the; "How's your Heath" thread!

[WhichDawg]

many of our members have had a rough year, operations, pains, knee and back problems, some real ouchies!
I can't find all the "fun" you've all posted and I was wondering how you guys are doing.

so I thought I'd start a thread on boo-boos 

Let's hear how your doing and post any new pains, sorta a drive by the accident thread
I hope your all doing better and recovering, and feeling much better.

[Tarrodemierda]

well in last 12 months ive chopped off part of my finger with sledgehammer,busted my kneecap,craked my ankle,broke a rib etc.during outdoor excursions,climbing,at school and when going back to hoem by walking instead of cab

ooh and ive suffered from grade 3 migraine for 20 years now

this is about 15 mins after i my leg went 180 degrees around,and after paramedicks forced it back.after that pic it quickly got so swollen i couldnt walk for two weeks,some fluid got into cap or somethin like that.

[Benner]

That's gotta hurt! 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Let me guess, motorbike accident

[Tarrodemierda]

nope,it got between bike and tree in downhill trail,and twisted all the way around,hurt like hell.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

nope,it got between bike and tree in downhill trail,and twisted all the way around,hurt like hell.

Reminds me of this crash from last year

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I had thought about starting a 'Winge thread''

The fact is, despite having nothing majorly wrong with me, by body feels pretty toasted for a 31 year old

I've got a lot of pain from my left foot, and from the scar tissue in my chest, which plays up whenever I lift anything heavier than 25kg

But the things I ''suffer'' from, the things that make life a wee bit difficult are my Dyspraxia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyspraxia and my OAD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King-Kopetzky_syndrome

Insomnia's a good one too

Other than that I'm peachy

[Tarrodemierda]

yep;)

if i ride fuller in that track,i almost everytime take my bike there with someones car,but that happened just when i was ridin my hardtailed one,i was just going thryu that hill to our "secret camping place",with no protection at all.

[Benner]

I'm really lucky as I have no issues at all.    But I am only 23 so there is plenty of time yet. 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

yep;)

,with no protection at all.

Thats usually the way mate

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I'm really lucky as I have no issues at all.    But I am only 23 so there is plenty of time yet. 

Mate I was fine till I hit 28/29

[Benner]

I'm really lucky as I have no issues at all.    But I am only 23 so there is plenty of time yet. 

Mate I was fine till I hit 28/29

So I've got 5 years of comfort left then. 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Not with the way the kids beat the hell out of you, no

[Tarrodemierda]

haha,ive been thru various surgeries and operations since i was about ten and got my first small motocross bike,then came the two stroke 500 rm´s,speedway/flat track jap&jawa,trial bikes,down hill racing,parachitunin,climbing,babes and booze :Detc.....etc....i have some 80 cm of titanium in my legs,tens of bolts around my carcass,scars after scars.i was ridin in sweden,åre,in downhill mayhem festival and there i cracked my elbow so much it´ll be all f-c-ed up for rest of my life.i woke in helicopter after dropping from some 4metres straight down to rocks.

[Tarrodemierda]

never mind me guys,now tell me about YOUR "small accidents".

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I've had 7 bike accidents (I'm a slow learner ) but only two biggish ones, The first one I went into a crash barrier foot first, and that wrecked my left foot, the second one was a quite a bit worse in that I got high sided off a 600cc and broke a load of ribs, which would have been fine if they hadn't have tried to make a bid for freedom over my sturnum first, hence all the internal scare tissue

All the other broken bones we're from stupid brawling

[duckman1975]

Mikko, you are a doctors dream you probably put one year worth of business to a doctor on just a few months 
Me crashed my scooter on a wall at about 35 to 40 mph awhile back, side effects included some memory lost, poor sometimes short sometimes long term memories but other than that think I'm good.

[Tarrodemierda]

yeah ive had my share of hospital visits

and if theres one thing im afraid of is doctors

well....i donno if im afraid but the hospitals here have very depressing atmosphere.

[duckman1975]

Think I know what you mean, I'm scared of hospitals because its easy to catch a nasty disease in them.

[WhichDawg]

omg Tarro! (covers eyes) I can't imagine your nightly aches and pains

[Leatherman123]

I have no issues at all...

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I have no issues at all...

Not yet, but wait till the dreaded 30 catches up with you

Donald, thats a pretty bad crash mate

[WhichDawg]

you guys really know how to scare a bloke! I'm never getting a bike now

[Tarrodemierda]

the human body tends to take o lot,and has this self repairing system for smaller cracks so dont worry

be a man-ride a bicycle.

[duckman1975]

I don't have any big bikes but I still ride my scooter, even after the accident riding my scooter is still soo worth it 

[jock1]

Thanks Guys
I have my share of aches and pains from high mileage occupations and lifestyle but I seem to be a bit luckier than most of the poor beggars who have posted so far

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Yeah but your still married Ricky mate, so you've not had it all your own way

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

you guys really know how to scare a bloke! I'm never getting a bike now

Sometimes it's worth the pain mate

[ducktapehero]

Well I shattered my ankle in the military in 1991. I had pins and plates put in, it got to where I could predict the weather with how they hurt so had the metal taken out in 1994.

I've also got 4 bad disks in my back. Now my lower back problems are causing sciatica to go down my legs. The bad news is my doctor says as of right now there's nothing surgically they can do. Some of the blame might be blamed on a slight limp I've had over the years but it's impossible to tell for sure. 

I've had 6(or so) shoulder dislocations, and mine usually take 2-3 people to get my shoulder back in socket. I can't just bang my shoulder on something like Mel Gibson did in Lethal Weapon. 4 shoulder surgeries. Some nerve damage. All kinds of screws and pins in there.

Banged myself with a LM tool really hard on the edge of my eye in 1996. It didn't hit my eyeball but cracked the socket. Tore the retina. Had laser surgery to fix that but now have a LOT of floaters in my vision. It's gotten worse the last couple of years so no more driving at night or shooting.

I had acid reflux surgery in 2001. Instead of being able to do it simply by laproscope they had to come in my side, cut a rib out, deflate a lung and basically wrap my stomach around my esophagus. LOTS of staples and metal in there from that one.

I had a cancerous kidney removed last year. The incision they made didn't heal quite right so that cause a big quadruple hernia. They went back in and now I basically have a mesh covering my entire abdominal area. Quite painful healing but at least no more hernias. Also had a double hernia fixed a couple of years ago.

Also a couple of years ago I had an infection under my arm. It was about the size of a tennis ball but they removed it. NO after effects but cool looking scars.

And of course I've had the usual broken ribs and fingers that most active men have had.

I also have arthritis everywhere.

[jock1]

Yeah but your still married Ricky mate, so you've not had it all your own way

To be fair being married has probably kept me alive I would have done something terminally stupid by now if left to my own devices