Update... If you don't mind a cut & paste from my Boxerworks post:
[size=12]First Night Back at Work[/size]Well, I convinced the docs to let me come back. probably too soon, considering the trials of everyday things like commuting (20 min, nbd) and walking (my office is at the opposite end off the building from the elevator), but we have a pretty small staff here, and my absence was sorely missed. At least I have that!
No cast on the leg. the night of the crash i had fluid on in the knee, and they did MRI's of the knee and called it "bruised bones". It hurts mostly below the knee cap. I have a leg immobilizer sorta like
this one.
It is way too uncomfortable to wear longer than a half-hour, but I only need it when I am doing any serious walking, anyway. But it feels great when I first put it on. It gives a sense of security.
The left arm has a small fracture at the top of the fore-arm. The inside of my elbow took a good smack, too.
There is a small patch of roadrash where my gauntlet slid down.
The doctor I saw on Tuesday was their leg specialist. He examined that well, but bowed out of any hand diagnosis as that was not his specialty. So still no word on the "percentages". The may have just been setting me up for a worst-case scenario.
They forced me to make an appointment with the hand surgeon on the 30th.
Their office is 100 miles away from me. They don't want to release me to another hand surgeon's care until the original guy has his follow-up on Oct 30. What do you guys think? Is my pinkie finger valuable enough to warrant the trip?
I already have copies of all the x-ray/mri films. I am waiting for the reports before I go shopping for a local shop.
I'll try and take some photos of the pin films for your admiration.
I have the use of my thumb and 1st two fingers on the left hand, but it is very weak and limited mobility. I could not even clip my fingernails using my left... I had to beg my sis-in-law to do it.
The collision occurred about 75 miles north of home, just a few blocks from the Indiana Air Marshal's house. Lucky for me, he just finished building a mega square-foot machine shop on his property, and extended storage is NBD. We were not able to connect last Tues. when I went up to see the docs.
Yes, you will see pictures as soon as I take them.
When I spoke to Steve on Monday, I asked him for details, but he was kind of vague having forgotten a lot.
I knew the l-h valve cover would be toast, but I fear for the valve train itself, as it was determined that the left head put a hole in the R1200GS' final drive.
I asked about the left fiberglass leg shield, expecting it to be in a mess. He said he was pretty sure only the paint was scuffed. I'm not putting any money on that one!
He did say the left handlebar is bent and limits steering, but it rolls fine. No doubt the left (heated) handgrip/mirror/clutch lever are wasted as well.
I was astounded when I saw my GPS and it looked just like it did 2 seconds before impact. I think the said it was thrown free. And I was looking forward to upgrading to color when I was in the hospital, before I had some belongings delivered from Steve' by another ABC member that was going my way...
Mostly I am just impatient to get past the fist 4 weeks, but now that I think about it, I am half-way there!
