geez folks, ever hear about temporary medical insurance or even catestrophic medical insurance? You can do better than $92/mo but that's what I pay thru NASE.org so I have full medical in the event of a mishap. Obviously doesn't let you go to the doc to complain about colds, cancer or anything like that.

Get well soon.

Get well, best wishes... you've helped me considerably

Thanks for the advice in the other threads.  I had the same problem you did about a month ago and was able to take care of it through the information in your posts.

ASLAM.

I just saw this post and i'm so sorry dude.....but i'm glad that you will be back in action soon enough.  You may recall that last May i was t-boned by an unlicensed pinhead who ran a stop sign.  I broke a few bones on my right foot and by boots actually have the imprint of that Lexus' grill as a remembrance.  Anyhow...i missed 6 weeks of work but in the end...i walk with a bit of a limp...but the limp disappears magically when i ride.

Heal quick brudda...!!!      

Sorry John,

Haven't been here in a while to see what';s going on.  Looks like I missed a lot.  I hope your geting better and your bike is gettin fixed.  It's good to see that your ok man

Get well and get on that horse again (when she gets well too)

C.J.

                                             

Kinda O/T
The cost of Health Insurance in this 'safety net ' society currently consumes 43% of the Provincial budget and it's been calculated that if it continues to increase at the current rate, it will consume 100% of the budget by 2021!
We don't even have the choice to opt out and go private. Technically it is breaking the law to go to the States to have medical treatment. Only two countries do that to their citizens...Canada and North Korea.
Moral:
Damned if I know :dunno:
But no doubt someone will enlighten me

QuoteWe don't even have the choice to opt out and go private. Technically it is breaking the law to go to the States to have medical treatment. Only two countries do that to their citizens...Canada and North Korea.

Wow, I had no idea.  So what is the penalty supposed to be if you get medical treatment in the states?  I guess it's probably not enforced very strictly...

ASLAM

QuoteMoral:
Damned if I know :dunno:
But no doubt someone will enlighten me

The moral is that long winters foster an abundance of gloom & doom.  As does Universal Health-care.:guns:   We don't know.

Down yon, the diabolical  malpractice lottery is strangling health-care...public...private...name it.  Probably, by design.  For the children.  And, lawyers.  WAH, the doctor gave me an ugly scar on the bottom of my foot...YAY, I'm a multi-millionaire!  :nana:

Health-care is a growth industry and med clinics be popping up all over to tap into demand.  Competition is all good:  Here's $200, Doc, now fix what's ailing me before I go blow it at Walmart.    Oops, wrong competition.  Walmart doesn't saw bones.  Not yet.

Aslam, the penalty is extended torture by taxation.
Or perhaps a sharp smack on one's P.P. although I hear some folks like that.
Still we do live in a place where the largest industry is marijuana grow-ops and we can get Radio Paradise on the net, so there is still hope.

John, I just read about your accident, wish your your bones fix well and soon, and bills remain short...

I ride on jeans too, but they aren't very safe at all...

John,

Sorry to read about this.  I've been away from the board for a while.  I read from time to time and when I saw your post, my heart dropped.  I had to post something.  I'm glad your as good as you are.  I've come close a few times myself.  Lucky for me they were misses.

Hey, If you need anything let me know.  If I can help you rebuild let me know.  We can trailer the bike down to my shop or what ever you need.

I didn't read all of the thread this may have been answered, Are you going to rebuild?

Paul

Turns out I will be covered for all but $250 of my medical bills.    :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:
I didn't realise I had medical through my job. I thought it just covered disability income but I guess it does both.

Had I known that I would not have have gone to county hospital. Where I had to share a room with five other guys.
About my roomates(Warning ! it gets gross )
The homeless guy was amusing, in a glad to have time pass sort of way but mostly he was annoying by talking to himself and screaming at nurses and singing badly. He had been shot twice in the leg and had to have a skin graft it was so bad. I saw his wound today, I could still see the muscles all down the the side of his leg.
The guy next to me was a Mexican/American Gardner, of about my age. He had made a mistake with a lawn mower and lost four toes. He was a real good guy and helped me get me my pain medication, if I was asleep.   He also didn't mind to much being next to the homeless guy. Turned out, he had a brother who had gone crazy after losing his wife.
One guy had been there for fourteen days before he got his surgery. Although, he wasn't that bad off. He only had loose bone fragments in his elbow.
The other two were not as interesting. One had a broken arm and an older guy who I will just say was sick because I am not sure what was wrong.

What they did to me
I went in last monday to have my leg checked. After waiting in line for an hour I finally got new x-rays taken. The doctor said the bones were not going to heal perfect unless they were pinned with surgery. If I didn't have the surgery, he said I would have arthritus. I had a similar operation on my forearm when I was twenty so I thoought no big deal because it heeled well and I have no pain at all in that arm today.  The thing that is different about doing it to the leg is that they had to insert a large pin through my heal bone (with only a local anestetic). To that they attached it to a pully and twenty pound weight for three days to re expand the leg mucles before the surgery. Let me tell you, having to use a bed pan in that get up, was not fun. Surgery went well and looks to be setting everything perfectly. I have a velcro splint that I can take off twice a day to my ankle therapy. I think it is going to heal well.  I have had only one vicadon today and even though it is painfull right now, I have use of all my muscles in my foot.

Quote from: Gisser

Eleven hundred bucks doesn't sound too bad for setting a broken bone, though, it remains to be seen what the final tally is.  If I break my tibia I just have them break the other then opt to undergo bone lengthening procedure until I can flat foot a DRZ400.

He didn't really set it. he just put it in a splint and wrapped it with gauze and an ace bandage and told me to go to county. He maybe spent twenty minutes with me.
At that kind of hourly rate I am seriously considering giving up art and going into the medical field.

That's great news!  I'm glad that the prognosis is so good.

Not to nag or anything, but 9 1/2 days is a long time to go between posts.  :mrgreen:  Just curious - did the ol' GStwin.com board get re-weighed along with the rest of your priorities (after the big event) and end up at the bottom?  It's OK if it did.  I mean, you don't even have a serviceable GS right now (do you?), and I'm sure you've got lots of other, more important concerns.

We'll be patient (no pun intended).  We know you can't stay away... :kiss:

Best wishes for your recovery, and a high-five on your medical insurance.    SCORE!  

Quote from: pantabloJohn,
same gear as when you low sided on our Piuma run that time way back? If so, that's 2x for those gloves. JR Speedmaster if I remember correctly-how are they holding up?

silver lining...new HELMET!!?? :dunno:

I'd recommend a newer jacket with more protection built in (perfect excuse to spend a little cash on gear!)...you dont want to damage the artwork or I love YOU's gift any more than necessary...

Yea, I replaced those Joe Rocket gloves a couple months back because they fell apart.
I have had several accidents in that leather jacet and it has yet to loose a single stitch. I think the leather must be an inch thick. It may look all dumb and Harley like but it works great and I wouldn't trade it for a brand new Vanson jacket.
The helmet may be replaced. I Have yet to inspect it but I may just er to the side of caution regardless of the fact that I don't remember hitting my head.

Quote from: KerryThat's great news!  I'm glad that the prognosis is so good.

Not to nag or anything, but 9 1/2 days is a long time to go between posts.  :mrgreen:  Just curious - did the ol' GStwin.com board get re-weighed along with the rest of your priorities (after the big event) and end up at the bottom?  It's OK if it did.  I mean, you don't even have a serviceable GS right now (do you?), and I'm sure you've got lots of other, more important concerns.

We'll be patient (no pun intended).  We know you can't stay away... :kiss:

Best wishes for your recovery, and a high-five on your medical insurance.    SCORE!  

I was in the hospital for eight days without a computer. Talk about withdrawl pains

I will talk to Progressive tommorow to figure out what they want to do with the bike. If it gets totaled I will probably try to buy it back.

Sorry to hear about your misfortune, John.  I had a compound fracture of the tib/fib in a MC accident many years ago, and I guess they didn't know about stretching the leg muscles and putting pins in. They just set the bones side-by-side, so now I'm bowlegged and my left leg is 1" short.  (I wear a heelpad to compensate.)  Be glad they can make you "good as new" again.  You were really smart to take the surgery, even though it doesn't sound like much fun.  I'm glad your injuries weren't worse.  

In the meantime, is it possible to rig something up to shift a MC with your  hand instead of your foot, while you heal?  Or maybe look into that Burgman scooter -- pretty cool, 650 engine, has loads of storage, and you can let it auto shift or you can manual shift with up/down buttons.  Don't laugh.  I want one myself (also, not instead).

Glad to hear things are going well. You'l be back at it in no time...probably a good thing in that this has given you (or will give you) time to think about your portfolio and graphics/CGI career; you can't messenger forever.

let me know what happens with your bike...mine may be available for purchase by the time your leg heals...

yeah burgman's are pretty interesting. a scooter with NADZ  

I think if you're going to stay on streets (no highway), then a small scoot that can reach 45 or 50mph could be even faster for a courier.  Especially since people seem to allow the little scooters to park just about anywhere (no waiting for a parking space, just park next to the revolving door).  

I love that Aprilia DiTech 50cc fuel-injected 2-stroke; wish they'd make a 125cc highway-capable version.  Barring that, the Aprilia Atlantic looks good to me.  I think a scoot for the city and a Vstrom for the road would be perfect!

Anyways, glad to hear you had insurance, and that things are working-out.