Fell off my mountain bike: broken collarbone.

[RustedFox]

Title says it all.

Looked like this:





Tylenol/ibuprofen is doing just fine.
Nobody needs "percocets" (sic) for such a silly thing.

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[GeneralVeers]

Title says it all.

Looked like this:





Tylenol/ibuprofen is doing just fine.
Nobody needs "percocets" (sic) for such a silly thing.

Watch out for Teddy Bears.....

 

[RustedFox]

Watch out for Teddy Bears.....

Jub-jub!

 

[Tenk]

Sorry bro. Hope you get back on it soon!

 

[Apollyon]

Dude, ruff! Get well soon!!

 

[Birdstrike]

I'm sorry this happened, man. You'll be back out there soon.

 

[Groove]

Get well dude! Remember, we're not young men anymore. No reason to be pulling off Nac-Nacs and Frontflips on that MTB at this stage. I'm sure the wipe out was graceful.

I had something similar happen a few months ago but luckily only racked myself. My voice lowered back to normal octave after a couple days.

 

[WilcoWorld]

That's so very ER Doc of you @RustedFox

 

[bravotwozero]

Ouch! that sucks. Hope you're not going to be off work for too long...

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

There are a lot of things people don’t need “percs” for that they demand them for.

 

[RustedFox]

As soon as I can edit my name off the films, I'll post them.

might be ORIF time.

 

[GeneralVeers]

As soon as I can edit my name off the films, I'll post them.

might be ORIF time.

Hopefully you will be better.....stronger.....faster.

 

[RustedFox]

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

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Uh wow. Yeah might be time for an ORIF. Hope you recover quickly.

 

[Dr Mantis Toboggan]

Uh wow. Yeah might be time for an ORIF. Hope you recover quickly.

Yup.
Needs surgery for sure.

 

[RustedFox]

Yup.
Needs surgery for sure.

talk to me amigos.
in and out? home same day?

 

[gutonc]

talk to me amigos.
in and out? home same day?

Why not? If you're lucky, you may never even have to see the ortho other than in pre-op.

 

[RustedFox]

Why not? If you're lucky, you may never even have to see the ortho other than in pre-op.

Yeah, in my mind, its nothing more than a nap, a plate, and a few screws and I'm back to being normal.
Asking, not telling.

 

[xaelia]

x-treme

I did that and had to work fast track-only for like six weeks because I couldn't intubate.

 

[gutonc]

Yeah, in my mind, its nothing more than a nap, a plate, and a few screws and I'm back to being normal.
Asking, not telling.

That's what my arm was after I crashed my road bike a few years back.

 

[RustedFox]

That's what my arm was after I crashed my road bike a few years back.

Makes me feel better.

 

[GassYous]

I'd give you percocet for that

 

[PTPuser]

Get well soon!

 

[GeneralVeers]

Dilaudid followed by benadryl chaser

 

[Tenk]

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Pop a bile flask. You’ll be fine.

 

[RustedFox]

Pop a bile flask. You’ll be fine.

... for twisted are the ways of my clavicle.

 

[Birdstrike]

Ortho: "Surgery? That sharp bone spike doesn't matter. It'll heal fine on it's own. Just give him a sling and have him see me in the office (post wallet biopsy)."

 

[dchristismi]

Yeah, I'd lobby for the ORIF. Ouch.

My sister did the same (well, road bike, and she broke some ribs in the process) but since she's an Ironman triathlete, she got her ORIF. Definitely worth it for her, but it also took a couple visits to ortho and some serious skin tenting to get them to do it, though.

 

[Saddleshoes]

You are now a REAL cyclist!

 

[RustedFox]

Surgery on Friday, amigos.
Eff.

 

[bravotwozero]

best of luck! Is your bike salvageable, or you in the market for a new one?

 

[RustedFox]

best of luck! Is your bike salvageable, or you in the market for a new one?

Bike did way better than I did.

 

[gutonc]

Bike did way better than I did.

I know that feeling. I had LOC, compound rt radial fracture and road rash from my cheekbone to my ankles. My carbon fiber road bike had a scratched brake lever and a bend derailleur hanger which cost $15 to replace.

 

[harvard_of_the_west]

I know that feeling. I had LOC, compound rt radial fracture and road rash from my cheekbone to my ankles. My carbon fiber road bike had a scratched brake lever and a bend derailleur hanger which cost $15 to replace.

Oh man this sounds brutal. Honestly, glad you survived. Road biking is 10x sketchier than mountain biking. Bad road rash can be just flat out awful and the potential for serious injury grows exponentially when you throw in drivers who are paying more attention to their phones than us on the side of the road. I'll take whizzing past pinetrees, granite boulders/slabs, jumps, and loose berms anyday over asphalt and SUV's.

Here's an interesting article from Outside Magazine that came out last week about 1 years data of cycling deaths in the US.

What We Learned from Tracking Cycling Deaths for a Year

With the help of the nonprofit BikeMaps.org, we analyzed the data we collected on bicyclists killed by drivers in 2020 and found some surprising takeaways

www.outsideonline.com

@RustedFox best of luck with the surgery! Hopefully you'll be on the bike again soon!

 

[RustedFox]

Oh man this sounds brutal. Honestly, glad you survived. Road biking is 10x sketchier than mountain biking. Bad road rash can be just flat out awful and the potential for serious injury grows exponentially when you throw in drivers who are paying more attention to their phones than us on the side of the road. I'll take whizzing past pinetrees, granite boulders/slabs, jumps, and loose berms anyday over asphalt and SUV's.

Here's an interesting article from Outside Magazine that came out last week about 1 years data of cycling deaths in the US.

What We Learned from Tracking Cycling Deaths for a Year

With the help of the nonprofit BikeMaps.org, we analyzed the data we collected on bicyclists killed by drivers in 2020 and found some surprising takeaways

www.outsideonline.com

@RustedFox best of luck with the surgery! Hopefully you'll be on the bike again soon!

Thanks.
I read "Outside" magazine all the time, too.

*Thumbs up*

 

[bravotwozero]

I've been bike commuting to work for almost 3 years now without issue. The risks are there, but can be minimized, some places are much better than others. I've got reflectors, a really bright front and tail light, even a rear view mirror attachment to my glasses that allows me to see what's behind me. The trade-offs are totally worth it if you are able to do it.

Road bike racing on the other hand...

 

[Birdstrike]

I run marathons and other road races. After one race a while back, I was looking for something different to try. I considered triathlons. But I couldn't find a place to ride a bike for hundreds of miles that wasn't teeming with crazy drivers that wouldn't lose sleep over, or even notice, a dead Birdstrike under their tire. Not that running is without risk, because it's not. But in my tourist town, sharing a road with day-drunks and octogenarians without peripheral vision, coming off the beach and out of bars, doesn't seem fun.

But if you can find a place that's reasonably safe to do it, I'm 100% for it.

Get well soon, @RustedFox. You'll be back in the game in no time.

 

[d2305]

You should feel much better once the hardware is installed. You might set off the magnetometer though.

 

[The Knife & Gun Club]

Hope you feel better soon!

Glad to hear you’re managing without narcotics.

Although I’d enjoy a Percocet addled RF Rant.

But hey. A guy can dream

 

[RustedFox]

Hope you feel better soon!

Glad to hear you’re managing without narcotics.

Although I’d enjoy a Percocet addled RF Rant.

But hey. A guy can dream

Thanks.
I have near-full ROM of the arm and 1/10 pain at most. No joke.
Wrecked on Sunday. Monday was rough. I'm near-totally normal today.
If it weren't for the floating butterfly fragment; I'd be very tempted to not go the ORIF route.

I used to post "RustedFox Rants: [topic]" on here with predictable regularity.
I need to do that more. Will take topic suggestions.

 

[RustedFox]

Alright, amigos: Surgery is mañana.
I'm going to bed.
In case I die on the table, I'm trolling SDN with my last post.

 

[RustedFox]

Awake, amigos.
Apparently the ORIF was more complicated than expected. Seven screws and a whole lotta plates.

Will post image when I can edit off my name.
Pain = 0/10.

 

[RustedFox]

Harder. Better. Faster. Stronger.

 

[GeneralVeers]

He's more machine now than man......twisted..and EVIL

 

[DocEspana]

Title says it all.

Looked like this:





Tylenol/ibuprofen is doing just fine.
Nobody needs "percocets" (sic) for such a silly thing.

Just saw this. laughed out loud and then had to show my charge nurse because she wanted to know what I found so funny.

apparently star wars vs mountain biking jokes is "some white boy humor that I dont get."

 

[RustedFox]

Just saw this. laughed out loud and then had to show my charge nurse because she wanted to know what I found so funny.

apparently star wars vs mountain biking jokes is "some white boy humor that I dont get."

Glad I could bring you the lolz.
Post-op day 3.
Pain = 0/10.
Bandages and sutures/staples come out on Thursday.

How am I gonna troll the ortho?

 

[Apollyon]

Glad I could bring you the lolz.
Post-op day 3.
Pain = 0/10.
Bandages and sutures/staples come out on Thursday.

How am I gonna troll the ortho?

Tell him/her that "I just couldn't wait, and I got back on the bike".

 

[RustedFox]

Tell him/her that "I just couldn't wait, and I got back on the bike".

This was my first thought, too: Tell him that I rode the bike over to my appointment after asking: "When can I get back on the bike?"

 

[Birdstrike]

Glad I could bring you the lolz.
Post-op day 3.
Pain = 0/10.
Bandages and sutures/staples come out on Thursday.

How am I gonna troll the ortho?

At your six week follow up, ask him if it's okay that you removed the screws yourself

 

[RustedFox]

At your six week follow up, ask him if it's okay that you removed the screws yourself

... while holding an allen wrench set.