macrh 28, 2008
CRASH! thats hw march ended this year for riding. no broken bones and am not bed ridden though thank fully. how it happened doesnt make sense to me but here goes. heading down orange ave i just went right into the back of a parked minivan. yeah, how many cyclists do you know who ride into cars? well it happened to me. dont know if the wind blew hard which made me lose control, if there was a groove in the rode that i hit, if i car going by came too close which made me swirve into the car, or if i just had a light headed spell that made me lose control. however it happened the back of the minivans window was taken out and the scott was cracked in half at the fork. :(
so here is what i remember....
seeing the minivan at the last second i applied the brakes and turned to roll into the car shoulder first. the brunt of the impact was taken by my helmet above my right temple. then i was on the ground rolling around trying to get up but having no sense of where i was, how i got there, and what was happening. stumbled onto someones lawn and think i knocked on their door. man came out and asked me who to call and i gave them staceys number. then the ambulance arrived and began care for me. was put on a back board and stabilized as a precaution since my head and neck had been jerked so hard from the impact. in the ambulance my clothes were cut open to allow access to a cut in my knee and minor cuts here and there. was questioned and started to get nauseas then was given oxygen which helped.
in the hospital was taken into the emergency room and then the drew blood, took an x-ray of my neck, chest, pelvis, and a cat scan of my head. also was given an ekg to make sure my heart was ok. after the x-rays i was allowed to be unstrapped from the neck stabilizer and was then able to stand. wow! i was destroyed! dizzy and weak and shaking. felt like ran into a car! up to this point i was nervous about any possible paralysis that may happen due to neck injury. but since i walked around and could wiggle my toes and fingers i figured it wasnt very likely. but in the moment, i did get very nervous. and the next nervousness was waiting for the cat scan. it came back fine but thinking of possibly getting brain surgery due to swelling or bleeding in the brain just sucked.
after being cleared of all the major injuries they took care of the cuts and stitched me up. 12 in the knee and two in the lips. this is where the most pain took place. taking off the tape for the i.v. they had in my arm sucked. i hate those things with a passion. every movement of my arm was accompanied by the feeling of a large piece of plastic under my skin scratching from the inside. yuck. and they gave me two for some reason! one in each arm. but that wasnt as bad as the numbing agent they put in my lip to stitch there. burn burn burn. but at least i walked out of there.
they put a knee stabalizer on me to prevent any bending in the leg that would cause the stiches to pop or tear out. and sent me on my way. sitting here now most of the pain and discomfort is in my leg. feels as though the handle bars went right into my quads even though there is no bruise there. but any movement is painfull there. the stiches in my lips arent so bad except while open my mouth wide to eat or laugh. but thankfully thats the most that bothering me.
this is another true testament to wearing a helmet. with all the research i still such riders who are racing around without one on. had i not been wearing one who knows what would have happened. but thankfully i was.
after recovering i promised my dad i will take my first ride with him. hopefully that soon!
ps- the staff at overlook hospital in nj was really good. everyone was nice and i got really good care.
ride;
t-5:12
d-1.41
as-16.3
ms-20.7
monthly mile mark-792.9
miles ridden in month-414.51
so here is what i remember....
seeing the minivan at the last second i applied the brakes and turned to roll into the car shoulder first. the brunt of the impact was taken by my helmet above my right temple. then i was on the ground rolling around trying to get up but having no sense of where i was, how i got there, and what was happening. stumbled onto someones lawn and think i knocked on their door. man came out and asked me who to call and i gave them staceys number. then the ambulance arrived and began care for me. was put on a back board and stabilized as a precaution since my head and neck had been jerked so hard from the impact. in the ambulance my clothes were cut open to allow access to a cut in my knee and minor cuts here and there. was questioned and started to get nauseas then was given oxygen which helped.
in the hospital was taken into the emergency room and then the drew blood, took an x-ray of my neck, chest, pelvis, and a cat scan of my head. also was given an ekg to make sure my heart was ok. after the x-rays i was allowed to be unstrapped from the neck stabilizer and was then able to stand. wow! i was destroyed! dizzy and weak and shaking. felt like ran into a car! up to this point i was nervous about any possible paralysis that may happen due to neck injury. but since i walked around and could wiggle my toes and fingers i figured it wasnt very likely. but in the moment, i did get very nervous. and the next nervousness was waiting for the cat scan. it came back fine but thinking of possibly getting brain surgery due to swelling or bleeding in the brain just sucked.
after being cleared of all the major injuries they took care of the cuts and stitched me up. 12 in the knee and two in the lips. this is where the most pain took place. taking off the tape for the i.v. they had in my arm sucked. i hate those things with a passion. every movement of my arm was accompanied by the feeling of a large piece of plastic under my skin scratching from the inside. yuck. and they gave me two for some reason! one in each arm. but that wasnt as bad as the numbing agent they put in my lip to stitch there. burn burn burn. but at least i walked out of there.
they put a knee stabalizer on me to prevent any bending in the leg that would cause the stiches to pop or tear out. and sent me on my way. sitting here now most of the pain and discomfort is in my leg. feels as though the handle bars went right into my quads even though there is no bruise there. but any movement is painfull there. the stiches in my lips arent so bad except while open my mouth wide to eat or laugh. but thankfully thats the most that bothering me.
this is another true testament to wearing a helmet. with all the research i still such riders who are racing around without one on. had i not been wearing one who knows what would have happened. but thankfully i was.
after recovering i promised my dad i will take my first ride with him. hopefully that soon!
ps- the staff at overlook hospital in nj was really good. everyone was nice and i got really good care.
ride;
t-5:12
d-1.41
as-16.3
ms-20.7
monthly mile mark-792.9
miles ridden in month-414.51
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