3800 Knee bent sideways

[BumpinGTP]

Well today I was going to finish up a shortblock and tranny swap. I was pushing the car and to get it rolling I had to push as hard as I could. I was pushing, when all of a sudden my left knee bent sideways and I collapsed. Luckily my neighbor was in his driveway when it happened. I screamed for him and he ran over and called 911. Ambulance took me to the hospital where the doctor told me I had dislocated my knee (dead giveaway was the knee cap on the side of my knee) and possibly fractured several parts of my knee. The doctor snapped the knee back into place and we took some x rays. The x rays are being sent over to a specialist to see the extent of the damage. They loaded me up with some morphine at the hospital and gave me a prescription of Vicodin. So now I am laying on my parents couch with a big ass immobilizing knee brace waiting to hear back about how bad this really is. I have never been in so much pain in my entire life. Here is a picture of my leg, my upper leg is laying flat on the back of my thigh and the lower part is twisted around pretty nasty. You can also see my knee cap about 4" away from where it should be. Digital Ken has already given me a few websites to check out about dealing with knee injuries, since he had an extremely bad one last year.

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[Sinister Drag Designs]

damn steve thats horrible. why where you trying to do a motor and trans swap alone?.....
sorry to hear that

 

[chipmonk212121]

I had that happen to me about 8 times.... EXCEPT my knee popped out of place then went back. That was the worst pain ive ever had so i know yours had to be at least 3x worse. Sorry to hear it man. If nothing is broken you will probably just have physical therapy for a while and lots of daily exercises. GL hope ya get better

 

[BumpinGTP]

Originally posted by SINr247@Apr 15 2006, 06:34 PM
damn steve thats horrible. why where you trying to do a motor and trans swap alone?.....  
sorry to hear that

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I work best when I work alone, less distractions. I hate working with people on cars, the only way to know something is done right is to do it yourself.

 

[mybluegtp]

Is that a monkey coming out of your knee? lol

Sorry to hear about that miller hope it doesnt come to be too serious. Before you know it you will be fixing cars in no time.

get better and have a few of these after medication.. :beer:

 

[dole21]

damn Miller..that sucks...it hurts my knee to look at that...

 

[preussenGTP]

exactly what mybluegtp said :beer::smokepoke: - drink up n smoke up

that looks most painful, dude

i thought you could use some sympathy:

 

[EmersonHart13]

A. That was nasty.

B. Let me know if you need anything...

 

[framos242]

Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope it's a short recovery for you Steve.

Look at it this way Steve, Liz can look after you while you're on your parent's couch...

Get better sir.

P.S. Forget the beer, have some shots!

 

[phat_ridegt]

wow man hope you feel better. were you on concrete or solid ground...or on gravel like a driveway? thats horrible looking and im sure it feels even worse...whos car were you working on? if not wbs, the owner owes you some 1800!

 

[CoolGTX]

if you need "anything", let me know!!

 

[BumpinGTP]

Originally posted by phat_ridegt@Apr 15 2006, 05:57 PM
wow man hope you feel better.  were you on concrete or solid ground...or on gravel like a driveway?  thats horrible looking and im sure it feels even worse...whos car were you working on?  if not wbs, the owner owes you some 1800!

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It was on asphalt, just too much pressure on it trying to get the car rolling with the wheels turned. It was the weirdest thing, I didn't slip at all, my knee just couldnt take the pressure and gave out sideways.

 

[imported_Ron Vogel]

I get injured this week, now you, Mike's next...

Sorry to hear, that stuff can take a long time to heal sometimes. Good luck, and I hope a speedy recovery for you.

 

[imported_1fastGTP]

yea sorry 2 hear that man...

 

[LeeGTP]

Originally posted by Ron Vogel@Apr 15 2006, 07:51 PM
I get injured this week, now you, Mike's next...

Sorry to hear, that stuff can take a long time to heal sometimes. Good luck, and I hope a speedy recovery for you.

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These injuries sound like a pattern, a design, a premanition(SP?) you know I watch alot of movies like Final D. Hopefully a speedy Recovery Good Luck....
Lee

 

[MrT]

damn....they had to cut your works pants, too ................

that looks MIGHTY painful

 

[Mike K]

I ride a motorcycle... Don't put me next in the pattern...

 

[BumpinGTP]

Unfortunately I will probably be selling my motorcycle now...I have to have this brace on for a long time and even after it is off the doctor said the stress of riding can damage it. I could also use the money to pay off some of the bills from this.

 

[burtgtp1973]

DAMN, that looks uncomfortable. Sorry to see you jacked up like that. Who had the idea of taking pictures of that, Is that in the ambulance? Good luck & hope you have a speedy recovery. It really sucks if you have to sell your bike due to this.

Good luck man .

 

[BumpinGTP]

It was in the entrance to the ER. I could barely move any part of my body without incredible pain, so I had one of the paramedics take a picture of it with my phone so I could see how bad it was. Im not even going to act like a tough guy about this, I definately cried.

 

[SaturdaysGS]

Wow, that looks unbelievably painful. Good luck with the recovery.

 

[TonzKnock-G]

Ouch! That really sucks! Get Well

 

[REDHOTT04GTP]

Fuck man take care of your self i had knee surg back in Sept and it deffentally sucks balls cant move or bend your leg for 2 months its a read PITA Hope your doing a lil better maybe....If not i got sum pills the doc gave me for my surg they will sure get rid of the pain suspose to be 3x's as strong as vikiden er w/e u spell it LOL.Take care man.....

 

[M@]

SHIT!!

I know I've had beef with you in the past, but all that crap aside, best wishes with the recovery...

I've had my fair share of leg and knee injuries, but that is a pretty insane picture.
Make sure you enjoy having people wait on you yoo! That was probably the only thing I enjoyed after breaking my leg awhile back...

MT

 

[Fish]

That sucks dude. Hope you get well.

And if your gonna push cars around, you need to beef up. :lolsign: