So I've had my first near death encounter haha. I'm writing this from my hospital bed.
I was heading north on Pittwater in Narrabeen. Turning right onto Ocean St. Light was green. No car ahead of me in the turning lane. My eyes wandered to the left, looking at a Mitsubishi Evo X that was passing by. Didn't look to check for oncoming traffic. Turned. Bam. I must have been doing 30. Car that hit me would have been doing 50ish. Hit the left side of my front wheel. I don't know what happened next. I was on the ground. Felt no pain to be honest. All I heard were voices asking me if I was ok.
It happened right in front of the fire station luckily. Bunch of guys ran out to help me right away. Big puddle of blood in the middle of the street. Jeans all torn. And a stinging pain in the crack of my ass. Yup. Next thing I know a fireman has his finger up my ass.
Ambo and police came. All super nice. Obviously my fault. Taken to hospital. Few stitches on my left shin, small fracture on my right thumb, and a very bad laceration in my ass crack. My arse must have skidded on the road for a bit. I've had two operations so far. One to clean it up. Another to close it up. You'd be surprised how much your ass bleeds. Apparently a lot of blood vessels there.
Im here for a couple days. On antibiotics. It's a pretty nasty laceration that is still bleeding. Of course I have some old Russian guy in the bed across from me who keeps randomly saying shit in Russian while dropping massive rippers. I envy him. My asshole is packed with gauze and all my farts backfire. I won't even get into the detail of how difficult it was to drop the kids off at the pool today.
Gotta have a laugh about it!
Could have been a lot worse so I must say I'm very fortunate. Another foot into the turn and the car would have crushed my leg for sure. All I know is I've had more fingers up my wazoo in the last two days than one could ever hope for.
As for the bike, no clue what condition it's in. The guys who I take it to normally for work picked it up today. See if its a write off or not!
Hey ConR all the best on the mend, great that you have a sense of humour about it all. Bikes can be replaced, although it might need to be one with a real comfy seat, .
Hey keep us amused, let us know how you're going, whats the food like, and of course the nurses (have a listen to Alice Coopers Nurse Rozetta) that ought to keep ya goin.
All the best mate heal fast.
Best wishes for this one Fella. Heal soon.