Totaled the Z today

SmoothZ · 02-21-2011, 11:31 AM

All rehab sucks but hopefully it makes you new and whole.

ChrisSlicks · 02-21-2011, 11:47 AM

Too bad it wasn't your left leg, it makes it a lot easier to drive. You can drive with just the left leg but it is uncomfortable reaching all the way over to the gas pedal and with the giant brace on I don't think it will be possible.

Although rehab sucks, it is the most critical part of the healing process and I encourage you to give it 110% and push through the pain. With a strong recovery you may be able to get airborne again.

steveg78 · 02-21-2011, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundown

Update on me: I had my first round of rehab today, which I can honestly say SUCKS!!!. Rehab sucks donkey nuts, actually. It's hard to believe how much just walking hurts. And they saw it'll be 8-12 weeks of this crap. Oh well, the pain reminds me that I'm alive, I guess. Here's a picture of my boot I'll be in for a while.

They still plan on discharging me tomorrow with outpatient rehab follow up. I'll check back in with you guys later.

Wow you mean to tell me you are actually putting weight on it already? I see you got the darth booth as anyone who's broken an ankle/leg knows. When I broke mine it was 6wks no weight bearing after the surgery. Although I think since your leg is pretty much screwed back on, you can stand on it, it's just not advised since the bone is still broken. What type of fracture was yours? Mine was trimalleolar.

StLRedrider · 02-21-2011, 01:01 PM

Wow, hope you feel better!!!!

Xander117 · 02-21-2011, 01:41 PM

Man really bad wreck glad to see you made it out okay. Heres for hoping for a speedy recovery. Thoughts are with the others that werent so lucky.

Good luck with Rehab, its a biatch on the ankle. They can take their little stretchy bands

Sundown · 02-21-2011, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by steveg78

Wow you mean to tell me you are actually putting weight on it already? I see you got the darth booth as anyone who's broken an ankle/leg knows. When I broke mine it was 6wks no weight bearing after the surgery. Although I think since your leg is pretty much screwed back on, you can stand on it, it's just not advised since the bone is still broken. What type of fracture was yours? Mine was trimalleolar.

Luckily, mine wasn't the ankle at all. A trimalleolar is a break involving 3 of the supporting ankle bone (2 tibial heads, and the fibular head). That's a nasty, nasty break that takes forever to head right. Mine is actually a comminuted fracture of the tibia and fibular about 3" above the ankle. The orthopod ran a titanium rod from the knee end of the tibia, through the marrow, and anchored it into the ankle end of the tibia with screws and nails. Therefore, it's like I have a semi-titanium bone now, so I can actually support a little weight on it. I move like an old grand-pa, though. Anyone got a pair of tennis balls for my walker?

370zproject · 02-21-2011, 02:35 PM

here u go

glad to hear your already starting to recover!

Sundown · 02-21-2011, 03:30 PM

Pushing_Tin · 02-22-2011, 01:49 AM

Wow! Glad you are still alive and making some progress.

Boost_lee · 02-22-2011, 01:54 AM

Wow, glad you made it through. Best wishes for a speedy recovery

zmyride · 02-22-2011, 02:30 AM

Wow just wow. What an accident!!!

I just read the story just now. I was out of town all weekend. What a shock to see the pictures. I'm glad you still have a sense of humor.

Get well soon. wow

thekinn · 02-22-2011, 09:50 AM

Wow man. Good luck with your recovery. Hell of an accident..

370zproject · 02-22-2011, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundown

Sundown · 02-22-2011, 02:44 PM

Getting discharged in few minutes, so I get to sleep in my own bed tonight. Just wanted to say thanks for all the encouraging to words to a stranger that only had a car in common with all of you. That's the thing about these forums. You instantly have a bond with people you may or may not ever meet.

Again, thanks for encouraging me during my hospitalization and I'll post some rehab updates, x-rays, etc in this thread.

And when I'm back to

of course!

Sibze · 02-22-2011, 02:45 PM

Congrats

02-21-2011, 11:31 AM	#136 (permalink)
SmoothZ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Arrakis Posts: 7,952 Drives: giant sandworm Rep Power: 35	All rehab sucks but hopefully it makes you new and whole. __________________ "Once you go Asian, you never go Caucasian." "I talk to myself, and when I do that, I know I'm talking to an intelligent person."

02-21-2011, 11:47 AM	#137 (permalink)
ChrisSlicks A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: North East Posts: 6,203 Drives: 09 370Z Sport M6 Rep Power: 653	Too bad it wasn't your left leg, it makes it a lot easier to drive. You can drive with just the left leg but it is uncomfortable reaching all the way over to the gas pedal and with the giant brace on I don't think it will be possible. Although rehab sucks, it is the most critical part of the healing process and I encourage you to give it 110% and push through the pain. With a strong recovery you may be able to get airborne again. __________________ Hotchkis ARB \| Stillen CAI \| Art Pipes \| Berk CBE \| Stillen AP Racing Brakes \| AE Performance Oil Cooler \| BC Racing ER Coilovers \| Doran Control Arms

02-21-2011, 01:01 PM	#139 (permalink)
StLRedrider A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: St.louis,Mo Posts: 17,755 Drives: O9Sprt/Touring,p-51 Rep Power: 60	Wow, hope you feel better!!!! __________________ Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today J.Dean

02-22-2011, 09:50 AM	#147 (permalink)
thekinn Base Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 205 Drives: 06 350Z LS MT Rep Power: 6861	Wow man. Good luck with your recovery. Hell of an accident.. __________________ 06 Enthusiast MT - v2

02-22-2011, 02:45 PM	#150 (permalink)
Sibze A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 16,202 Drives: In your way Rep Power: 63	Congrats __________________ RIP Tony.

02-21-2011, 01:41 PM	#140 (permalink)
Xander117 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Warner Robins, GA Posts: 446 Drives: 370, z71, R6 Rep Power: 14	Man really bad wreck glad to see you made it out okay. Heres for hoping for a speedy recovery. Thoughts are with the others that werent so lucky. Good luck with Rehab, its a biatch on the ankle. They can take their little stretchy bands

02-21-2011, 03:30 PM	#143 (permalink)
Sundown Base Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 47 Drives: 09 Corvette Rep Power: 14

02-22-2011, 01:49 AM	#144 (permalink)
Pushing_Tin A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Eugene, OR Posts: 2,875 Drives: E63 AMG Rep Power: 227	Wow! Glad you are still alive and making some progress.

02-22-2011, 01:54 AM	#145 (permalink)
Boost_lee A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SATX Posts: 2,813 Drives: 09 370Z TT 6MT Rep Power: 29	Wow, glad you made it through. Best wishes for a speedy recovery

02-22-2011, 02:30 AM	#146 (permalink)
zmyride Track Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 631 Drives: 10 Black Sports 7AT Rep Power: 16	Wow just wow. What an accident!!! I just read the story just now. I was out of town all weekend. What a shock to see the pictures. I'm glad you still have a sense of humor. Get well soon. wow

02-22-2011, 02:44 PM	#149 (permalink)
Sundown Base Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 47 Drives: 09 Corvette Rep Power: 14	Getting discharged in few minutes, so I get to sleep in my own bed tonight. Just wanted to say thanks for all the encouraging to words to a stranger that only had a car in common with all of you. That's the thing about these forums. You instantly have a bond with people you may or may not ever meet. Again, thanks for encouraging me during my hospitalization and I'll post some rehab updates, x-rays, etc in this thread. And when I'm back to of course!

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