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10-26-2020, 12:03 PM
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Hit by a friggin' boulder
So 1 month ago to the day I was hit by a boulder that came flying down the hillside. Smashed into my leg while I was riding and ended up with a severely fractured Tibia/Fibula combo. My calf was pretty much a jellysack. Fortunately I was not in a super remote area so there were plenty of good samaritans around to assist. I was eventually taken to Marin General by ambulence. Boulder hit me at around 12:30. Was in ER by 3:00. On the surgery table by 8:30. Spent 4 days there recovering and being monitored
My home healthcare nurses and PT were concerned about the level of swelling in the leg and 10 days after the incident I admitted myself to the ER. Had an Ultrasound. Doctors didn't like what they saw so got me in for a CT scan. They definitely didn't like what the saw there, and was in for emergency vascular surgery to repair a Pseudoaneurysm in an artery in the left leg the next day. If you look at the x-ray with all the hardware, you can actually see the platinum coils they shot into the artery via catheter to "plug the leak". Modern medicine is pretty amazing. Yesterday my friends hosted a "Boulder Party". Mainly just an excuse to get together, but we ended up taking guesses and then weighing the thing. I came closest with a guess of 67 lbs. It ended up being 72.9 lbs. So August 2 years ago I smashed my face into a guardrail during a 1200k and was taken by helicopter to Lacrosse Medical in Wisconsin. Last August, I endo'd and broke my jaw in 2 places and was taken from Bishop to Reno via fixed-wing life-flight. I was super careful this August, and came through unscathed. But apparently August wasn't happy with that so tagged in his partner September to get the job done! 
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#2
10-26-2020, 12:09 PM
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August is a good month to sit on the sofa and watch TV.
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#3
10-26-2020, 12:10 PM
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Remind to NOT ride with you in late summer.
Speedy recovery, man.
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10-26-2020, 12:11 PM
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My 20 year-old son broke his arm in a collegiate road race back in February. He ended up with a plate and pins to stabilize the fracture. A few weeks ago on a training ride, a wheel tough in front of him caused a pileup and he ended up with a lot of road rash.
I lost track of all the crashes I was in that caused road rash, even one that broke my right forearm at the elbow, but the dad in me hates to see him crash. As much as it pains me, I'd rather see him doing triathlons.
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#5
10-26-2020, 12:13 PM
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ouch!
that super bad luck man, sorry to hear! heal up fast!
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#6
10-26-2020, 12:15 PM
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dude.....that is some crazy bad luck three years running. hopefully you've ended your run of "bad things comes in threes".
Riding in the Santa Monicas, especially on dirt trails, I often wonder about getting hit by falling rocks as they litter the trails and you know it happens. Did you see it coming at all or was it a complete blindside?
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#9
10-26-2020, 12:23 PM
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On the flipside, I'm glad it didn't smash my knee or ankle. Once I've healed from this, the only thing I'll have is the 3 scars from surgery.
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#10
10-26-2020, 12:43 PM
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all i can say looking at those xrays is holy ****! That's some bad luck, glad you are recovering well. Best of luck
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#12
10-26-2020, 12:59 PM
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Wow-Ouch
What a freak accident with the boulder-but three years in a row for injury ? You are due for a long streak of good luck. I'm glad you're feeling better and seems like well on the road to recovery.
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#13
10-26-2020, 01:37 PM
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Wow! Best wishes for the recovery!
But we have to know--what are your plans for the boulder??
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