My turn for a tumble

veronese68

Got doored on the way home. Passing traffic on the Kingston one way some daft bint opened the passenger door of a car right in front of me. No time to react, the top corner of the door tore a large hole in my bicep, I've broken a finger and may have done my ribs. Ouch!
Now lying in St George's hoping they can operate on my hand and arm tomorrow.
Bollocks!

roger_merriman

Veronese68 wrote:

Got doored on the way home. Passing traffic on the Kingston one way some daft bint opened the passenger door of a car right in front of me. No time to react, the top corner of the door tore a large hole in my bicep, I've broken a finger and may have done my ribs. Ouch!
Now lying in St George's hoping they can operate on my hand and arm tomorrow.
Bollocks!

Bollocks indeed, and Ouch indeed! Horrible bit of road that.

Hope it looks better in the Mourning and we see you soon in the park.

asprilla

roger merriman wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Got doored on the way home. Passing traffic on the Kingston one way some daft bint opened the passenger door of a car right in front of me. No time to react, the top corner of the door tore a large hole in my bicep, I've broken a finger and may have done my ribs. Ouch!
Now lying in St George's hoping they can operate on my hand and arm tomorrow.
Bollocks!

Bollocks indeed, and Ouch indeed! Horrible bit of road that.

Hope it looks better in the Mourning and we see you soon in the park.

Nice typo!

Utter bollocks Veronese! Car dooring petrifies me. Hope it's all sorted and you got details / witnesses. It's a specific offence to open a car door on a cyclist but CPS very rarely use it.

DrLex

Ouchie! Hope that there's not too much pain & that you're back on two wheels soon.

Asprilla wrote:

[...] Car dooring petrifies me. [...]

Likewise; thankfully I rarely pass stationary traffic on my commute; traffic-island squeeze is my main risk.

cjcp

Blimey! Which bit of road?? Did you obtain her details, etc?

How are you feeling this morning?

kelsen

That sucks dude. Get better soon and hope you got their details.

veronese68

Police got details, several people stopped to help. May have seen Asprilla as I was sat in the back of the ambulance. Between the end of the tunnel and TGIs.
I don't think they'll prosecute, it was the passenger door of a car in the right hand lane. Luckily I'd just set off from the lights so not too fast. No time to react at all, hit the back edge of the door, the top corner has put a deep cut in my arm and I have to have the muscle stitched together under general. I could post a picture later.

UndercoverElephant

Ouch! Heal well.

Now, on to the important stuff. How's the bike?

veronese68

UndercoverElephant wrote:

Ouch! Heal well.

Now, on to the important stuff. How's the bike?

Ta, no idea about the bike. My right hand and arm took the brunt of it. So right shifter may be fubared. Police took it home and offered to drive my boy to a party he was going to. Top blokes.

msmancunia

Sounds horrible. Hope you're on the mend and the hospital food isn't too bad.

veronese68

msmancunia wrote:

Sounds horrible. Hope you're on the mend and the hospital food isn't too bad.

I'm nil by mouth due to impending surgery. And bloody starving.

cjcp

msmancunia wrote:

Sounds horrible. Hope you're on the mend and the hospital food isn't too bad.

Hospital Food is a great song. Don't dis it!

padders

Bloody hell, that sounds grim! Hope you heal fast.

flimflam_machine

Veronese68 wrote:

... the top corner of the door tore a large hole in my bicep, I've broken a finger and may have done my ribs. Ouch!

Ooooh! That was a sentence that made the back of my bollocks tingle (and not in a good way!).

Heal up soon and I hope you're back on the bike toot sweet. I can empathise on the ribs front, I broke one earlier this year and it ached for a bit, but rest assured it healed up fairly easily and is 100% better now.

msmancunia

Veronese68 wrote:

msmancunia wrote:

Sounds horrible. Hope you're on the mend and the hospital food isn't too bad.

I'm nil by mouth due to impending surgery. And bloody starving.

Might not be a bad thing. I was in after a big car crash years ago and tried to pour a metal pot of gravy on to a sunday dinner. It bounced on to the plate like a jelly because someone had been too heavy handed with the cornflour. :? My wonderful dad ended up bringing me corned beef hash and stews in a flask for me after that.

Hope your surgery goes well - am sure they'll fix you up good as new.

meanredspider

Wow - really really sorry to hear this - hope you get the surgery quick and get fighting fit very soon!

I'm so glad I don't have this risk on my commute - seen it happen in Cambridge so many times but never got caught myself. The only place I have the risk is where a cycle path passes a lay by - I'm scared that a truck will open its door and catch me in the head - I'm always very circumspect

Get well soon!

veronese68

Padders wrote:

Bloody hell, that sounds grim! Hope you heal fast.

Hope I heal as fast as you. Doubt I'd be allowed rollers though. How are you now?

Wrath Rob

Ow ow ow ow ow. Sounds very nasty. Hope you get out of hospital and on the mend soon

cyclingprop

GWS. Let us know how it goes.

clarkey cat

were you wearing a helmet?

First.Aspect

clarkey cat wrote:

were you wearing a helmet?

Ha ha. That's what people kept asking me when I had a fooked ankle.

Sounds nasty, but you also sound pretty chipper all things considered. I think this is because you have not been able to eat the hospital food yet. It really isn't good.

Get well soon mate - sounds all very sore but perfectly fixable. Use the time off to let other bits of you heal up. And think - by the time you are back on your bike, you'll be looking forward to spring!

veronese68

I was wearing a lid. Unfortunately it survived intact. Shame because it's horrible. Might get a new one anyway.
I started wearing one to stop the wife worrying. It'll be full body armour next.
Still no food or surgery.

prj45

It's specifically illegal to open a car door into the path of a moving vehicle, so I do hope they prosecute...

http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/ever-bee ... y-illegal/

Santa cruzing

get well soon sir, sure you will be back on the bike in plenty of time to catch the grim cold dark months!

bails87

I've had helmets replaced as a default course of action, even when I wouldn;t have said it needed it.

If you think the helmet hit the car or the floor then ask them to replace it.

Glad you're okay though.

SimonAH

Eesh, car doors petrify me... All that effort they do to make bonnets pedestian friendly (even pedestrian airbags now) and still the top corner of most car doors is a rear facing dagger at cyclist throat height.....

Glad it's not worse fella. Heal well.

veronese68

One. High as a kite. Want to go home now.

Edit: That should have read "done". I really was off my tits.

Gussio

Eeek - get well soon dude!

veronese68

thanks for all the comments. Had my finger wired and my arm put back together yesterday afternoon, got home last night. Slept well, doped up to the eyeballs. My arm is strapped up to the elbow, seems excessive for a middle finger, but it's a bad break just below the knuckle.

There is a picture of the hole in my arm here, not for the squeamish.
I don't feel too bad, but will be off the bike for a while. Got to go and get my hand looked at on Wednesday. I've got BC membership and will use it as I don't know if functionality of my hand will be restored fully. Haven't looked at the bike yet. I want to but my wife is fretting and it's not like I can ride it yet.
Be careful out there.

Kieran_Burns

That photo is DEFINITELY not for the squeamish!!!

msmancunia

Kieran_Burns wrote:

That photo is DEFINITELY not for the squeamish!!!

Seconded! Jesus! Sending you down some virtual flowers and e-grapes from the North - get well soon.