Hi all, on my bicycle ride sunday i went down hard. i was riding with my neighbor and i was following. i dont recall the accident but he said my frt tire must have went into a separation in the asphalt. i have been riding that road for years and never thought it would happen to me, i guess because i've logged thousands of miles on bikes/motorcycles withour incident, i might have been overconfident.
i felt like i was waking from a bad dream with people asking me questions i could not answer.... age day month etc. when reality hits me i am in a helicopter on route to shock trauma. i am getting real nervous because i cannot take a full breath in. i am thankful to everyone involved, an elderly lady saw me go down and was there before my riding partner (he didnt notice right away), an off duty paramedic was there in 30 seconds and the chopper in about 5 min. this is what my neighbor told me. luckily i escaped with a fractured clavicle and rib. i was told the broken rib makes it hard to breathe. by thurs i was able to take a full breath in and what a great feeling that is.
i am still in much pain and my right side took the brunt of the blow. i had a cheap specialized helmet that saved me. the outer gold portion was gone in the area of impact. my scalpwas very red and sore where the helmet hit. it must have been a pretty hard wack to have lossed my short term memory, i cannot imagine the damage had i not been wearing it. he estimated we were going about 15-17 mph. i sure do miss driving the nsx already.
i felt like i was waking from a bad dream with people asking me questions i could not answer.... age day month etc. when reality hits me i am in a helicopter on route to shock trauma. i am getting real nervous because i cannot take a full breath in. i am thankful to everyone involved, an elderly lady saw me go down and was there before my riding partner (he didnt notice right away), an off duty paramedic was there in 30 seconds and the chopper in about 5 min. this is what my neighbor told me. luckily i escaped with a fractured clavicle and rib. i was told the broken rib makes it hard to breathe. by thurs i was able to take a full breath in and what a great feeling that is.
i am still in much pain and my right side took the brunt of the blow. i had a cheap specialized helmet that saved me. the outer gold portion was gone in the area of impact. my scalpwas very red and sore where the helmet hit. it must have been a pretty hard wack to have lossed my short term memory, i cannot imagine the damage had i not been wearing it. he estimated we were going about 15-17 mph. i sure do miss driving the nsx already.
