Thanx for the B-day wish...The new me!

[AMTJIM]

Thanx again guys! Giving myself the shots to the belly has been intimidating, darn me for discovering the blood clots. Going well, leg starting to feel proper again, glad they decided I was safe from any likely problems of clots breaking free and causing other serious problems.

 

[gazey]

Hope all is well bud, wishing you a speedy recovery.
P.S. You might end up with another Spyder after all :joke:

 

[sabunim5]

Sympathy and Prayers are headed in your direction from one more source. Celebrate life. :2thumbs:

 

[irish2themax]

Holy Cow!! I wish you a speedy recovery. I know you're going to face a lot of PT. I hope it goes well!! Good luck, mate

 

[AMTJIM]

Thanx again Spyderlovers! Moving forward a little, the clots have dissolved, but some pain from the area still lingers. Glad to see the last of the shots have gone away, never got use to jabbing 2 shots/day to the stomach. Hopefully the blood thinner pill is all I will need to continue with until their prescription ends, too. Probably really overworked that area of the "good leg" with impacted fluid, and now it gets a lot of action from standing and motion since the other is imobile. On the good side of the imobile leg, they took x-rays and said it looks great, also removed the stitches in the knee and adjusted the mechanical stops for 50 degrees of exercise motion to work the area in free air only. Glad to see so much leg wrapping go with the stitches being removed, the area no longer needs special covering for showers either.:yes:

 

[DynamoBT]

Sounds like you are making progress!!! That's fantastic! Hope you continue to improve!! Thanks for keeping us posted. We're thinking of you.

 

[retread]

Good on you! Will keep on praying for your full recovery. Work with the therapists.

john

 

[NancysToy]

Thanks for the update. So great to hear of the progress. Keep us in the loop and we'll continue to keep you in our prayers.

 

[jedd]

Thanks for the update. So great to hear of the progress. Keep us in the loop and we'll continue to keep you in our prayers.

:agree:+1 Forward progress:clap:

 

[AMTJIM]

Today is 1 month since the big mystery...and it sank deeper. Some family members have made a visit during this 3 day weekend. While offering to take the kidlets goofy~golfing, my wife and found ourselves with some free time. Unfortunately the local patrol office related to Mt Lemmon was closed, so we went up looking over mile 16, although "about mile 16.5" was verbally recited to my wife. A very docile section of road especially compared to all I had already ridden up. What happened...really started to repeat itself in my head over and over again, to the point I said let's just go. Felt very empty on the way home.

 

[ataDude]

Today is 1 month since the big mystery...and it sank deeper. Some family members have made a visit during this 3 day weekend. While offering to take the kidlets goofy~golfing, my wife and found ourselves with some free time. Unfortunately the local patrol office related to Mt Lemmon was closed, so we went up looking over mile 16, although "about mile 16.5" was verbally recited to my wife. A very docile section of road especially compared to all I had already ridden up. What happened...really started to repeat itself in my head over and over again, to the point I said let's just go. Felt very empty on the way home.

Eventually, it will come to you... mine did. However, I wouldn't push it at all... you may not want to remember what happened.

My earliest memory of the 1987 knee thingy was flying through the air yelling, "Oh *&^%, this is gonna hurt!". The rest went downhill from there.

Get feeling better, Jim!

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[Smylinacha]

Yeppers - move forward and don't look back - you don't need to remember any of it. You are still here in this world for a reason - enjoy it! No need to wonder what happened. Focus on all the new days ahead:2thumbs:

 

[NancysToy]

Try not to let it worry you. I remember before, and some of the aftermath, but a lot of holes remain. That's often the way the brain works. All you can do is move on, and try to regain as much function as you can. Frankly, I am thankful just to be alive.

 

[NewRider]

Yo, dude...bad scene. Keep working on making progress back to the norm...the urge to ride your Spyder will return soon enough. Don't push it; let everything progress at its own pace. You'll know when you're ready.:f_spider:

 

[AMTJIM]

Any ideas? This appeared to be an impact with immediate stop. We rework the accident occasionally based on the "accident report" until we have time to get some copies of the pics on scene. We include a few of the ideas mentioned by those I rode with and others that came up after the accident. Some were in contact with my wife. Based on the condition of my riding gear, I didn't slide. No scratch marks on the jacket, small scuff on my right hand glove/left glove still looks new. No scatches on the jeans, left pant leg looks good/right has knee opened w/blood...other holes in the right leg. Boots look fine, they cut the laces even though they were side zip, going to relace the them for use! Back pack also going to be reused, no signs of impact other than a shattered plastic drink bottle lid. Cell phone looks perfect. Helmet not busted, has paint chunks in some little airvent damage...What the heck crushed my eye, visor only has a few scratches. More damage to riding gear caused by rescue cutting it off my body. Really got lucky, a few people tried to remove my helmet...luckily some one stopped them. The helmet wasn't cut off with a cutting wheel either...guess rescue felt safe removing it.

 

[AMTJIM]

a few pics

 

[bjt]

So you hit a mysterious object that no one can account for now? Any idea of how long it was from the time of the accident to the time you were first found?

 

[AMTJIM]

pics

 

[AMTJIM]

few more

 

[AMTJIM]

So you hit a mysterious object that no one can account for now? Any idea of how long it was from the time of the accident to the time you were first found?

Fairly quick, some heard it happen. We were on our way up the mountain to visit the Cookie Cabin...so much for big fresh cookies.