My recent absence on the forum - What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!

**Watchdog** · 09-05-2018, 05:50 PM

Good evening gents,

I haven't been on the forum for a few weeks and being keen not to be thought of as having lost interest I thought I might explain why.

I am a keen motorcyclist and on Wed 080818 I was riding the short distance home from work on my Yamaha FZS 1000S when an idiot pedestrian decided to impersonate a lemming and ran into the road directly in my path! I did not stand a chance and skittled him taking an impromptu freestyle slide up the road myself.
So; broken collar bone, shoulder, 9 ribs (each with multiple fractures front and back ie a flail chest), pneumo / heamo thorax, bleed on the spleen, fractured pelvis and one hand later I woke up to meet some nice paramedics and some of my own colleagues followed by a spell in intensive care and nearly four weeks in hospital.

All I can say is good job I was only doing 40 mph!

I am back home now and still fairly crocked up. Still, what doesn't kill you etc......

Justdidn't you guys to think I was being standoffish

My recent absence on the forum - What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!

I'm trying to catch up with unread posts now but there are quite a few!!

Regards

Mark

**Tank Destroyer** · 09-05-2018, 05:57 PM

I was wondering where you were hiding, I just did not know it was in the hospital!!!!
Brother I am glad you are ok but it sound like a long road to full recovery. REMEMBER you are not young in body anymore only in mind LOL!!!

Marty

**Rik.S** · 09-05-2018, 06:35 PM

Wow, that's a tough one.
Even with all the injuries you suffered it is good you are back home. All I can say is take your time and get well.

Regards, Rik

**MAP** · 09-05-2018, 06:38 PM

Glad to hear you are on the mend!!!!!

I've hit a car on my motorcycle but never a person...

Now...as any motorcyclist would normally ask....How's the bike?

**HPL2008** · 09-05-2018, 06:41 PM

Phew... Now those are some nasty injuries; hurts just to read about them! Get better soon!

**Rescue190** · 09-05-2018, 06:54 PM

Good to hear that you are on the road to recovery. You might even be able to take a deep breath in a week or two after that many fractures. Get well.
John

**Neil Hever** · 09-05-2018, 07:07 PM

Glad you are recovering. NH

**real steel** · 09-05-2018, 07:17 PM

Terrible to read this. May you heal fully.
David

**FALLSCHIRMJAGER** · 09-05-2018, 07:59 PM

Bloody hell Mark, that's a terrible "prang"! I'm certainly not going to click "like" on this post!! That said, i will pray that you make a full recovery and that you are soon back up to full speed, blessings, Leon.