, silly perhaps but I think an unavoidable consequence of my limited world at present.


I have the odd depressive patch and have to pull myself out of it.

The visits, calls and text messages are a real spirit lifter, and what with the forum, my friendly stranger, are just about keeping me sane.

I’ve had to make a hard decision, well not hard but reluctant, and that’s to cancel just about everything I was going to do over Christmas and the new year, in favour of protecting my leg from further injury or mishap, after going to Selkent Wednesday and having four or five incidents, as well as the five hours or so waiting for the leg to calm down before I could get any sleep, it became apparent I’m still a little fragile, so apart from missing the NEC show, rideouts weekly meets and other stuff, Christmas is going to be rather dull this year ( I just might have it a few months later once I’m back).



So to round it all of, I’m where I should be at this stage, and all I have to do is kill time until the 18th of December when I’ll learn what comes next in the way of treatment.

I’m hoping that they will let me out of the cast and I can have a leg brace, which will mean I’m able to walk on both legs all be it with some support, but we’ll have to see ?

I may well be back in hospital over Christmas/ New year it’s all dependent on the knee specialist (and perhaps sooner is better, it’s not as if I’m doing anything anyway), but may well have to wait until the new year.

Cheers Mark.

hey sorry to hear about you missing the Christmas stuff

all i can say is that when you do get to do things again they're going to be all the sweeter...you'll be raving about how it's the best NEC show ever, and it'll even be nice to see the mangy copper who moves us on from Frith