Spyder riding is on hold

**vtrider** · 07-12-2011, 06:34 PM

I am so bumed out right now. I was out early yesterday morning washing my spyder at 5:00am and getting ready to take a ride for the day in the North East area of Vermont. Well, I needed to go in the house and slipped and fell to the ground. While trying to prevent myself from falling I lunged forward and in the event I sprained and tore my right leg hamstring muscle. I was in a lot of pain. No one was home at the time. I had all I could do to climb my stairs to get into the house. I threw myself on the couch and suffered with the pain for a while. I then had to manage to get to the phone and call my ex-wife where my 16 year old son was staying in Alburgh VT near the Canadian border which is about 45 minutes from where I live. They came up asap. When they arrived I was is too much pain to move off the couch, so my ex had to call 911 to get me on an ambulance to the hospital. To make a long story short I will be layed up for a while and will need some recovery time. I may not be a ble to ride the spyder for most of the rest of this summer. I'm able to walk some with the help of crutches, but it's slow moving around. I do have an appointment to see an physical therapy doctor tomorrow and have therapy sessions done for this injury. I must say I will miss riding the Spyder and not being able to do much of anything else! I don't sit around very easily and I usually like to be active. This really sucks!

**SpyderAnn01** · 07-12-2011, 06:43 PM

Ouch! My garage floor gets slippery when it is wet and I've caught myself a number of times. I hope you heal soon as summers are too short to be out of commission.

**NancysToy** · 07-12-2011, 06:48 PM

Ouch! Glad you had no permanent injuries, though. Heal fast, we'll be praying for you.

**MouthPiece** · 07-12-2011, 07:00 PM

Sorry about what has happened. I wonder if my ex would have come over. LOL. You're lucky that yours did.

Chris

**Yeochief** · 07-12-2011, 07:03 PM

Ouch! My barked up shin doesn't hurt any more. Take care and get better fast, summer is too short as far north as you are.

**DynamoBT** · 07-12-2011, 07:06 PM

Well that just stinks!!! Hope the PT works for you. I've known two people who tore their hamstrings and needed surgery to repair the damage. Hope that's not you!!!

Take heart. It's actually almost too hot to ryde here. Course, where you are the weather is probably near perfect. I hope you don't lose the whole summer. Do your exercises and stretching. Hope you heal up quickly.

**spyder3** · 07-12-2011, 07:06 PM

Hope your ok & soon!!!

Called your EX?....hmmm.....mine would have listened, laughed and then hung up....

**cjackg** · 07-12-2011, 07:08 PM

I feel your pain... took a fall on bottom stair step June 20, tore the Quadriceps tendon in my left knee, and am out for the summer, wearing a full leg brace! Not fun at all, and never been more bored!

**Raptor** · 07-12-2011, 07:10 PM

Get well soon, VT. My thoughts are with you...

**katnapper** · 07-12-2011, 07:18 PM

Hope you heal quickly!

**bikeguy** · 07-12-2011, 08:10 PM

Must have been very painful. Get well soon.

Cotton

**Marker** · 07-12-2011, 08:13 PM

Get Well soon

**ARtraveler** · 07-12-2011, 08:23 PM

Get well soon. Our prayers are with you.

**Blue Star** · 07-12-2011, 08:31 PM

Sorry about your injury, and pray that you get well soon.

**SSG Bean** · 07-12-2011, 08:33 PM

Get well soon.

**jedd** · 07-12-2011, 10:45 PM

Bum deal very sorry to hear, glad your Ex was kind enough to help you out that was inspiring. As far as passing time just keep posting here, and if you are bored just pick a thread and stir the pot---thats what I do.

Jim

**vtrider** · 07-13-2011, 05:47 AM

Thanks everyone for the moral support! I'm just glad that I have plenty of vacation hours to take, 7 weeks worth of time built up. I usually work lots of over time hours to help pay for all the motor toys..Spyder and three snowmobiles, insurance and registrations for all. The down time from work will surely make it tough in that regard. But I will get through it I'm sure. I know that I'm not alone in this world we live in dealing with these same kind of issues. I just pray that the economy will get better for all.

**LennyO** · 07-13-2011, 06:15 AM

Oh, man.... Hamstring... that's a lot of pain!
Wishing you a full and speedy recovery!!!

**Bob Denman** · 07-13-2011, 06:39 AM

Heal Quickly!

Look on the bright side... It'll give you more time to hang around in here at Spyderlovers.com!!

**ctpaddler2000** · 07-13-2011, 06:59 AM

My ex-wife would have just hung up the phone.

**Some Guy** · 07-13-2011, 07:59 AM

OUCH!!! I know how you feel...REALLY!

Back in December I slipped on ice and tore my right hamstring. It happened about 2 houses away from my house. It hurt like

. I literally had to crawl back home because I couldn't stand up because the pain was so bad. I also ended up in the hospital...not much they could do except give pain meds and muscle relaxers.

I did PT for several weeks and was about 95% healed, when I slipped AGAIN on ice and re-tore it!

It didn't hurt as bad as the first time, but then again, I may have built up some pain tolerance.

Luckily for me, no surgery was required. Hopefully you won't need it either. Get better soon!

**Bob Denman** · 07-13-2011, 08:02 AM

Originally Posted by ctpaddler2000

My ex-wife would have just hung up the phone.

The only thing that an ex likes more than seeing us miserable and in pain is... NOTHING!

**pjp623** · 07-13-2011, 09:21 AM

Originally Posted by ctpaddler2000

My ex-wife would have just hung up the phone.

Mine would have had her lawer charge me for the visit as well as for his time in making up the bill.

But, I would rather crawl to the ER than ask her for help anyway.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery and getting back out on your Spyder.

**dancogan** · 07-13-2011, 10:23 AM

Sorry about the fall. VT is one of our favorite places to ride and I hope you'll be back to riding before long. Let us know how the recovery goes.

hotmanali · 07-13-2011, 11:31 AM

Keep positive

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