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Yeah, Get onto the MRI booking mate,
It took me 2 weeks to get into the MRI (thats the waiting time in Newcastle) Also a specialist needs to give the referral or you will be charged all of the amount if a GP sends you for one.
This is what my GP told me anyway.
My scan was $600 from memory but worth every cent to see the damage before surgery.Good Luck with it all
It looks a tad sore :unsure:Ouch, Jesus TB. The black rubber stuff down and the shiny stuff up
Hope you get better soon.
sheesh, im the only one not shit stirring and i still am the bad guy :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
never thought you’d be one to bruise like a rotton pear :laugh: :laugh:
get well soon
idjit
menace wrote:
Quote:sheesh, im the only one not shit stirring and i still am the bad guy :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:never thought you’d be one to bruise like a rotton pear :laugh: :laugh:
get well soon
idjit
Sorry mate was only teasing ya :laugh: If anyone has had a rough trot its you with your back injury mate
Lets hope we are both mobile before we know TB
mal5.1 wrote:
Quote:OK. Now runs us through what, when, how and why this happened.How did the knee braces fair?
First the brace is fine undamaged. The ambulance officers insisted I take the brace for the doctors look at for the diagnosis. I wouldn’t be sitting here at home now if I wasn’t wearing my Astisk brace I am convinced beyond doubt. Not only did the fully loaded bike, with soft panniers fully loaded land hard on my knee (which would weigh 210 kilos +) and remain trapped under the bike (thanks Lotsa
) But I was twisted around. It was the first time I have ever worn the braces on the Tenere and will always from here on.What happened, well the pace of the ride was pretty brisk considering what some of us were riding :laugh: The suspension has transformed the bike and while it feels pretty firm it is awesome and a credit to Nick and the Tekniks crew. I had been following Lotsa and he sort of lost a little momentum on a hill and I picked a different line and sort of slipped past. As I had just passed him I didnt want him in my immediate dust/ roost through no fault of his so I was pushing along. I arrived at a rocky uphill with two windrows, the first was steeper then I thought. I managed to land it but everything was pre-loaded and I was going to fast for the 2nd one and I crashed. Too fast for a loaded adventure bike :blush: My bad. Thanks to Lotsa who was straight on the spot (saw it all happen :laugh: ) He quickly laid his bike over and got the bike of my leg, cheers mate
Scott and Lotsa righted it and Scott helped me fix my brake pedal which got some loving for its trouble :laugh: I then had to ride it out to Bulga (about 1/2 hr)where it stiffened in minutes and I couldnt bend it. The guys helped me on the bike I refused the offers of panadol etc and I set sail for home. I couldnt bend my leg to get it on the peg and the wind against it was making it hurt. I then thought I need some sort of help as I didnt want to leave my loaded bike outside some hospital. I rang Chicken and a plan was worked out. I started out through the back of Cessnock, Broke area it took me 25kms to get my leg bent enough to get it back on the peg (I had been sitting on the pillion seat doing 120kph at one stage :laugh: ) I rode to Chickens, Kym rang an ambulance and well you know the rest.Cheers to Chicken, Kym and the girls for looking after me, coming up the hospital last night and waiting till we found out what was going on and then waiting to take me home at 1am.
Cheers again Lotsa and everyone except miss personality at Laguna general store :laugh:
Cheers to all that have called and the wishes past on
TB
Get well soon Mate, you have until November to prove your fitness.
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