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this is my leg after a car hit ME side on, i was in full gear and doing 20mph he was doing about 5. it was 7 months ago (20/07/08) and i have about 5-6 months left. the accident happened on my own road 2 minutes from my house. and my life has just stopped.http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...nn1/break1.jpghttp://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...1/DSC00076.jpgouch

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Nice metal work, however you're not a real man until you've done your cruciate ligaments. :)

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sorry to hear this!! just keep going there's light at the end of the tunnel and then you'll be able to come down to soho and meet us!!

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BH:smt101 Looks like the bone came through your skin?? F*ck that must have hurt:smt101:smt101:smt101

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Bloody hell that bone looks like it got smashed to hell! :( Hope you are getting good mate!

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As someone who's now 8 months of from basically snapping my foot off, there is life at the end of the tunnel. I'm off the painkillers now and as long as the metalwork doesn't get cold it's now 90% fixed. I surprised myself by runing up the stairs today, two steps at a time.

I hope you don't have pets that'll wag their tails on the frame or swing from it! :)

Why not have a race with Eduardo De Silva to get better? :)

Carl

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I'm involved in a race with Harry Ellis(Leicester scrum half), but sadly i think he's about to win. :(

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i know how you feel about the 2 stairs thingy....i laughed as i read that. the thing is people (riders) don't realise how hard it gets to do the simplist things....like walk.... but my leg is healing well apparently. but i am now using an electro magnetic bone stimulator which is amazing. the only thing good to come out of this is gonna be my big fat wedge in a year or two...solicitor has warned me to expect a heafty sum...but i would rather turn back the clock anyday..i lost my business...my girl friend...and am living on £59 per week. fu@king joke...

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Oww, hope it heals as fast as possible.

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interesting leg warmer you've got there...bit drafty I imagine.....yes people don't realise how hard the simplest things to do are...Im Indoors still can't put his socks and shoes on right...it'll be ten years in May.....and yes a big fat wedge will be coming, may take more than a couple of years though

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pheeeeeeeew makes me a real man being a cruciate victim-had op n still buggered!! nothing qwite like your knee dislocating during manouvers :P but seriousley ive broke some bone but christ a cruciate hurts!!!

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I know how you feel, I've had three of these!!! The first was a Taylor Spatial frame which had adjusters and twisted my tib, fib and ankle into the correct position. The second was another Taylor Spatial frame which was a replacement for the first and was on my leg to twist the upper tib and fib back into place. The third was an Ilizarov frame, same as above but with no special adjusters. This was on my femur (thigh) and compressed the open spiral compound fracture into position so the bone was stabilised and able to heal.

I had the lower ones on for 2 years and the upper one on for 13 months. Good luck with your healing mate, GWS.

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thanx for the good luck shout.... this is also my second frame the first was a linear one which was deviating the bones so they swapped them over to this one. still life goes on... btw did you get hit or was the accident your fault... and what compo did ya get...

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I forgot about the linear one, I was stuck in a hospital bed for 4 months with that one so that makes 4 in total! Yeah I was hit, very very lucky to be alive thanks to the Air Ambulance being so close more than anything. The claim is still ongoing, to be honest if you have a good solicitor then they won't start seroius legal proceedings until you boens are healed and you are on your feet. They need this time for the medical experts to ascertain exactly how your injuries will effect you in the future. Basically one claim will reward you better than two claims (claiming now and then later finding out the leg will effect your position in the labour market and claiming again).

I have an estimated compo, but my injuries are and were far worse (compared to what you have made us aware of) so it may not be of any help to you...

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yea i have to go to an independant medical asessment on monday and the solictors have told me that the claim dosen't begin until i'm back to work.... my complete list of injuries were.... a fractured scaphoid(wristbone)(which i had a bone graft from my hip pinned into). an open fracture to my fibula, and an open compound fracture to my tibia. please still could you give me your estimate as i'm in the early stages of my claim and the solicitors wont commit themselves... the only reason i'm asking is as i am on £59 per week benefits which is rediculous, i'm having to borrow from my dad, he has been brilliant but i would like to ease his mind a little....thanx...

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Dave is spot on. Don't expect to see anything until you are as fully healed as you can be. The assesor should tell you exactly that. Its far too early to see how you will be affected in the future. I had an accident last April and i dont expect to see anything for it least another 6 months, maybe longer.

Its also pretty useless comparing compensation figures, as there are so many variables, it will be entirely inaccurate. At the end of the day you'll get what you get.

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Been there, done that, got the T-Shirt :grin:

13 screws

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2.../Leg1Small.jpg

now only 3 screws

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...C01023-Leg.jpg


cheer up, you'll get going again :wink:

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Gah - you young'uns don't know what it's like to bust a leg...

... none of this fancy schmancy metal work - just enough plaster to sink a battle ship. multiple compound Tib/Fib fractures 20 years ago and all I got was a ruddy great pot on my leg...

... which was replaced (with a lot if twisting and swearing - from the surgeon and me respectively) 3 times in the first 2 weeks...

... then again a month later...

... again 2 months after that...

... yet again a month after that, by which timethe surgeon was joining me with the swearing. ;)

Managed to remain with that same pot for another 4 months without my leg twisteding or bending in awkward directions. So I then got a cast that went just to my knee (previous versions went all the way to the top) for another 6 months.

All that to avoid being pinned or plated in any way. Stood me in good stead too...


... until the ever-so-slight angle at which the head of the knee joint had set in finally wore the inside quadrant of my knee away and no the blasted thing doesn't work anymore. :roll:





But you did your right leg in yes?

Wanna swap left legs? Well - if you're sitting about you won't need the one that does work? Yes? Go on?





No.




Damn - worth a try. ;)

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errrmmm let me think how bout noooooo. i need it to hop around hehe,,,

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Problem with claiming and comparing comp figures is it varies from county to county, I know its ridiculous isn't it!!!

Younggunns (sorry didn't catch your first name), your need to speak to the Department for Works and Pensions (DWP) about your entitled benefit. If you are employed you can try and claim for incapacity benefit of if your unemployed job seekers benefit, and then there is also carers allowance if you require somebody to help you prepare meals or bathe. They don't tend to advertise what you can apply for nowadays because there was a lot of scams, you'll be assessed by an NHS consultant for free and he too could help supply some answers to your future abilities (always helps to hear what someone else has to say).

It appears we are starting to compare injuries on this thread, oh... well here goes;

- Brachial Plexus to left shoulder (nerve damage caused by tearing the nerves roots in your neck)

- Fractured left Scaphoid (temporary pinned)

- Fractured left thumb

- 3 fractured left fingers

- 1 dislocated left finger (the one that didn't break)

- Multiple fractured right shoulder (the ball, the cup and the shoulder blade)(now left with permanent rotator injury)

- Fractured 3 left ribs (one plated)

- Multiple (13) fractures to pelvis including open book fracture

- Open compound spiral fracture to left Femur (this nearly severed the leg, it was held on by only one tendon behind the knee (very gruesome) and cut through the main femoral artery. Took 3 years to heal and I still have torn (literally) quadriceps.

- 3 fractures to left tibia (one being an open fracture)

- 3 fractures to left fibula (one being an open fracture)

- Shattered left ankle (6 breaks, and still causing me problems in winter (thank god for a torque 750cc SV)

- Five broken left toes (not one little piggy got away that day!)

- And they drilled a small hole in the top of my skull to relieve the pressure


Like I said Younggunns, its not really possible for you to get an idea from my compo quote to what you will get. I'm not trying to win some sort of 'my injuries are worse than yours' competition, this was one motorcycle accident! It had not put me off bikes, in fact it made me a better person overall (I don't mean a £6m rebuild). I wore protective clothing that day, a full set of leathers and armoured boots, gloves and an Arai RX7 but the impact was not what motorcycle armour is designed to protect us from. We need to be more aware of our vulnerability, we need to value ourselves more by wearing the correct clothing and not jeans and trainers (I restate I was wearing full kit). We know we can't be protected for everything but we can do our best to protect ourselves, this is my message to all bikers.

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OK you win..hehe.. i know we are vulnarable (riders) because i was doing 20mph and he was doing 5mph, he just hit my bike perfectly side on and rolled my leg outwards. my leg was crushed into the bike, but the same as you, i feel that i'm gonna ride forever i just love it.... lets just hope the money equals the injuries and suffering.. and i'm sure only the likes of us will know how much we deserve it.

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try breakin ya neck...then you,l feel real pain

on 2nd thoughts don't try that!

gws mate.

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Sorry didn't mean to sound patronising, sure you have heard enough from Nurses and Doctors, I just get annoyed to see people on bikes with very little protection.

I hope the Nurses looked after you well, mine were amazing! My Ilizarov doctor was very good too, you could see he wasn't a fan of bikes but he would never say anything. When you get taken care of by dedicted staff (usually are with Ilizarov's) they seem to understand what you are going through, how you feel, etc... I couldn't thank them enough, especially when the frame around my pelvis pinned me to the bed.

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your solicitor should be able to give you a figure for your injuries. When I worked in a solicitors there was a book they looked up. Its not an exact figure but it would say (for example) compensation for no fault broken leg between £? and £?.

A few years ago (wait about 20) my mate drove his bike thru a rascal van as it reversed out and he didnt have time to stop (he was speeding thru town it was 4 am). He was offered a payout after 6 months which he accepted against his solicitors advice. He had broken his leg and had head injuries. He got £5k which was a fair amount in those days but he has been left with a mild form of brain damage, has memory problems and anger issues. If he had held out he could have got lots more for loss of future earning etc as he cannot work now.

Im sure your dad doesnt mind helping you out.

Contact DSS and they can send someone out to advise you on what benefits you could be entitled to. My mum did that after my dad was diagnosed as brain injured. They were living off their savings and didnt think they were entitled to anything.

good luck with your recovery

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my mate got knocked off a customers bike this time last year..he's got a claim going on at the moment, he's in a terrible state and has been lucky enough to be able to have got disability including the car to go with it.......but when the claims been settled hes to pay it all back.
Im Indoors got a very large pay out for his accident...somewhere above £80,000, he had brain injuries and very nearly lost his leg because his head of femur was so badly shattered...it took him YEARS to get it all settled. Like I've said before its been ten years and he's to go through the whole process of being faced with possibly loosing a leg again when he goes for a hip replacement, when the scaffolding finally gives up( which it is now slowly)

Claiming is a funny individual thing, it doesn't pay for you to take the first offering, cause if your faced with paying back benefits, you really kinda need, being in a mess.........why shouldn't you go for the maximum

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You don't pay benefits back if you were and still are employed with a full time contract, its state issued!