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[QUOTE="l8-apex, post: 1117515, member: 58076"] I'm at week 10 of recovery right now. August 19th I broke my collar bone, 11 rib fractures, punctured/collapsed lung, concussion, and some damage to my hand that they have yet to put a label on. The collar bone has healed with overlapping ends. The ribs still hurt a 'little'. The lingering problem is something they call 'frozen shoulder' which means a shoulder with very little range of motion (therapist says at least a year before it will approach 'normal'). The hand is also still pretty much useless. From what I've learned, the punctured lung was the most serious problem initially. Without the insertion of a chest tube to drain off the blood collecting around the lung I most likely would have died. I was wearing all the gear; boots, helmet, gloves, knee and elbow protectors, and roost guard. One of the worst things for me is that I can't remember anything about the fall and no one saw it. I had just gotten on the bike and was riding slowly, still warming it up. I just can't imagine how I hit the ground so hard in this situation. I've been riding on the street for 27 years. I road raced at the club level for 6 years. During all of this I've only fallen down one time (no injuries). I started playing on dirt bikes just a couple of years ago and have fallen many, many times. The dirt bikes have been a blast, but it seems the risk level is too high for the 'return'. No more dirt for me, I'll stick to pavement (as soon as my arm will allow me to get back on a bike) Oh well.... just thought I'd 'share' [/QUOTE]
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