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Having run out of painkillers I paid a visit to the GP today.

The Good News:

• He seems pleased that things are progressing OK.
  I asked him when I can start driving again .... and I can today - short journeys (but, hey, nobody's defined a short journey)
  Gave me a prescription for a month's supply of painkillers too.

The Crap News:

• The Mrs insisted on coming with me to hear what the Doc had to say.
  She asked him when I can ride my bike again.
  His response was "We don't like motorbikes - would be better if you don't ride it again"
  ... to which I made it very clear that was not an option ......
  So, he then decided that the period that I must not ride for is 12 weeks from the date of the accident.
  I had been planning on 3 or 4 weeks max ....................
  Now, the biggest problem is the Mrs knows that he's said I can't ride for 3 months .... so I'm screwed!
  
  What's worse is that 12 weeks from the date of the accident is 20th June. I've booked 3 weeks holiday in June so I can spend some of it visiting Europe on the bike .... that plan still to be discussed with the mrs .... that plan now doomed to failure.
  
  Simple, you may say, delay your holiday. Not possible I reply. Holiday year ends at the end of June - no carry over permitted.
  
  I am so pissed off !

AND 9 days after the incident and 4 days after producing my insurance for the police, I'm still waiting for the police to provide me with the details of the bloke that knocked me off. Can't progress the claim 'till I have that - which, when they took my details in the ambulance, they promised to phone through to me.
Went to the Police station and chased them again today .... call back after 10pm tonight and try to speak with the officer who is responsible .....


Sorry for the whinge ...... 3 bl@@dy months

hmmm

12 weeks - no reason for that

suggest that you go swimming twice a week - and i mean swimming, not poncing around sucking your beer belly in when ever the MILT's go past

after two weeks go cycling - couple of times a week

then you will be due to see the quack again - so then say to it what you have been doing, and can you return to all your other hobbies

(NOTE - i have not seen your x rays, or read your reports so the doctor may welll be right - but 12 weeks is excessive in the vast majority of cases)

If no joy with the plod tonight, write to the police station

D-Rider wrote:H


AND 9 days after the incident and 4 days after producing my insurance for the police, I'm still waiting for the police to provide me with the details of the bloke that knocked me off. Can't progress the claim 'till I have that - which, when they took my details in the ambulance, they promised to phone through to me.
Went to the Police station and chased them again today .... call back after 10pm tonight and try to speak with the officer who is responsible .....

Can I assume this is going through your insurance company?

if so, it is not your job to chase up insurance details, it is your insurers job. You have complied with the law, all the insurers require is the name and address of the third party so that a letter of claim can be dispatched and the other side should then pass it straight onto their insurance company who will then make contact with yours.

For the Police to tell you to contact the OIC after a certain time is pathetic. There is a central registry for all accidents in that Police area, and all it takes is one phone call or be put through and the accident records department will have all the information at their fingertips.

A copy of the full file however does take considerably longer, and it will not be released until the file has been closed and then add another 3 months, but that again is for your insurance company to sort out as they will have to pay the £60 fee.

I wouldn't give up on France just yet... With the right physio I'm sure those times can be reduced (but I'm not an expert like Aladinsane...)

About 10 years ago I had an off at a track day and fractured my shoulder blade. I was prescribed physio, but not for about 4 weeks after the accident. I was actually riding my bike again two weeks after the accident...

I got one of these vibratory pad thingies (used normally to tone muscles, I believe) and whacked it on my shoulder on very low settings, about 3 times a day, gradually increasing the strength as my shoulder got stronger. My shoulder made a very fast recovery and I was doing simple DIY stuff around the house within a very short time.

To me it sounds like your Doc has really got it in for bikers and is making the restriction as onerous as he can. Git.

Cheers Pete,
Yes, when I go swimming I do go proper swimming - I don't train any more but in the past I used to swim properly most days. Might be good to pick it up again.
I was thinking of doing a bit of cycling soon anyway - might need to use it to get to work if they won't let me ride my motorcycle.
I'd better not tell the docs what I've been doing already ... fixing cars and bikes ..... getting my old 400/4 back on the mainstand and lifting it back across to leave a bit of room in the garage had to be done a bit carefully though.
As for the X-rays, I've not seen them and I doubt the GP has either. Didn't even seem to have the letter from the hospital in my notes - so I doubt the 12 weeks is based on any specific facts.


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Hi TC - thanks for the info.
Yes I have informed my insurance company (I was riding my son's bike through the "3rd party cover to ride other people's bikes with their permission" that is part of my policy).
My main problem is I don't even have the name and the address of the guy who hit me to pass to my insurers.
The ambulance was on the scene very quickly and they got me in there right away to check me over. The police turned up, got the details of the chap who hit me .... and, hopefully some witnesses ..... and then came to speak with me in the ambulance.
They gave me a producer as I wasn't carrying my insurance certificate to show my cover on my son's bike and told me that they would contact me to find out the extent of my injuries. (Apparently, the action they would take is dependent on the scale of my injuries).
They also told me that they would give me the details of the guy that hit me.
At that point I was whisked off to the hospital.
While I was waiting to be seen at A&E they did ring me. I told them that I still didn't know the state of my injuries as I hadn't been seen and that I had nothing to write with to take down the details. They said they would ring back the next day ..... I'm still waiting.
I took my insurance certificate to the police station last Thursday and informed them of the injuries I'd sustained. I told them that I was still waiting for the details of the guy that hit me - they promised to chase it up.
Today I went back to chase it again. The guy on the desk went to find out what was what and after about 10mins came back with details of the officer I need to ring after 10pm tonight.
Apparently he could not give me the details I need due to Data Protection .... which seems like a complete load of nonsense - how on earth would the guy on the desk providing me with that info be any different to me phoning the policeman who is dealing with it and him giving me the same info?

Anyway, I'll ring tonight and, hopefully, I'll have the info I need for my insurers tomorrow.

Cheers

Andy I haven't been on the site much recently - sorry I missed the account of your spill. So these good wishes are probably a bit late. Anyway get well soon mate and hope you keep making good progress.

...............while you're off, give your pal a ring and chase him for them there shock linkages #

Hope you might make to Newark in a couple of weeks.

Saw my mate on Friday night - the linkages are with his mate who is a powder coater.

I'll use Newark as a reason to hurry him up - hopefully I'll get there in the car and hopefully have the linkages with me.

And thanks for the good wishes

I'd challenge the 12 weeks Andy
I was back on me bike in 6 weeks when I broke me collarbone last year
(5 weeks if you count sneaking into town on me Triumph )

Doctor at the fracture clinic never even gave me a set time to go on me bike again - said that I'd know when I was ready.

After I broke my collarbone (Know its not ribs but still) I was back on the Bandit after 3 and a half weeks.
Only advice from my physio was don't fall off and if it hurts stop riding.
My Doctor had not even seen my x rays.
However it was around 3 months before I could lift my tool box without pain.


The only person that knows if its going to take 6 weeks or 6 months to heal is you.
Your body will tell you.

Just my 2p worth.

Nope, sorry, I completely disagree. The ONLY person who is truly going to know if he's fit enough is his missus. Fact. Backed up by the fact that the doctor said so. She will know that he's not fit enough to ride, that's he's considering riding when he's not fit enough, and that the best course of action is gentle exercise in the form of decorating. Of course, until all of the house is decorated, Andy won't have had enough renovation, ahem, recuperation time.



barking frog, love the "don't fall off" suggestion from your physio

Firestarter wrote:Nope, sorry, I completely disagree. The ONLY person who is truly going to know if he's fit enough is his missus. Fact. Backed up by the fact that the doctor said so. She will know that he's not fit enough to ride, that's he's considering riding when he's not fit enough, and that the best course of action is gentle exercise in the form of decorating. Of course, until all of the house is decorated, Andy won't have had enough renovation, ahem, recuperation time.



barking frog, love the "don't fall off" suggestion from your physio

You've got it .................

Firestarter wrote:Nope, sorry, I completely disagree. The ONLY person who is truly going to know if he's fit enough is his missus. Fact. Backed up by the fact that the doctor said so. She will know that he's not fit enough to ride, that's he's considering riding when he's not fit enough, and that the best course of action is gentle exercise in the form of decorating. Of course, until all of the house is decorated, Andy won't have had enough renovation, ahem, recuperation time.



barking frog, love the "don't fall off" suggestion from your physio

Too bloody right. Enjoy the whiff of paint D-R!

..ps.. store opened tins of paint upside-down to avoid the paint skinning..(with the lid on of course)

Surely you can think of another way of demonstrating your fitness to the missus?

Dave

Never mind all this bollox about three months off the road!
Just tell the missus and the doc you have an appointment on the 19th of this month, and it cannot be missed.
If necessary we@ll carry you up the ramp of the boat and into the pub!



You need to get out to aid your recovery.
Can't just stay home doing this
all day.

Failing that, keep your chin up mate, you'll be back on the bike by early winter.