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Yup... RobThePyro's bike crash thread... [Update]

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Hi guys...
just to the mods i didn't know where to put this so i stuck it under general

so just over a month ago (12 April 2008) I crashed my bike... broken wrist, broken rib and... 3 fractured vertebrae in my back(T7-T9) which was the reason that i couldn't move my legs when i got to hospital... SO i got to have mad spinal surgery where they fused 7 vertebrae (T5-T11) together with a bunch of titanium(NOT fun...) Thankfully (Like to take this opportunity to thank God for fixing me!) they were able to decompress my spinal cord and i now have full movement in my legs!

I just got released from hospital yesterday! (4weeks and 6days later...) iv been learning to walk for 2 weeks but im still in a brace... ill try get some pics up later.

Funny thing about the accident is i was riding my TZR125, bout 50kmh, with a passenger on the back when the accident occurred, im sure this is similar to another fourm member by the name of Dae_Ja_Voo who also crashed his TZR125 with a passenger and spent a month in hospital followed by learning to walk again! hows about that for deja vu ( :lol: :wink: pun intended...)

The accident was pretty freak... going round a corner, no other cars, and went off the road for some reason(still not sure if; passenger on back leant over or something OR someone threw like a stick or something into my front wheel (some stuff was STOLEN(ipod and cellphone) from passengers bag when we were unconscious on the road...)OR mechanical fail of some kind...) of coarse i went flying into the only solid object in the area (street sign) while bike and passenger slid up the road, AFAIK the bike is fine just the fairings a bit broken and the passenger just had a broken collar bone and some nerve damage(she was out of hospital in a few days) SO i still dont know what happened exactly because i had a concussion and dont remember ANYTHING from the crash...

anyway looks like ill be fine in time to come... but in the mean time i have a small request for you guys, your welcome to post the standard "get well" posts :lol: but if you could include some info/news about ANYTHING(Pc's, hardware, games, pcformat fourms, modding, news etc. etc. :D :P ) that i have missed in the past month (i have been internet-lessness rofl...) that would be awsome!!! thanks guys you know you all rock!

I cant wait to get this cast off my arm and star modding/overclocking again!

and in other news, just before the crash i got a new HTC Touch, AWSOME phone highly recommend it!!! Also i have hatched a secret plan with my dad to start another business that the overclocking and modding guys are going to LOVE! more details to follow :wink:

anyways now that you all know where iv been (im sure you have ALL missed me! :? :lol: :D rofl...) for the last month, im off to take my pain killers! have a nice day!

Rob.
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8O

Glad you got out alive!
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Post by DarkRanger »

Yo rob, glad to hear you are all right. Crashes like that can turn nasty.

Uhm, I'm not on the forums often anymore, so I won't be able to tell you whats new, BUT when you do start that bussiness... I need a job!! :lol: :lol:

Good luck with the recovery man! :D
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doo_much wrote:8O

Glad you got out alive!
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Post by RobThePyro »

^^Rofl..
thanks guys!

oh i forgot to mention, i want the PCF DUMBASS OF THE MONTH AWARD ok? can i put that in my sig? :lol: :wink: :twisted:
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youve got permission to put that in your sig!! :P
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Post by ADV4NCED »

All the best for a speedy recovery Rob!

My friend was in a serious Bike accident and nearly lost his leg so I can imagine just how serious your situation was.

As doo_much said, glad you got out alive :D
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That Sucks dude. One of the reasons i don't like bikes.

I'm curious about the business!

What you wanna know? Um 40k has been done in 05, ddr3 has been over 1100. And a local clocker has been cheating.
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I34z1k wrote:And a local clocker has been cheating.
Serious! 8O linky please! Even I missed that...
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Bud drop me a pm. Don't want to deface the decent clockers here in s.a.
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wow...pretty hectic!! 8O
Glad that you're alright...I was wondering where you were....hadnt seen you on MSN or BF! :P

Glad that your alright! :P :D
Hope you have a speedy recovery! :D
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Glad you're okay bru!

IIRC you are a skinny little guy - so you are damn lucky to have survived a mid-air collision with a street sign. But I'm sure you'll be up and river dancing again in no time.

I hope you keep away from bikes in the future. No good will ever from riding those things.
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Post by RuadRauFlessa »

So that's what pyro gets upto. Hope nothing went up in flames. Also it is not impossible that someone staged the accident by putting something in the road or throwing a stick, so to speak, in order to steal some stuff from you. But then again that is just some paranoid me speaking.
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glad u alive.

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I bet he was trying to do a stoppie, but fail'd.

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Sorry 'bout your misfortune RTB. Shyte happens, even if you drive a car.
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Re: Yup... RobThePyro's bike crash thread...

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RobThePyro wrote:im sure this is similar to another fourm member by the name of Dae_Ja_Voo who also crashed his TZR125 with a passenger and spent a month in hospital followed by learning to walk again! hows about that for deja vu ( :lol: :wink: pun intended...)
ROFL!!

Yeah man, i had an accident too. Not quite as seriously as this though. I indirectly played chicken with an 18 wheeler and lost, terribly. Ended up in hospital with my right leg's bones completely crushed. Thankfully God hooked my up with some of his heeling and about 15K worth of titanium and after a few months of hard work, i was able to walk perfectly again.

RobThePyro wrote:just before the crash i got a new HTC Touch, AWSOME phone highly recommend it!!!
Oh yes! I have one of those! What an amazing piece of kit :D

RobThePyro wrote:Also i have hatched a secret plan with my dad to start another business that the overclocking and modding guys are going to LOVE! more details to follow :wink:
Ooh sounds interesting!


Anyway dude, i'm glad you're okay. I hope you get better soon and learn to walk quickly again. Not being able to walk absolutely sucks (wheelchair FTW though :P )

I'll keep you in my prayers :)
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Best wishes and get well soon. I was in a bad car wreck about 7 months ago and also had to learn how to walk again, the best thing you can do is concentrate on what you can do and not what you can't. After the accident I could hardly move at all, all I could do was wiggle my toes and move my right arm. I thought I was trapped in a nightmare. You'll come right eventually, it takes time. Go to rehab and do your physio, it works wonders. The more physio you do, the sooner you'll be back to normal.
im off to take my pain killers! have a nice day!
Please be careful with those things and try take as few as you can even if your in a little bit of discomfort. After a while they actually start to increase your pain because they cause your brain to stop producing endorphins.
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Thanks guys! im oing good, can walk up stairs on my own now, and pretty much off the pain killers... its been like two months, about time!

here are some pics of the helmets, i had the shoei, you can see where i hit the pole with it... the other helmet went into the curb!

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Serriously that shoei saved my life, had i had a lesser helmet or no helmet, id be either brain damaged or dead!... yea SHOEI FTW!

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8O I'm buying my bro a decent helmet...eish...
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Dude, Shoei my man! Best helmet you can get... ^^That was a R5k piece of kit i trashed up there, but damn rather lose R5k than die... yea...
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Damn straight dude! How's the passenger btw..
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Man, just looking at your helmet you should thank God every day that you are walking again. That was a huge hit.

Glad your recovering so well.
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@ UrBaN shes doing ok hey man, Um, she cant move her left arm though cause of nerve damage... but they say she will get her shoulder and elbow back, but they not sure about her forearm and hand yet... (yea, when your partly responsible for doing something like this to someone it really does make going to sleep at night difficult... :( :oops: )

@ DeanMF yea man, seriously i do, iv never really been religious before but now i take the time to thank God every day, whether he had a hand in it or not... but yea looks like if i put alot of work in over the next few months, i should be able to get back to 100% :D *YAY*

DAMN i cant wait to ride again!!! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :wink: :wink: :lol: :lol:
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DaeJaVoo wrote:(wheelchair FTW though )
^^QFT^^
Rob wrote:DAMN i cant wait to ride again!!! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :D :D :wink: :wink:
That's the spirit man - W00T!!

Oh hey - and sorry bout the accident, but shyte does happen.. it did to me, it did to you, glad you came out of it ok though...

oh, and btw - get your bottom better soon, you gotta help us get FRAG ready for the 600-man LAN at the end of the year... :wink:
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