Three months ago, a friend and former colleague, a 58 y.o. female, suddenly and unexpectedly suffered a stroke. The last I heard, 2 weeks ago, she still wasn't able to walk or talk but her therapist is confident that she'll eventually regain some degree of independence.
On Friday May 26, I was sitting on my motorcycle in a line of traffic waiting for a red light to change when, out of the blue, I was hit from behind. I got flung up into the air and landed heavily on the bitumen on my left side, shattering my left pelvis.
It could have been a lot worse but, as it is, I'll be pretty much immobile for 6 weeks or longer.
Many people use the expressions, 'life is too short' and 'carpe diem' (seize the day) but how many actually believe it?
Wow, I hope you have a speedy recovery. Pelvis injuries are never good and worse as you get older.
Out of curiosity from a fellow biker, what do you ride.
I have always approached my riding from the the very beginning, on a motorcycle there is no such
thing as being in the right. In your case for example, in a car it possibly would've been restricted
to damage to the vehicle. Maybe whiplash if sever enough. On a M/C it's a hospital job.
Although you have sustained a pretty severe and painful injury I reckon you were lucky to get out of that incident without suffering more serious damage.
I hope you have a speedy and uneventful recovery.
On a more mercenary basis, don't forget there are time limits on personal injury claims, especially motor vehicle accident injuries, so have a chat to your legal people asap. It will be pretty straight forward.
