Hospitals are boring
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby foo on patrol » Wed Jan 09, 2013 5:13 pm
You can't do that Gary because there is a balloon at the end of it.
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby Mulger bill » Wed Jan 09, 2013 5:57 pm
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby foo on patrol » Wed Jan 09, 2013 6:59 pm
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Re: Hospitals are boring
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby DentedHead » Wed Jan 09, 2013 11:40 pm
It makes me wonder how many readers are now thinking "gee, those recumbent seats look much gentler around the valuable region..."Howzat wrote:Crikey, I'm starting to hope my seat post fails just so I can get this thread out of my mind...
I'm sure glad my seats can't fail in this fashion
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby foo on patrol » Thu Jan 10, 2013 6:39 am
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby im_no_pro » Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:11 am
Righto, that's it. I'm not coming into this thread anymore.Mulger bill wrote:My GLW would argue with that Foo, she's seen a few self removals and delighted in telling me of the bloody results and what has to be done afterwards
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby foo on patrol » Thu Jan 10, 2013 1:41 pm
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby skull » Thu Jan 10, 2013 1:58 pm
foo on patrol wrote:So, how is the healing process going Skull, no infections or nastiness like that I hope?
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Yeah it seems to be coming along fine.
I have cut back on the endone and the pain has been fine.
I am keen to get back to work, in fact I feel like I could go back now with the exception of needing to shower after every time I go to the loo.
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby im_no_pro » Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:11 pm
Damn you, made me lookfoo on patrol wrote:^^ ^^
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I'm glad I had lunch early today. Normally I would have been stuffing my face as I read this.skull wrote: I am keen to get back to work, in fact I feel like I could go back now with the exception of needing to shower after every time I go to the loo.
Seriously though, good to hear you are progressing well.
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby twizzle » Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:57 pm
You use the toilets at work??!?!! What is WRONG with you?!skull wrote: ... exception of needing to shower after every time I go to the loo.
(skull knows what I'm talking about).
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby skull » Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:02 am
HAHA,twizzle wrote: You use the toilets at work??!?!! What is WRONG with you?!
(skull knows what I'm talking about).
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What can I say I am a regular .
But yeah some peoples toilet cleanliness and hygiene at that place has a lot to be desired
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby skull » Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:40 pm
Still cannot ride but have finally gone back to work. Anyway as I am missing riding I have started fiddling around with my bike. The wife has gotten some replacement bolts and I have put them on.
During this I decided to look up on line for any torque settings and found this
Exactly what happened to me, except I did get a post up my rear end and worse. The same thing happened on my other bike but I at least avoided the injury.Seems to be a well-made piece of equipment, but the seat clamp bolt, a SS 7Mx1 socket head cap screw, was inferior and dangerous. It snapped at the head for no apparent reason while riding causing the seat to fall off--almost ended up with a seatpost up my rear end or worse.
Who should I contact about this problem? It is most obviously a design fault.
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby bigfriendlyvegan » Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:02 pm
Contact the manufacturer, cc the consumer protection body in your state. If it's a good company, they'll apologise and try to make amends. If they only give you grief, or you're not satisfied, use the net. I suspect they'll play nicely. I've heard of lots of product recalls based on problems like yours. From what you've posted here there have been a few instances of clamp failure. If they haven't already done so, they should be issuing a recall.skull wrote:Bringing this back up.
Still cannot ride but have finally gone back to work. Anyway as I am missing riding I have started fiddling around with my bike. The wife has gotten some replacement bolts and I have put them on.
During this I decided to look up on line for any torque settings and found thisExactly what happened to me, except I did get a post up my rear end and worse. The same thing happened on my other bike but I at least avoided the injury.Seems to be a well-made piece of equipment, but the seat clamp bolt, a SS 7Mx1 socket head cap screw, was inferior and dangerous. It snapped at the head for no apparent reason while riding causing the seat to fall off--almost ended up with a seatpost up my rear end or worse.
Who should I contact about this problem? It is most obviously a design fault.
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Re: Hospitals are boring
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Re: Hospitals are boring
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby cooperplace » Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:53 pm
many years ago I had to have a sigmoidoscope examination, and I unwisely rode my bike to the doctor's rooms. Fine on the way there, but I had to stand up on the pedals all the way home............skull wrote:So currently lying here in a consulting room with a bunch of gauze and gel up my bum.
Had a mishap on my ride this morning and tore my ring hole. Waiting to hear back from the surgeon as to whether I have damaged the rectum muscle as well. If so I will be going in for surgery, if not they will just stitch me up.
The drugs are good.
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take my advice: don't ride home after the surgery.
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby AUbicycles » Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:38 pm
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby skull » Fri Feb 01, 2013 11:14 pm
YAY
Have seemed to have healed reasonably well. I managed to do some runs and gym work to stop me going mental.
The next few weeks I will just do easy rides to get comfortable again as the area is still a bit tender and fragile. After that I need to get cracking as I am 1700km behind my marker to reach my 15K goal for this year.
I won't let this stop me from getting there.
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby Nobody » Fri Feb 01, 2013 11:20 pm
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby wombatK » Sat Feb 02, 2013 5:23 pm
Great to hear some good news.skull wrote:I am getting back on the bike next week
YAY
Have seemed to have healed reasonably well. I managed to do some runs and gym work to stop me going mental.
The next few weeks I will just do easy rides to get comfortable again as the area is still a bit tender and fragile. After that I need to get cracking as I am 1700km behind my marker to reach my 15K goal for this year.
I won't let this stop me from getting there.
Let me help you with the maths. 15K per year is about 1250 km per month, and you've been off it for
about a month now. I'm hoping you're thinking you'll only get 50% of the planned km in over the next
month, and added that into your 1700 km behind figure.
If you do just 50% of Plan A this month, it will leave you needing to put in about 1450 km per month
for the rest of the year - maybe 13% more than you'd planned. Might even be worth thinking about
pedaling a bit less over the next month - you could still make it up, and could help avoid re-injury
risks.
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby g-boaf » Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:54 pm
Take it easy and go slowly to start with. Good that you are getting better.skull wrote:I am getting back on the bike next week
YAY
Have seemed to have healed reasonably well. I managed to do some runs and gym work to stop me going mental.
The next few weeks I will just do easy rides to get comfortable again as the area is still a bit tender and fragile. After that I need to get cracking as I am 1700km behind my marker to reach my 15K goal for this year.
I won't let this stop me from getting there.
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby fatdudeonabike » Tue Feb 12, 2013 11:57 am
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby il padrone » Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:28 pm
Saturday before last I was riding down Killala Rd into Apollo Bay (a delightful road to ride), after crossing the Otways and coming down the delightful Old Bay Road. I was riding with two friends. I had had just stopped an taken a few photos, then caught up to them when they waited for a mob of sheep, and I went on ahead a bit. I came over a short rise, then was rolling downhill at about 25-30 kmh. I saw a roadside apple tree and began to brake to see whether the apples were ripe........................................
That's about all I recall, apart from a feeling of gravel on my arm and side.
I was roused by my friends, and stood up quick, but the shoulder felt sore when I grabbed the bike. They made me sit down again as I'd been out cold for 1-2 minutes. They rounded a corner to find me spread-eagled across the road. It seems that my front tyre must have slid sideways on some loose gravel as I was braking to slow. It truly puzzles me as the road was a good gravel surface and I did not do anything too radical. I went down very quick and hard - knocked out, busted helmet.
A helpful local drove me and the bike to Apollo Bay hospital.
Up-shot of it all - I have a broken collar-bone, and I suspect a cracked rib as well. The collar-bone is an overlapped break with 3cms of fore-shortening, so it seems an orthopedic surgeon's advice is needed. I see one on Friday, then it may be surgery. In the meantime I am surviving on a steady diet of paracetamol and ibuprofen
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Re: Hospitals are boring
Postby lump_a_charcoal » Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:32 pm
il padrone wrote:Not in hospital (yet), but being home and incapacitated is pretty boring too
Saturday before last I was riding down Killala Rd into Apollo Bay (a delightful road to ride), after crossing the Otways and coming down the delightful Old Bay Road. I was riding with two friends. I had had just stopped an taken a few photos, then caught up to them when they waited for a mob of sheep, and I went on ahead a bit. I came over a short rise, then was rolling downhill at about 25-30 kmh. I saw a roadside apple tree and began to brake to see whether the apples were ripe........................................
That's about all I recall, apart from a feeling of gravel on my arm and side.
I was roused by my friends, and stood up quick, but the shoulder felt sore when I grabbed the bike. They made me sit down again as I'd been out cold for 1-2 minutes. They rounded a corner to find me spread-eagled across the road. It seems that my front tyre must have slid sideways on some loose gravel as I was braking to slow. It truly puzzles me as the road was a good gravel surface and I did not do anything too radical. I went down very quick and hard - knocked out, busted helmet.
A helpful local drove me and the bike to Apollo Bay hospital.
Up-shot of it all - I have a broken collar-bone, and I suspect a cracked rib as well. The collar-bone is an overlapped break with 3cms of fore-shortening, so it seems an orthopedic surgeon's advice is needed. I see one on Friday, then it may be surgery. In the meantime I am surviving on a steady diet of paracetamol and ibuprofen
Wow, heavy! Hope you get better soon.
Bloody apples...
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