Originally Posted by
Retro Grouch
Definitely not! My worst crash ever was when I broke my femur. No blood, no road rash, just a broken bone in my hip that required surgery and my longest hospital stay ever.
Likewise here regarding no outwardly signs of an incident having occurred. C6 crack, C5-C6-C7 compressed with slippage, right clavicle crack, long thoracic nerve injury, not even grass stains on clothing since it resulted from an upward ejection from bike with a flat thud landing, meaning zero movement once contact was made. The cracking noises heard upon landing had me take a systems check after making sure breathing was no problem. Wiggle fingers-good not paralyzed then wiggle toes-good not paralyzed, remain motionless and wait for ambulance with trip to ER to follow.
Ambulance trip
#1 was to local ER but no neurosurgeon so ambulance trip
#2 to ER 2 and hospital stay.