My kneecap brings all the boys to the yard...

[Commander Dilsnikk]

I wish! Instead, it's floating somewhere above the rest of my knee in two pieces.
The worst thing (apart from the 8 weeks off the bike) is that I did it falling to the ground after mesing up a simple grind on the smallest quarter pipe known to man. I don't even get a cool injury story to go with it! I always knew roller-blading would be the death of me.

So...I'll be paying a friendly visit to the orthopedic surgeon who gets the pleasure of deciding whether to knock me out, cut me open and wire the whole darn thing together. Fark... i don't care... as long as i get some crutches that don't rub my armpits like a visually impaired priest.

Oh well... hopefully the Disability Services unit here at uni will give me an electric scooter to use while i'm incapacitated. I am getting ideas of attaching a cd player to it and zimming class-wards playing Ride of the Valkeries.

Now give me your sympathy....damnit! :D
Or simply come round and take my pants off for me...

P.S. On another note... if you get a chance, go and see the Melbourne funk band 'Baron Samati', if only for the "country death metal ditty about internet kiddy porn". The only worthwhile part of my past 24 hours. The gig, not the kiddy porn...

[wtr]

So you were roller-blading when u messed up? :confused:

Arha!! Told you anything else with more than 4 wheels is bad!!:D;)

Heal up dude.

[notobe]

Friend of mine just busted his knee. Had to get a knee reconstruction and cant play any sport for more than a year. Hopefully that wont happen to you.

[Simo]

that sucks gav, heal up and make sure you exploit it for all it's worth...now about comin over to take your pants off....:P

[cam-o]

Bummer Gav.
Heal up soon mate.
Which Knee did you do? Can you still drive an Auto?
Wanna be our lifted runs bitch? :D

[johnny]

dude, so unlucky!

Mine just got better :)

[Rik]

"they're like, it's more broken than yours"
You know, the hardest part about rollerblading is telling your parents that you're... :eek:

:D
Get better soon, broken stuff is never fun.

[Commander Dilsnikk]

Haha. Thanks guys!
Lucky it's the left knee so I can still drive auto. Lifted runs would be fine... if you don't mind a driver on codeine :p

I did it rollerblading. Good fun when you only have a DH bike to ride at the skatepark.
"Riding's what I do on the side so as not to be all the way..." (which movie I was just watching?).
Now I think it's beer o'clock.

[Laurie]

So you were roller-blading when u messed up? :confused:

Arha!! Told you anything else with more than 4 wheels is bad!!:D;)

Heal up dude.

Haha well then what about downhill wheel chair racing, eh???

[S.]

Ahh sucks man, but why were you rollerblading without kneepads? I seem to remember (from the 6 months I did it) that every time I fell over, knees would cop a hammering... it's like riding DH without gloves.

[sxereturn]

You reckon you'll be riding in 8 weeks time?

At least you're optimistic.

[the F.H.B]

you might be riding in 8 weeks but its a long shot! I broke(Fractured) my knee back in 99 and was told there was a 5% chance of it healing without surgery.
I was a lucky one! after 4 weeks right off the knee it was knitting up fine and after about another 4 weeks of light exercise i was pretty much sweet :)
But... if you have fully seperated it you will need surgury (the attached ligiments and tendons pull the bits away from each other)
Best of luck with it, hope ya got a good supply of vid's at home :D

[Commander Dilsnikk]

Saw the orthapedic surgeon the other day. It's not fully separated, just cracked, so no surgery. Have to keep it in a splint/ brace for about another month. We'll see how it pulls up after that. My fingers are firmly crossed.

[blt2ride]

Getting hurt sucks! Sorry to hear about your injury...get better soon!

[lil'stany]

I did it falling to the ground after mesing up a simple grind on the smallest quarter pipe known to man. I don't even get a cool injury story to go with it! I always knew roller-blading would be the death of me.

OMG. I entirely farked my knee up in almost the exact same way when I was 14! I'm afraid it still gives me trouble, though it doesn't stop me doing anything much which is good.
I'm so freaked out. That is an almost EXACT description of what happened to me!

You have all my sympathy. I hope someone will fix it good for ya!