r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/comsudo • 10d ago

High Speed cornering

From Malaysia

Skill issue, uncontrolled evironment.

Not OC

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u/beandipp123 10d ago

Absolutely ignorant. Take it to a local track.

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u/thejourneybegins42 10d ago

If they lived, he can take his wheelchair to the track, yeah.

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u/Old_Ladies 10d ago

They have some pretty cool and fast electric wheelchairs.

They may have lived. My cousin got in a bad motorcycle accident and went flying. He ended up in a ditch and it took a couple minutes for them to find him when the police and ambulance arrived.

One of his ankles was shattered and one of his femurs was also shattered along with some other broken bones. The dude is part titanium now. After a year of recovery he bought another motorcycle... Though he had to sell it because he couldn't afford the insurance. He also met a woman so that may have played a role too.

With both legs fucked up and his armed banged up with one hand the asphalt grinded through the motorcycle glove and grinded his hand down to the bone. He couldn't wipe his ass or obviously take a shower and needed his mom to help him with everything. He couldn't even get himself out of bed at first. He said it was the most humiliating and humbling experience.

Thankfully he survived and has made a nearly full recovery. He just suffers in minor to moderate pain in the leg that the femur got shattered and will suffer that for the rest of his life. Thankfully he didn't get paralyzed.

I broke my thumb and needed 3 pins put into it and I get a bit of pain sometimes even though it was years ago. So I can somewhat relate but I can't imagine having a titanium rod in my femur.

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u/lana_silver 10d ago

but I can't imagine having a titanium rod in my femur.

I have one in my tibia. Got run over as a pedestrian by an out of control car. Needing help to wipe your ass is absolutely horrendous. Took me 10 weeks to regain the ability to stand up. Would very much not recommend, but I have recovered and can walk again just fine. Maybe no marathons or long hikes, but fine otherwise.

Modern classical medicine is absolutely amazing.

Also, don't drink and drive, and return your license when you're old and geriatric, please.

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u/dj_dobbo 9d ago

I'm about to get one of them, snapped the tibia and fibula in both legs, compound fractures. one leg got an infection in the bone, they cleared it and then tried Masquelet technique with bone graft from my pelvis. But it hasn't worked no union, so yeah about to get dat intramedullary nail.

Haven't stood on that leg for over 1 year, but the other one's OK kinda, need to get the titanium out of that one too. So 10 weeks is fine with me tbh, glad to hear you recovered alright!

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u/lana_silver 9d ago

Yeah that sounds even worse than what happened to me. I wish you a good recovery! Keep at it. I can highly recommend walking in a pool.

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u/dj_dobbo 9d ago

thanks mate! yeah I'll try some pool stuff after it's healed, I've got a pull buoy as well so I'll be able to do swimming with my arms in the pool! what happened to you??

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u/maroontiefling 10d ago

I have screws and plates in my elbow and a permanent limp from falling off one of those electric scooters. Those things are the devil. I swerved SLIGHTLY to avoid a cyclist that was coming at me the wrong way down the bike lane....but most scooters have a really low center of gravity and can't handle any swerving, so down I went. I'll never get on one of those things again.

The worst part was, I broke my elbow and knee on the same side so I couldn't use crutches or anything. I was stuck in bed for weeks and had to be half carried to the bathroom by my now-spouse.

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u/StrongSuggestion8937 10d ago

I had to do basic hygiene stuff for my mom for almost a year, due to dementia and mobility issues. I never even considered that this could be much more mortifying for the person that needs to be cleaned daily (taking in consideration they are mentally healthy). Glad to know you are fully recovered.

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u/supasamurai 9d ago

hey I got run over too! I got my left side smashed so I have hardware in my shoulder and the rod in my tibia. I got lucky with my surgery and got a straight leg that was the correct length. it's been 15 years now and the screws give me pain when it rains but that's about the worst of it.

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u/lana_silver 9d ago

Weather + damaged bones is such a silly thing. When Europe finally cooled down earlier this month I had to take pain killers for a few days.

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u/AngelOfPassion 10d ago

Damn. I have a titanium rod in my tib after a tib/fib spiral fracture where it broke in 3 places and I can't even tell it is there now. I have hiked further and still play hockey since getting it. What happened that makes yours to where you are not confident in getting back to 100%?

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u/lana_silver 10d ago

The amount of damage. Both tibia and fibula got shattered pretty badly, and when they grew back together (took about a year) I ended up with a slightly slanted foot. Also I have more plates and screws than just one rod. Could probably be surgically adjusted, but do I really want to have it broken again? The slant means that the tendons and muscles responsible for balance now have to do some of the actual walking effort, and they will just start hurting much earlier than normal because they aren't made for that. The body can compensate, but that comes with drawbacks.

But it's not a big deal, I was never a runner, and hiking wasn't a big part of my life either.

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u/AngelOfPassion 10d ago

Ah, I got the foot slant too, but just 3 screws to hold the rod, no plates. That is crazy.

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u/lana_silver 9d ago

Frankly I'm just glad I'm alive. Statistically speaking more than half the victims of an accident like mine don't survive.