noggin Posted April 1, 2012 Report Posted April 1, 2012 (edited) Just to let those that dont know, Tom got lofted while racing at Luce Sands today, He got transported to Stranraer Hospital where xrays revealed three cracked ribs!! He is being kept in overnight as he is now on Morphine. I am sure you will join us in wishing him a speedy recovery Edited April 2, 2012 by noggin Quote
waltweb Posted April 1, 2012 Report Posted April 1, 2012 I just saw Tom,s post on Facebook and did'nt know why he was in overnight. Must have been a bit of a bang to crack a few ribs...mind you us old skydogs don't bounce as well as we once did. Mind you I bounced really well at Ainsdale I even suprised myself...not to say a few others. So all the best Tom..it's a bit hit and miss with ribs...just do'nt laugh as much is my best advice, for a few weeks:) Oh I for got to ask how's the morphine:o Quote
popeyethewelder Posted April 2, 2012 Report Posted April 2, 2012 Get well soon Tom...take it easy mate Quote
high.as.a.kite Posted April 2, 2012 Report Posted April 2, 2012 Enjoy the medicinal pharmaceuticals and get sorted well before going back out. Quote
DOWNHILL44 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Posted April 2, 2012 Get well soon Tom , ribs are a right bitch ! Quote
flydad Posted April 2, 2012 Report Posted April 2, 2012 Cheers guys, all I keep hearing is how long they 'can' take to heal, ah well, just need top play the waiting game. Quote
flydad Posted April 2, 2012 Report Posted April 2, 2012 Cheers guys, all I keep hearing is how long they 'can' take to heal, ah well, just need to play the waiting game. Quote
Perry Posted April 2, 2012 Report Posted April 2, 2012 Bad times Tom. Wishing you a speedy recovery. x Quote
8015 Posted April 3, 2012 Report Posted April 3, 2012 Cheers guys, all I keep hearing is how long they 'can' take to heal, ah well, just need top play the waiting game. Oh nonsense! They are self splinting, it's just the first 3 or 4 days when you can't lie in any comfortable position to sleep because every breathe hurts and sneezing or laughing are agony. After that as long as you don't get a lung infection you'll be back up to your old tricks again within a fortnight. I bust some ribs kayak surfing when I first started Uni, after the initial few days I was back out in a boat - definitely within 2 weeks - although new to the club I had already been picked to second a group due to prior experience and seeming to know what I was doing prior to letting another boat ram me. That was Tyne Tour weekend so I was pretty damn sore by the end of it, mind you I went into town to see Skid Row at the Mayfair on the Sunday evening (with lots of jumping around of course). It wasn't until about 2 months after I did it that I bothered to register with the Uni medical centre and get it looked at, but that was mainly because coughing was still a bit sore, and in fact the cough was due to a lung infection resulting from the break, on the plus side I'd spent my grant by then so taking antibiotics until the end of term was a great excuse for not drinking any beer which I couldn't actually afford - worked out that soda and lime was about 5p so lived on that for a few weeks! The doc didn't even bother to get an X-ray because ribs are so good at staying in line and healing without help. You will get twinges whenever the weather changes suddenly, but I'll bet Kev's are worse! Jim Quote
high.as.a.kite Posted April 3, 2012 Report Posted April 3, 2012 Oh nonsense! They are self splinting, it's just the first 3 or 4 days when you can't lie in any comfortable position to sleep because every breathe hurts and sneezing or laughing are agony. After that as long as you don't get a lung infection you'll be back up to your old tricks again within a fortnight. I bust some ribs kayak surfing when I first started Uni, after the initial few days I was back out in a boat Jim Um, I hate to say this but when you are Uni age you can shrug off one hell of a lot of injuries. When you reach the age of some of our more mature flyers (myself included) then those injuries you used to shrug off are now stopping you from flying for months at a time. Quote
Dragnfly Posted April 3, 2012 Report Posted April 3, 2012 I bust 2 ribs and punctured a lung on 1st may last year. I was out kiting again 4 weeks later but it was shit and hurt like hell. It ruined my whole season and still hurts now, nearly 12 months later, probably because my bottom 2 ribs are also still not sitting in the correct position on the cartilage by my sternum. Bummer. Well pissed off with it. Hope this dude heals up better than me! Quote
flydad Posted April 3, 2012 Report Posted April 3, 2012 Yip, for all the gung ho, I'll be taking it easy and WON'T be risking a recurrence again, I'll definitely only be flying in smooth winds from now on, on which bases I guess Ainsdale will be out Funnily enough Jim, sleeping for me is a joy, both nights so far I've slept like a log, I do however wake up in exactly the same comfortable position I was in when going to sleep! Quote
high.as.a.kite Posted April 3, 2012 Report Posted April 3, 2012 So it was gusty conditions that initiated the OBE? Had something similar last year at Wallop. Fortunately I didn't break anything, I cushioned my fall by landing on my head! The resulting concussion would have made working for the next couple of months a little difficult, if I wasn't lucky enough to be made redundant two days later! And I didn't even get any morphine for the pain! Quote
grantyg1976 Posted April 3, 2012 Report Posted April 3, 2012 Does this pic make you feel better? - Thats after I quit kites to go back to the safety of hillwalking! I can say that using you head as a brake isn`t a good plan! 4 operations on my leg and 8 days in raigmore b&b fixed me! http://www.trumpetrecital.com/uploads/4/9/2/4/4924515/5824790.jpg Now go buy the CD! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cPU-wltkao Get well soon tom - and get some safer kites! Quote
flydad Posted April 4, 2012 Report Posted April 4, 2012 So it was gusty conditions that initiated the OBE? Yeah it was; The oral morphine taste is 'orrible though, much better when it's IV Does this pic make you feel better? - Thats after I quit kites to go back to the safety of hillwalking! I can say that using you head as a brake isn`t a good plan! 4 operations on my leg and 8 days in raigmore b&b fixed me! Get well soon tom - and get some safer kites! I'm sure that taught you how to tie your shoelaces properly Grant! lol I'd expect you're fairly well healed from that incident by now though. Kites are never unsafe, its the user that makes them so! (guilty as charged) Cheers bud! Quote
8015 Posted April 5, 2012 Report Posted April 5, 2012 Oops, just remembered I owed you a tenner (paid now). Don't spend it all on Morphine! Grant doesn't look like himself in that photo! High as a kite - I was just trying to cheer Tom up with stories of my own stupidity Quote
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