John Fields wrote:
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:28:29 -0500, "Anthony Fremont"
wrote:

Out riding my scooter one night and then.......... ;-) Ouch, that
hurt. This was just hours after the wreck, you should have seen me
when the black and blue set in a couple days later. Adreneline
makes you do stupid things like refuse to stay in the hospital where
you belong. Total damage:

1 nearly detached ear (thank God for plastic surgeons on call ;-)
1" long cut to the bone above eye
1 broken collar bone
numerous broken/cracked ribs
various abbrasions/scrapes from bouncing on the pavement (luckily
not much sliding, mostly bouncing)

I really wish I had video of it. I used to think that soft tissue
injuries were a scam. I now know better, not that I got a dime for
my fun. I honestly didn't know that you could hurt that much. It
hurt more every day for three weeks, then it started to subside.
The broken bones and cuts are nothing (well...except those ribs ;-),
it's muscle spasms and soft tissue stuff that really hurts.

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Ouch!

Here's the worst I ever got:

Yeah that looks like it hurt pretty good. I didn't get very much rash. I
didn't do allot of sliding so that helped. I did kind of a somersault by
diving over the bars and then into the road. After that, I was unconscious,
but I must have completed the somersault and then kinda skidded on my back,
feet first. Maybe a roll or two as well since I skinned my nose up pretty
good. I had a patch of rash on my shoulderblade, but nothing too severe.
I've seen some pretty scarey cases of it though. Sure don't want to do that
again.