will do! lol
My Fractured Clavicle Timeline (With X-Rays)
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You live in NorCal right? So you do get a decent amount of snow fall?
It's supposed to stay in, unless I start having issues then it'll have to be removed.
Yeah, anything above 2500ft. is pretty packed in for about 5 months out of the year. There is still some riding below that but not much.
Haven't seen anything like this done before so I figured I'd show mine.
Sunday, June 27th -CrashI don't crash, I just run out of talent.
No x-rays as the ER/hospital was a complete joke. Don't EVER go to the hospital in Sturgis, MI, especially if your life depends on it (story for another day). I wouldn't have gone there but I wasn't really thinking straight between the concussion and all the morphine.
Here's a picture I had a nurse take though.
Monday, June 28th - Saw the specialist at OSMC (Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center) Would highly recommend
Findings: Comminuted left midshaft clavicle fracture with 2-3 cms of shortening and 2 cm of proximal fragment superior displacement.
Surgery was highly recommended.
Surgery Type: ORIF (Open Reduction and Internal Fixation) LEFT Clavicle Fracture with Allograft Bone Grafting.
And then we had 8 days of hell...um I mean sunshine & lollipops...until surgery.What really ticked me off though was that I missed the July 4th weekend at Red Bud.
Tuesday, July 6th - Surgery
July 22nd - 17 days post-op - First x-rays
August 23rd - 7 weeks post-op
September 10th - 10 weeks post-op
October 4th - 13 weeks post-op
November 1st - 17 weeks post-op - The day I can start riding, to bad there will probably be snow on the ground by then. ugh
Oh and here's another picture (my sister-inlaw (she's a nurse) wouldn't stop looking at it).For the 2 weeks I laid around and just watched TV it could only be news/boring stuff. I tired to watch some Jeff Dunham, but only made it to about 90 seconds before the Oxycodone had no more affect on the pain.
I'll end this on a serious note, if you don't wear a neck brace, go and buy yourself one right now. I owe my Leatt everything.Sure it shattered my clavicle, but choosing between a broken clavicle or neck/spine/being paralyzed isn't that hard of a decision IMO.
ahh that sucks. well, now when they pull out the metal detector at the airport you'll get the "TSA special"
get well soon(well its a lil late for that now..)
I'm 21, why?
your 21!?!?!? I always thought you were like in your 40's....
James
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ahh that sucks. well, now when they pull out the metal detector at the airport you'll get the "TSA special"
get well soon(well its a lil late for that now..)
Yup a few months behind, but thanks anyways. 
It's a "special" metal and doesn't trigger metal detectors.
However the full body scans do seem to always take longer then the people in front and behind me. 
Why does everyone always think that? BTW 22 now 
I knew you were a youngster, but then after meeting you, I was going for 16..
It's a "special" metal and doesn't trigger metal detectors.
How is that metal feeling with the cold you have been having out there? I know my ankle gets a little irritated when it is cold out.
James
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I knew you were a youngster, but then after meeting you, I was going for 16..
Surprisingly not that bad, however I still don't have all the feeling back, almost though.
Now the tissue damage (and subsequent repairs/surgeries) on knees is what really kills me in the cold weather. 
Protect those knees at all cost, because no matter what you'll never be 100% again, if you injure them. Oh and I think I'm finally pass that urge to go get a knife and cut that damn plate out, I'm sure a lot of you guys know the feeling.
Or I at least hope I'm not the only one that's had that feeling before.
It's a "special" metal and doesn't trigger metal detectors.
no prob
maybe they think you have a "special" package
Happy (belated) birthday
I knew you were a youngster, but then after meeting you, I was going for 16..
How is that metal feeling with the cold you have been having out there? I know my ankle gets a little irritated when it is cold out.
He looks THAT young?