I'm about to get a b*****king..
- Thread starter MichaelM
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Well the dog is ok.
I'm using crutches again, and one knee is about twice the size of the other. It's not an unusual occurance.... hobble about for a few weeks whilst the muscle wastes away and I get heavier, then back on the bike to try an re-build the leg. Not a lot the orthopods can do as apparently I'm a bit young to be getting the knee replaced.
ho hum.....
I'm using crutches again, and one knee is about twice the size of the other. It's not an unusual occurance.... hobble about for a few weeks whilst the muscle wastes away and I get heavier, then back on the bike to try an re-build the leg. Not a lot the orthopods can do as apparently I'm a bit young to be getting the knee replaced.
ho hum.....
CopperBrompton
Bicycle: a means of transport between cake-stops
- Location
- London
Seriously, get a phone. Something like that can lead to dying of hypothermia.
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
Mine too and I come after the Hamster and Goldfish...gavintc said:
Terrible story, as others have said, a mobile would be useful if only for 'emergencies' on such a cold night you might have both perished and then you'd have been in trouble...
Hope you recover soon.
hmmm, a mile in 3 hours. That's too slow, you need to practise more. So out you go and try again.
Seriously, that sounds bad. I'd consider taking a walking pole with me as well as a phone. Then if it does happen again when you are out, you can at least use the pole to hobble back.
Glad the pooch is OK though.
Seriously, that sounds bad. I'd consider taking a walking pole with me as well as a phone. Then if it does happen again when you are out, you can at least use the pole to hobble back.
Glad the pooch is OK though.
Chrisc
Guru
- Location
- Huddersfield
Glad you're OK apart form the knee. As everybody else has said, mobile. I only carry one for that reason. It's usually turned off unless I need to use it.
Nasty! That could have ended up a lot worse!
When I last dislocated my knee, I couldnt walk at all. I was in the middle of a field, camping. I managed to get back to civilisation with the help of a windbreak pole and the missus. The village hospital was only 2-3 miles away. An ambulance would have had to travel for 30 miles to collect me (and would have got stuck in the mud trying to get to us.)
Bring a phone, just in case....
When I last dislocated my knee, I couldnt walk at all. I was in the middle of a field, camping. I managed to get back to civilisation with the help of a windbreak pole and the missus. The village hospital was only 2-3 miles away. An ambulance would have had to travel for 30 miles to collect me (and would have got stuck in the mud trying to get to us.)
Bring a phone, just in case....
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Nasty mate.
My brother-in-law had a new hip last year - he's only 36 !
My brother-in-law had a new hip last year - he's only 36 !
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
An alternative solution is to get the wife to walk the chuffing dog....
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Oh, nasty, hope it get's better ASAP.
I suppose you couldn't have tied a note to the dog's collar and sent him home, Lassie style?
Plus one for the mobile. I know people did manage before them, but it seems like something sensible to have, and with a PAYG, pretty cheap.
Of course, you mustn't come to rely on it - apparently people assume they'll be fine because they have a mobile, and don't bother with maps and waterproofs and stuff, and then can't get a signal up on the hills and have no idea where they are...
Actually, digressing, sorry Michael, I was out the other night in a car with two friends, it was a dreadful night, lashing with rain, and we were driving home from a village 16 miles outside York, and it occured to me, as a passenger, that if we happened upon an accident, a motorcyclist in a ditch or something, I had no idea of the B road number we were on. I might have been able to say we were between village x and village y, heading for the A19, but even then I wasn't paying so much attention and couldn't be sure. Now, on a bike, I'd a) be much more aware of my progress and
be carrying an OS map to check. Not sure what my point is, perhaps it's 'always carry a decent map'.
I suppose you couldn't have tied a note to the dog's collar and sent him home, Lassie style?
Plus one for the mobile. I know people did manage before them, but it seems like something sensible to have, and with a PAYG, pretty cheap.
Of course, you mustn't come to rely on it - apparently people assume they'll be fine because they have a mobile, and don't bother with maps and waterproofs and stuff, and then can't get a signal up on the hills and have no idea where they are...
Actually, digressing, sorry Michael, I was out the other night in a car with two friends, it was a dreadful night, lashing with rain, and we were driving home from a village 16 miles outside York, and it occured to me, as a passenger, that if we happened upon an accident, a motorcyclist in a ditch or something, I had no idea of the B road number we were on. I might have been able to say we were between village x and village y, heading for the A19, but even then I wasn't paying so much attention and couldn't be sure. Now, on a bike, I'd a) be much more aware of my progress and
be carrying an OS map to check. Not sure what my point is, perhaps it's 'always carry a decent map'.
Happiness Stan
Well-Known Member
MichaelM said:
That could have turned out nasty Michael, hypothermia could have set in.
Poor dog. Take a mobile or distress flare next time
Kirstie
Über Member
Yes definitely take a phone particularly if your knee is dodgy anyway.
Reminds me of a story my auntie told me. She lives in new hampshire, US on the atlantic coast. She was out walking on the beach and the tide was out, so she went quite far out. She bent down to pick up a shell (or something like that) and her hip replacement dislocated. Then the tide started coming in. She couldn't get up off the sand. Eventually a dog came running over (she was in a foot of water at this point), and she flagged down its owner who was nearby, to alert her husband as their house is right next to the beach. Luckily he got the message and called 911 and they came to rescue her...
And the moral of the story is...orthopaedic issues can be life threatening!!!!
oh yes and I also thought you were talking about burger king...and I've got to say that I'm astonished at your wife's reaction.
Reminds me of a story my auntie told me. She lives in new hampshire, US on the atlantic coast. She was out walking on the beach and the tide was out, so she went quite far out. She bent down to pick up a shell (or something like that) and her hip replacement dislocated. Then the tide started coming in. She couldn't get up off the sand. Eventually a dog came running over (she was in a foot of water at this point), and she flagged down its owner who was nearby, to alert her husband as their house is right next to the beach. Luckily he got the message and called 911 and they came to rescue her...
And the moral of the story is...orthopaedic issues can be life threatening!!!!
oh yes and I also thought you were talking about burger king...and I've got to say that I'm astonished at your wife's reaction.
Zippy
New Member
- Location
- Camborne, Cornwall
I'd be seriously concerned about someone's priorities here :-~
swee'pea99
Legendary Member
Sorry but with a knee that iffy you're bonkers not to carry a mobile. Even if only on a 'just in case' basis. Think how bloody stupid you'd feel to die for the price of a round.
