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Got off the phone to shaun (deadsailormaster) who has just dislocated his knee riding fort bill. Sounds nasty but hell pull through. For now hell just have to stick with two metal poles and watching bike videos im afraid. (now accepting DVD donations ;))

Hope you get better soon mate, ill drop my donations off this week.

And hug donations...



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MAN UP YOU PUSSY!

Only kiddin' bro. I laughed when you phoned to say you were winning.. i didn't think you meant on the f**ked knee count. :P Seems you've been talking to my mum more than me anyway! Screw you then! :P

BTW, absolutely loving the shorts.

s**t man, sorry i didnt reply to your message earlier, new phone - no names - wasnt sure who it was :D

ah well im sure you will be mended soon, its getting towards winter now anyway!

unlucky mate......i was playing rugby, fell awkardly and my leg popped out of my knee...i was like oh s**t, stood up and it popped itself back in!  ;D

haha

ouch, nasty ;D

did you drive up there shaun? hows you getting back?

unlucky mate, thats karma for abercarn

And this photo for a comparison!

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Ive done it twice, one of which i actually chipped my knee cap

Bad luck dude, a year is too long, I was off for 8 month when I did my left knee and that was bad enough. Have a speedy recovery mate.

s**t shaun

sorry to hear about it kid.

good luck with the recovery mate

Right well a little update.

From them moving my knee they reckon both cruciate ligaments are bust (very rear he says), but defo one. Got to have a M.R. scan to confirm this. The procedure to fix my knee will be removing muscle from my thigh and using key hole surgery dill a hole in my knee and put the muscle in. Then loads of physio.

But there is a good thing from today, I am aloud to drive woop woop.

That's great news mate.

 ::)

Shaun knows what I mean by great news, as he's been dying to drive for ages.

a few months ago i was carrying my bike over a style, twisted it slightly and my knee decided to pop out just like that!! its flippin painful and has messed my whole leg up, since then i have also pulled all the tendons in my hip. luckily for me though i didnt have to have it in a cast like that.

hay man, what did the fractur clinic say? i know you were going a week ago or somet, any chance you will be riding sooner?

dude! nice t c ya again at 247 gig, you looked better there than on here i gotta say! hope you get yoursefl together in time for a nother do in france!
good luck mate! ;)

Nope nothing mate, good seeing you at the hospital though lol. I was the a physio, got to ride a bike but didn't go anywere


Yeah dude, didn't get home till 8.30 lol long night.

Shaun,
Did your mam give you back you keys .

Well had my MRI scan 2 weeks ago and still nothing back from the consultant about a date to see him. This is a piss take!

Yes after ringing him every day he got the results back yesterday, but its 6 months to see the consultant! Just rang up to go private, 9am Friday result. So hopefully will have this op in the new year. Roll on 2008 when I can do something!

Ok, as shaun seems to 'think' he is giving up riding i would like to start the "shaun cant stop riding becasue he is a legend petition". As i know he will be greatly missed from the riding scene if he does. Ridign days just would not be the same with out him and his sausage sandwichs!

1. Elliot Tanner  :)

2. Nick Knight

Well just got back from the hospital . Need new ACL and PCL cruciate ligaments and the ones on the outside of my knee. 12+ month till I can ride again and the op will prob be in Feb/March. And if i wanted to go private its £10-£15K!!!!!!!

And if you quit riding you will regret it so much, If you seel your bike put the money in an isa until you are ready to ride again. you will possibly have enough then to buy a new model and still have the latest kit. £10-15k is a rather broad figure to quote, sounds a bit like car insurers. I might be investing in life insurence now or similar to cover the costs of such things

Just going to go on the NHS. For the time I am saving on the waiting list for private its not worth the money.

shaun quit riding and i WILL have to stab you in the eye. you know im will do it

For the time waiting on the NHS wont the injury either worsen itself or create more complications? Robotic leg FTW

unlucky mate

i was climbing over a style to get to some trails when my knee decided to pop out.........it bloody hurt. get better soon mate

thats unlucky, i hope the wait to get back out isn't as long as they say

cheers rob

I have been on it since 18th September so a few more month are not going to do much damage.

fair enough

ouch man (only if i was quaillifed now i could do it)

just to be picky ACL stands for anterior cruciate ligament so u dont need the cruiate ligament bit after the ACL he he sorry to be a arse

and thaught u had done the collateral ligamnets aswell, you done both the medial and lateral?

really sorry to her about it mate, hope you get it all sorted?

Erm Nick I dont have a clue. Its the ones on the outermost of my left knee. For them they are using ligament out of my right knee and putting it in as w triangle. Does that make more sence to you

yer, they can use ligaments in the arm, but your stil young keeing all the range on motion is vital so thats why they are using the knee and leg

sound slike the lateral collateral

Still no letter from the NHS giving me a date for my bloody op, getting royaly pi**ed off now.

Network Rail sent me for a medical as they thought I was screwing them over, and the BUPA Doc was a bell end. I came out worse than I went in.

Anyway I have found out its the ACL/PCL/PLC/LCL.

Anyone work for NHS please drop some words lol ;)

f**k Shaun that doesn't sound good mate. Thought the op was ment to be next month?

Not got my 3 weeks min notice though.

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Right finally got though to his secutary and to be told im on the waiting list of 26 weeks and I have been on 10 weeks.

So when the consultant told me Feb - March he was lying and may be made redundant at this rate.

pi**ed off is an understatement

Bloody nhs. That's taking the piss dude.

Got my phone call today of his sectary, op date to be Friday 13 April.

good news. will you be ready for france then?

Ell prob not dude, still have to do a lot of physio. Its all incase I crash.

Going to get some knee braces and see how it goes. If they feel ok drive over and crash somewere ::)

good news about the op mate!

hope it all goes well! and i'll meet up with ya in france for a beer!

Good new man. Cheers for the birthday phone call lol.

Well here it is, 1 year down the line. Knee is still broken'ish, still having heavy physio and can only bend it 90 degrees.

Saw the consultant the other week, may need another op on something else in there to do with ligaments :/. Think its screwed royaly.

Shaun

not good mate, hope all goes well

That's bad news dude, hope they sort it out.

Well im going back to the hospital once again on Tuesday, consutlant doesn't think hes fixed it so got to talk about operations and MRI scans :/. Nearly 2 years down the line and it still is not fixed!

Shaun