Bearcat Posted November 11, 2013 Posted November 11, 2013 Last Thursday I was rushing to get to a band rehearsal and took a fall on a step the banged up my right knee and hip, dislocated my right pinky finger and left a gash that required 6 stitches and banged up my left shoulder and wrist to boot. I never knew the ground cold move that fast. I had my bass on one shoulder and my amp on the other and I was on the phone .. the next thing I knew I was kissing concrete.... I thought the finger was broken because it was at a slightly less than 90 degree angle at the tip from the rest of the finger.. I tell ya... you just never know.. and it could have been worse.. I think the last time I fell like that I was 2 ... and much more pliable.. LOL.
Feathered_IV Posted November 11, 2013 Posted November 11, 2013 Wow, that's bad. I hope you'll be back in action soon. Or failing that, in need of some R&R around the 19th of November. No more running with axes okay?
Trident_109 Posted November 11, 2013 Posted November 11, 2013 Sorry to hear that, BC. Yes the ground can move fast. One icy cold day I was going up an outdoor stair-way to a sushi restaurant. It was well shoveled and I was going up with my hands in my pocket. Bad move. I slipped on the only ice patch on the whole stairs and met the ground with both my cheek and shoulder. Luckily I was able to twist fast enough that the shoulder took the brunt though I still felt a good deal of pain in the skull. I wasn't going to be dissuaded from having sushi, but the next day I got ex-rays. Negative - thankfully. Still had a decent amount of pain for a week. Hope you mend quickly. BTW. Any Youtubes of your band?
DD_bongodriver Posted November 11, 2013 Posted November 11, 2013 it's never fun sending the old carcass clattering across the landscape, idea for the thread, pics of the nastiest injuries sustained.
AndyJWest Posted November 11, 2013 Posted November 11, 2013 (edited) Ouch! I've discovered I'm not as resilient as I used to be a few times lately too - missed a step going downstairs a year or so ago, bounced off both sides of a doorframe, whacked a TV cabinet with my face, and landed in a heap on the floor. Got away with nothing more than bruises, but I've never been quite as keen on running down the stairs since. Look after yourself Bearcat, and don't let it get you down - hopefully you'll be fit enough for the LaGG-testing malarkey next week. Edited November 11, 2013 by AndyJWest
thx1138 Posted November 11, 2013 Posted November 11, 2013 (edited) Sorry to hear Bearcat, hope ya get better soon Edited November 11, 2013 by thx1138
Dutch Posted November 12, 2013 Posted November 12, 2013 Was your bass and amp ok? I only ask because whenever I've been knocked off a motorbike, I've never thought 'oh no, am I injured?' I've always thought 'oh no, me bike!!!' Although there was a time when I was on the way home from a drunken jam night, with my guitar slung across my back (my dusty boots were my Cadillac), and the girl giving me a donkey ride (piggy-back) staggered a bit and we went down like a bag of erm..... cement. My first thought was 'Oh No!! how am I going to get that headstock repaired??'. It was only then that I realised that I couldn't walk, owing to a sprained ankle. Moral of the story? Don't get carried home by a bird. Get well soon Mr Bearcat Sir, and I hope the bass was in a decent case. 1
HeavyCavalrySgt Posted November 12, 2013 Posted November 12, 2013 I was playing in the desert the other winter - it was snowy with maybe 3 or 4 inches on the ground and drifts that were a little higher and some places where the snow was sitting over ice.. I was on an ancient Yamaha big bore two stroke (YZ490L) with a power delivery that I might describe as violent. I crossed a little rise at a fairly good clip with the bike slightly leaned over. The suspension unloaded taking the weight off the tires going down the other side of the rise, and it was icy. The bike spun 180 degrees and pounded me into the ground pretty hard before I even knew what was happening. Considering I had just been blasting around sliding both ends of the bike through turns to be caught totally asleep like that really surprised me. Of course, that bike has a solid history of throwing me at the scenery as punishment for any inkling of complacency or inattentiveness. Hope you heal up quick.
Rjel Posted November 12, 2013 Posted November 12, 2013 Mend quickly Bearcat. Assuming you're right handed, I hope it won't cut into your upcoming BoS flight time.
Bearcat Posted November 12, 2013 Author Posted November 12, 2013 Was your bass and amp ok? I only ask because whenever I've been knocked off a motorbike, I've never thought 'oh no, am I injured?' I've always thought 'oh no, me bike!!!' Although there was a time when I was on the way home from a drunken jam night, with my guitar slung across my back (my dusty boots were my Cadillac), and the girl giving me a donkey ride (piggy-back) staggered a bit and we went down like a bag of erm..... cement. My first thought was 'Oh No!! how am I going to get that headstock repaired??'. It was only then that I realised that I couldn't walk, owing to a sprained ankle. Moral of the story? Don't get carried home by a bird. Get well soon Mr Bearcat Sir, and I hope the bass was in a decent case. LOL.. you know that was the first thing I checked.. although the bass is in a Mono case so I knew it was ok.. the amp is a SL900 .. but that was ok too.. I definitely got the worst of it.
=BKHZ=Furbs Posted November 12, 2013 Posted November 12, 2013 Sorry to hear that BC and all the other stories of falling/hurting, ive been there too, though the worst has been only a sprained ankle.
JaMz Posted November 12, 2013 Posted November 12, 2013 BC... You know this thread is worthless without pictures
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