I crashed in t5 at RA resulting in a bad collar bone break. I would like to
thank the corner workers, you guys rock, the ambulance crew, track
personel, and the on staff DR.s. Everyone was top notch. Having never broken anything before I never realized how helpless you are, you can't
do a damn thing. A very big thanks to my friends Eddie Hodges and
Gregg Jones. These guys loaded me up and took care of everything
after being released from the med shack, love you guys. Thanks again.
The weekend wasn't a total loss though. We had great weather and
I met some new people. surgery next week it looks like. Thanks
again, I almost forgot Jason Runte and Dave Satermo who also helped me out. Please excuse spelling and any typos, pain meds combined
with one fingered typing.
Thanks,
Steve Palella
awe Steve. Damn Man! Not sure if my buddy Spoot got this one on camera but I am sorry to hear about this.
I've shattered my right clavical before and busted my left one twice. The best advice I can give you is 1) let it heal before you go out there and start givin her hell especially with a multiple place break on the clavical. It took about a year for mine to heal until it was strong enough to fall on again (motocross)
2) get a hold of Super Dave and have him send you the link to this bone building suppliment he knows of. I can't remember the name of it right now but it helped me out last year when I dismembered my left index finger and a slew of other breaks and whatnot.
Real glad you had gotten the help you did. This sportbike racing crowd, I have found out, are a real Awesome group of people.
Heal Quick Steve!!!
jim jr
Steve,
Sorry to hear about your luck....just getting over what you are now starting ( broke mine in T7 at BHF a month ago) and you are right....the strength of this group is impressive to say the least. The cornerworkers and the med staff took great care of me and my buddies ( Matt and his kids, Jerry who was kind enough to haul me and others to the ER!) had me loaded and pointed towards home in a blink.
Go to Seacoast Vitamins website for the bone healers mentioned in the previous post:
http://www.seacoastvitamins.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=bone+builder&search_in_description=1
heal fast :thumb:
awe Steve. Damn Man! Not sure if my buddy Spoot got this one on camera but I am sorry to hear about this.
Thanks for the support. It seems Spoot will be able to
start a new career in crash photog just following me
arround. Seriously though this one WAS NOT MY FAULT!!!
All ready got a line on the bone heal stuff.
thanks guys,
steve palella
and remember a couple of percecet (spelling ? ) and a couple of beers and your good to go! if you can get out of the chaip lol
forgot to mention the most important person who saved my ass twice this year. ALEXA from spyderwerks leathers.
she fine tuned my Hein Gericke Celtic suit nice and snug. The suit has held up well, no road rash. Thanks Alexa
Damn Steve,
Sorry to hear about your crash.
Heal fast and we look forward to seeing you soon.
Paul
Polar-Optics LLC
MW Ex 79
Good thing it wasn't a hip. I hear when guys your age break a hip it never gets better......
Gonna miss ya out there.
Get better faster..
Dustin Boyd
Heal up quick!!!
Quote from: red900 on July 09, 2007, 10:09:08 AM
Good thing it wasn't a hip. I hear when guys your age break a hip it never gets better......
Gonna miss ya out there.
Get better faster..
Dustin Boyd
fast and funny.
thanks,
P.S. forgot to give props to Jason Runte for not running me over when I fell in front of him. He must like me better than Dustin. :biggrin:
too funny
Quote from: steve p on July 09, 2007, 10:49:23 AM
He must like me better than Dustin. :biggrin:
nobody likes you steve..... :biggrin:
heal fast!
Justin,
That's just a complete lack of respect for you elders....Funny as hell though!!
Sorry to hear it is a break. Good luck with the surgery and heal up quick.
Sorry to hear of the news heal fast.
Steve, really sorry to hear you need surgery. I hope it goes well and you make a full and speedy recovery. I was looking forward to talking about the days races with you at the end of the day. Hope to see you at BHF, even if your not racing. Take it easy.
got some good news yesterday, nooooo surgery required!
i'm happy about that. I'll be at BHF to spectate.
Steve
Awesome!!!
some more advice I have for you then is to keep it still and relaxed for a few weeks so the calcium deposits up.. and then try and be somewhat active so the blood flow is increased and healing is accelerated.
Like I mentioned, I've shattered my right clavical and broken my left one twice and I am not one to be held back when I really want to do something so I listen well to my body and have pushed it to it's limits in my past.
on a different note, my buddy Ray Am #71 highsided in the Bend at RA and broke his collar bone too.
wtf is up with all the collar bone breaks lately... sheesh...
really glad that there's no surgery required for you Steve
Good advice Jim. That seems to be the general consensous on what to do. I'll tell ya though just in the two days of taking that stuff and letting it rest I can feel a difference, really.
I heard of two other people who broke their collar bone at
RA too. Must be something in the water.
Thanks for the advice.
Steve - did you break it in the GTU race? I got smacked hard into the pavement in the bend and broke my right one in that race - folks in the med center said there was another rider in there at the same time with the same colalr bond broekn. Got to take a nice ride in the ambulance to Sheboygan (I went into shock after getting off the track), and noticed a loaded race trailer in the parking lot when they released me that night.
No surgery here, but the lingering pain sucks. What sucks even more is having to stay off the bike for the next several weeks.
Heal soon man!
Mine was in the HWSS race. 1st lap. I was fortunate enough to get some advile from my friends and was able
to drive home. went into shock after the meds wore off
and they put the fig. 8 brace on. Ouch
Actually the fig 8 brace relieved the pain for me, but make sure you air out the armpit. That thing holds you so tight that unmentionable fungi thingies breed in there. No, I won't provide any further details....
:biggrin:
and I'm not kidding!