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[Diesel Nut]

I thought I would pass along that TDR Member Saccowboy, AKA Will is in so pretty serious trouble. He was in a pretty bad motorcycle accident Thursday and is currently still in a coma. He is in the ICU and currently his condition is stable, but not improving much last we heard. Information is hard to come by, and I will post updates as I get them.



The sucky thing about all this was we had just had dinner together right before teh accident. Myself, my girlfriend, another buddy, his girlfriend, their daughter, then Will and his girlfriend all had dinner together after working out at 24hr Fit. What we know so far was a gal failed to stop and pulled her Geo Metro out right in front of him. He has a broken Pelvic Bone and some road rash, as well as some pretty bad head trauma. He was wearing a helmet.



Please keep Will and his family in your thoughts, I know we will.



Jason

 

[MMeier]

Sorry to hear, keep us posted.

 

[oneshotkyle]

get well soon will... ... .....

 

[Grunt]

He is in our thoughts and prayers

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

So sorry to hear this. Being a rider myself I hate to hear about other riders going down doing what they love. I'll be praying for his recovery.

 

[Diesel Nut]

Not much of an update, but he is stable and they are keeping him under to help him relax and heal. I guess they say if they brought him out he would be in ay to much pain. I can see that. Hopefully we'll get to go and see him this weekend. I am heading over to his parents house tonight to check on them.

 

[Highfinance97]

Keep us updated.





Speedy recovery will





Michael

 

[RankRam]

So... ... . Any updates?

 

[CStraface]

My thoughts and prayers are with ya buddy. Hang in there!

 

[MXTMOPR]

Damn cagers

Yep, its always someone not obeying the rules of the road that take us riders down. Our prayers and good wishes are with ya bro.

 

[Diesel Nut]

Well, he is out of the ICU and awake. He has some short term memory problems, but we are hoping those will clear up as his brain heals. I am meeting his parents this evening to go up and see him for the first time. He is a lucky guy, no doubt. I'll keep you up on how it goes.

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

If he needs someone to talk to that's been through what he's going through now (and to come) PM me and I'll give you my phone # to give to him. I broke my back in 3 places, did a bunch of nerve damage in my head, and some brain damage due to a motorcycle roadracing wreck in 1989. I had trouble with my short term memory for a few years and didn't even realize it until about 6 months after the wreck - that's in addition to loss of memory around the wreck. The good news is the short term memory eventual did heal - but it took a long time. I would have some suggestions for him for ways to work around it in the mean time as well.

 

[Boondocker]

I'm glad he's doing better. Motorcycle riding is an exercise in constant vigilance.



Neil

I'm not paranoid, it's just that the cagers are out to get me.

Viva la VMax!

 

[1965LONEWOLF]

i wish him well, we are all pulling for him on tdr.

 

[Grizzly]

I'm happy to hear he is doing better. My thoughts and prayer are are with him.

 

[PRawls]

I have a friend that had a 4wheeler accident and is going through the exact same thing, on top of having some family issues at the same time. 100% head injuries. Having the same short term memory problems. His happened Feb 9th.

 

[joaker]

A good friend of mine had a wreck in his CTD in late October 2005, put it end over end a bunch of times, he was seat belted, but still had big head injuries, hardly any physical injuries actually. He was in a coma for several months and on the DNR (Do not resuscitate) list even. Fortunately thanks to a strong will to live and a lot of help from above he pulled out of the coma at least. Steve, he is to this day having a lot of issues with short term memory loss... thought maybe there was something you could suggest from your experiences, everybody would be grateful to get him back to normal. Sorry for hijacking the thread, best of wishes to Will, hang in there!

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

I'll try to sum up my experience:

First, the problem. What would happen is my boss would walk up to me and ask me if I got XYZ done. I'd say no, why? He'd say I talked to you about it earlier today and asked you to do it. No you didn't. It took about 6 months before we realized what was going on - I truly didn't remember the conversation. I could talk with someone and walk away from them and poof it was gone - it was like the event didn't even take place.

What I did was get an electronic organizer (it was a Casio BOSS but a like thing today would be a PDA with a keyboard). Any time I was having a conversation I'd make a couple notes about it in the organizer. The memories were there (they were being written) - it's just that my brain couldn't get to them. By having short notes somehow my brain could link back to those memories. Anything I needed to get done I'd put on a to do list and prioritize it right away. I carried it around in my pocket all day every day and would periodically go through and delete the stuff I didn't need any more. You could do this with a notepad as well but it would be hard to keep it organized. That helped me to cope with the short term memory loss while it was an issue - did it for a few years.

What I was also doing at the same time was meditation to help control the pain I was in and I think that also helped to rewire my brain. I'd sit and try to empty my mind of all thoughts (VERY hard to do). I started by focusing my attention on one thing (the same thing every time, I would put my index fingers and thumbs together with my hands in my lap and focus on the spot in the middle of them). As other thoughts would flood in I'd focus back on that spot and dismiss them. Eventually I was able to maintain just the concentration on that spot and then I was able to stop that as well and go completely blank. Once I got to that point I could focus on the spot I was having pain and picture a red hot sun in that spot and the pain would get better. I think that (don't know for sure) helped heal my brain by working it out.

The memory of the crash itself mostly slowly came back over time - I'd remember more and more leading up to the crash (I didn't remember that day nor the night before for a while). After the crash I'd remember more and more as well but for a period of about 9 days (I was in the hospital for 10) there's no time line. I can't tell you what happened when - the memories are there but they are jumbled up. About 3 years after the crash I was watching someone getting loaded into an ambulance on TV and whoosh just like that the last of the memories came back to me. It was very weird, it wasn't like it played back like a tape - it was like the memories had always been there. A pathway had been made around the damaged area and linked to those memories that had been recorded way back then.

Hope that can help someone because it was hard to go through. Memory issues are very hard to deal with because externally it looks like nothing is wrong with you and people expect you to function normally. Recognizing that the issue is there is a big part of it because until you recognize it you think that you are right and everyone else is nuts. I was fortunate that I had a very understanding boss and he put up with a lot during my recovery. Again, if anyone is having trouble like that and would like to talk PM me and I'll be glad to give you my phone # so we can talk.

 

[joaker]

Thanks a million Steve, I am going to try to email this to my friend and hopefully it can help, thanks again!!