Good to hear ya healing up dude... Hopefully enough to soon be able to post some pics of this bike an stuff,!!! We want pics...
I’m holding back a little bit cos I’m not sure how long before I can actually ride it. I was signed off for cycling by the consultant today but motorcycling will probably have to wait till 12 weeks as I may be tempted to use all my strength -to avoid dropping it for instance. I’m at 6 weeks now and am improving rapidly. Apparently at 12 weeks I can do “Anything”. Have ordered new levers and an indicator body and am currently waiting for some mirrors to be sent that I’ve agreed to buy through the forum. Unfortunately, they will need a fair bit of work, so the painters are waiting for them, in order to do the whole job at once. Promise to do pics though
Glad to hear you're doing well, but don't rush it! As a matter of interest, how did you go about finding someone you'd trust to do the plastics? I need a bit of "TLC" on a couple of panels, but no idea who to take it to (I'm in East Anglia). Andrew
I asked a friend who’s a member of a local classic bike club and it turns out these people do bikes for Riders of Bridgwater, so have the correct colour and decals all sorted. So, try asking your local classic bike club who they use.
I think I have a peg for the lever, I’ll try and remember tomorrow to check in my Ducati parts tray. From memory though it’s not got rubber on it’s all Aluminium?
Started her up for the he first time since the off today. I have no idea if the engine was still running with the bike on its side, so this was quite a worry. It fired up immediately and ran sweet as a nut. Phew! The body shop is still waiting on stickers, so couldn’t start reassembling this week. Fingers crossed for next week.
Thanks My foot is still niggling a little but that's all. Not hobbling or even limping any more The scar is unbelievably neat and barely noticeable now with all lumpiness entirely gone. Range of movement is still increasing every day and stiffness is reducing at the same time. I am now trying to steadily build my strength back up and the numbness is improving as well. I have been wondering why it is that muscles that weren't affected by the surgery were so stiff and sore but realised a couple of days ago that when the ligaments snapped, the surrounding muscles would have been severely stretched and torn, which is how my clavicle ended up underneath the deltoid muscle. I'm at 8 weeks now and the magic number is supposed to be 12 weeks, so just 4 weeks to go
I dislocated my shoulder some years ago, and muscles in my back and shoulder which hadn't been damaged in the crash were super sore too. My doctors told me that after wearing the sling for two months the muscles had atrophied and needed to be gradualy exercised back to normal. They were right and I have no problems at all now as a result of that injury. I do have a lump on the top of my shoulder where the bone doesn't sit in the original place. The American hospital suggested they could open the shoulder, grind the bone down, sew it back up then follow up with plastic surgery to hide the scar. I told them I had to go ski-ing.
Sounds as though you also disrupted the ac joint which joins your clavicle to your shoulder blade. Mine had to have a centimetre taken off it for it go back in place. I imagine that’s what they meant. The joint isn’t a ball and socket or anything, it’s just attached by fibrous tissue. My injury wasn’t so very painful. I’m sure a dislocation is much worse.
I'm not sure about clavicles but my shoulder was "messed up" as the Colorado folks would say. I call the bump on my shoulder the parrot. Seems fitting.
Did I ever share with you my experience after I had broken my back in a high speed spill, years ago? There was nerve damage which affected various parts of my body. I noticed one aspect when brushing my teeth and seeing in the mirror my right shoulder-blade rise up above my clavicle, and above the level of my shoulder-joint. To say that I was unhappy at such a sight is to understate my feelings somewhat. Against expectation, the 'blade started to act more normally after a few months. Glad you are mending and likewise, the beloved beasty-bike.
Apparently, because the shoulder joint is so complex, if there is major disruption to it, or if it is immobilised for some time, the body and brain have to relearn how to synchronise and coordinate the various elements so the shoulder operates smoothly and automatically.
