Cyclist injured Friday.
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Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby twizzle » Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:41 am
Obviously, didn't make the news... did anyone hear anything?
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Re: Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby twizzle » Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:06 am
...real cyclists don't have squeaky chains...
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Re: Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby silkishuge » Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:22 pm
Very very very sad. I hope it is not permenant.twizzle wrote:Just heard - two broken cervical vertebrae, operated on Sat night, no feeling in his legs ATM. Faaaaark.
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Re: Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby trailgumby » Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:27 pm
Damn.twizzle wrote:Just heard - two broken cervical vertebrae, operated on Sat night, no feeling in his legs ATM. Faaaaark.
Hope it's only temporary.
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Re: Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby gassyndrome » Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:05 pm
Do you know how/exactly where he got hit?
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Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby twizzle » Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:17 pm
Latest update is that surgery was performed for internal bleeding, but they haven't touched the broken neck. I'll find out more Friday or Monday.
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Re: Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby twizzle » Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:09 pm
...real cyclists don't have squeaky chains...
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Re: Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby silkishuge » Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:34 pm
Devastating news mate. Lost for wordstwizzle wrote:Just an update... paralysed from chest down (not sure of details), on a respirator ATM & can't speak but they are trying to get him breathing on his own, and he will be transferred back to Canberra in about 3 - 4 weeks but won't be out of hospital for months.
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Re: Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby cp123 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:36 pm
Life will be VERY different from now on.
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Re: Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby nescius » Fri Feb 10, 2012 1:16 pm
I hope he and his family have a strong support network, and that he can recover and adapt to his situation, it sounds horrible.
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Re: Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby CommuRider » Fri Feb 10, 2012 2:33 pm
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Re: Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby trailgumby » Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:06 pm
Lost for words.
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Re: Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby twizzle » Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:20 pm
...real cyclists don't have squeaky chains...
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Re: Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby twizzle » Wed Mar 07, 2012 4:08 pm
Permanent paralysis from the neck down, still can't breathe unassisted. The car reversed out of the driveway and went over him.
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Re: Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby cp123 » Tue Mar 13, 2012 2:40 pm
is there a donation site or something similar to help his family? i know it might seem trite but is there anything the local community can do?
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Re: Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby trailgumby » Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:44 pm
In any other field that would constitute a negligent homicide, yet this kind of thing is routinely dealt with by ... issuing demerit points. Why? "Oh, we can't prosecute based on the consequences."
Well, blind freddy can see that reversing without looking into a shared use path is going to end up like this if you make it a habit.
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Re: Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby twizzle » Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:33 pm
There was a collection raised a few weeks ago to help his family out as they have relocated to Sydney to be closer to him. I'm only getting the occasional update, so I don't know what else is happening. Too early to really know how it's going to work in the future, I'm assuming they will want to move him back to Canberra at some stage, but I don't know when that will be.Oxford wrote:got to be careful with things like this. recently a rider became a paraplegic riding the local MTB trails to me. the local forum members wanted to do the same thing to raise funds for the rider to assist with accessibility aids etc. the riders family through the site admin just asked for privacy.cp123 wrote:crap.
is there a donation site or something similar to help his family? i know it might seem trite but is there anything the local community can do?
I feel for this guy, but I would also understand if he just wanted to be left alone. maybe a PM to the OP may help.
Latest news is that he's off the respirator for short periods of time so he can talk, but it's a real effort. He also has some basic movement of arms (no fine motor), but from what I was told the other day he will eventually lose this due to the level of damage to the nerves.
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Re: Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby cp123 » Wed Mar 14, 2012 3:42 pm
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Re: Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby Sydguy » Wed Mar 14, 2012 6:24 pm
Plenty of people have proven top speciailists very wrong, lets hope substantial recovery can be made.
It is going to be a long and careful ride home.
Very sad indeed.
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Re: Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby cp123 » Fri May 11, 2012 3:04 pm
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Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby twizzle » Fri May 11, 2012 7:49 pm
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Re: Cyclist injured Friday.
Postby cp123 » Mon May 14, 2012 10:00 am
its still really hard though for him and his family and friends.
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