It's an exaggeration that I was bleeding on the asphalt as I was wearing leather, jeans, and boots and didn't get a scratch on me. What I did get was multiple bones broken in multiple places. It was months before I would walk again and it was two years before my shoulder was fixed as best as it could be. It was still severely constrained in what it could do but Dr Charles Miller of Cincinnati did the best that medical science would permit in repairing it. I never expected I would be able to play guitar again but Dr Miller gave that back to me.
I'm acutely aware that it was a beautiful day in May just like this one when it happened. There wasn't any kind of warning as I saw nothing but a blue flash when the car swung in front of me and then impact. I hit the car so hard that it took all forward motion out of me and I dropped immediately on the other side of the car.
The reason this is significant is that I was doing between 60-65 kph when I hit the car, not very fast and definitely not as fast as even my scooter will go. Therefore, any mistake and the same thing could easily happen again.
Dr Suresh Nayak is another angel who visited my life and he replaced my shoulder with titanium about three years ago. If not for what he did I would have lost the arm as the head of the bone was already about 30% necrotised (i.e. dead) when he saw it. Write your own editorial about doctors in Rhode Island but I wouldn't take a hamster to one. Dr Nayak practices in Cincinnati and I could not possibly recommend him more strongly.
What is significant about the replacement is that there is no third chance. He gave me a second chance and, if I crash it again, the arm goes.
The purpose in this article is not drama but rather to tell you that the memory is clear and the consequences are real. I did slow down and I watch for any motion anywhere while I ride, especially so right now as May is a very, very dangerous month for motorcyclists. Car drivers aren't thinking of bikes after the long Winter and they're even less attentive than at other times. Stay alive out there!
I'm acutely aware that it was a beautiful day in May just like this one when it happened. There wasn't any kind of warning as I saw nothing but a blue flash when the car swung in front of me and then impact. I hit the car so hard that it took all forward motion out of me and I dropped immediately on the other side of the car.
The reason this is significant is that I was doing between 60-65 kph when I hit the car, not very fast and definitely not as fast as even my scooter will go. Therefore, any mistake and the same thing could easily happen again.
Dr Suresh Nayak is another angel who visited my life and he replaced my shoulder with titanium about three years ago. If not for what he did I would have lost the arm as the head of the bone was already about 30% necrotised (i.e. dead) when he saw it. Write your own editorial about doctors in Rhode Island but I wouldn't take a hamster to one. Dr Nayak practices in Cincinnati and I could not possibly recommend him more strongly.
What is significant about the replacement is that there is no third chance. He gave me a second chance and, if I crash it again, the arm goes.
The purpose in this article is not drama but rather to tell you that the memory is clear and the consequences are real. I did slow down and I watch for any motion anywhere while I ride, especially so right now as May is a very, very dangerous month for motorcyclists. Car drivers aren't thinking of bikes after the long Winter and they're even less attentive than at other times. Stay alive out there!
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