New here, I broke my ankle and collar bone, details and pics.

[Alex68]

Like the tittle says, I did it at the national in Walnut, I did it during friday practice on the downhill stepdown/tripple. If anybody got it on film PLEASE let me know I overshot it and when I landed, the tibia and fibula pushed down on my ankle joint causing it to shatter. When I landed I hit the ground so hard my body colappsed and I fell off to the right side of the quad and the handlebar hit me in the collar bone causing it to fracture, and as I fell off my leg was pulled under the bike and my toes were pointing towards the front of the quad and my knee was pointing towards the back, which broke the tibia and fibula. So far I have had 2 surgerys. The first one was In Peoria Il about an hour from the track and there they put an external fixator on (pics below) I spent 5 days there then they let me come home ( KC Missouri) Then the second surgery was at KU Med to take the fixator off and to put 5 screws in. The Dr. said that the joint was in about 100 pieces and they used a putty to hold it together. So now I'm laid up at home for about 7 months, the Dr. said Im going to loose about 80% mobility in my foot.

sorry about the long post


http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e47/RacerX68/Alexleg012.jpg

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Some pics of my noble steed
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e47/RacerX68/404.jpg
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Alex #68

[pro-rider46]

wow dude i can barely stand to look at those pics, gross. are those rods coming out of you shin?!?!?! man i hope you can get up on you noble steed soon. by the way, sick looking yfz

[juanki]

dude..... to bad to look at that... it remaind me of my crash.... almost the same but to my arm...

my wrist was gone, my hand was hanging just with the ligaments, and my arm in half...

and just to weeks ago, my collar bone.

keep the spirts up at the end you'll be fine and move on, hopefully you'll ride again.

[Quad18star]

That sucks man . Good luck with the recovery ... take your time , let things heal up well. Been there and it sucks ... had my leg shattered into 20+ pieces . Lots of physio and you'll be back in no time .





Plus it looks like you had a cute nurse to help you out ..... that always helps the recovery. :p

[Ghost-Rider]

Whats it like to wake up and see metal rods sticking out of you?

[Alex68]

Thanks guys for the replies. Yeah the rods were coming out of my shin. That nurse was one of the not-so-good-looking ones...

[ZeroLogic]

Just think man it could be worse. Have a speedy recovery.

Think it of the bright side. Chicks dig scars.:blah:

[DVXracer]

I was there, didnt see the wreck though. I heard it was prety gnarly. Good luck with recovery man.

[dirtbike&quad]

dam man. gbs

[firefighterjosh]

My good God:eek2: :scary:

[honda_524]

Sorry to hear about the crash. Hopefully you will heal up quickly. Awesome quad btw.

[mxraptor149]

Good luck with the recovery.

[suzukigirl]

wow...must be weird having rods in your leg...hope you heal up quickly..at least you'll have a good story to tell

Originally posted by Alex68

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e47/RacerX68/Alexleg007.jpg


So...You're telling me that she's not that good looking?

That must be the vicodin talkin' for you.

[gncc025]

dman man thats looks bad to say the least. :eek: i guess the nurse is about the best thing to come out of that lol:D

[MX MaNiAc 06]

That looks awful. Good luck and i hope everything heals up quick!