Swerve house reno

[Swerve]

Been a crap last week, including ambo ride, hospitals, will write more when I have time. Those on facebook know more, but will be a little absent from the pc right now

[mdawg4x4]

Doesn't sound good. Hope everything is OK.

[jwgreen]

Been a crap last week, including ambo ride, hospitals, will write more when I have time. Those on facebook know more, but will be a little absent from the pc right now

Hope all is ok now Swerve, get well soon buddy!!!

[RiverPatrol]

You gotta quit doin' that stuff, dude. I hope you heal well and quickly.

[Esteban]

Get well Steve. No idea what's going on, just Hope everything is ok.

[Swerve]

Been a crap last week, including ambo ride, hospitals, will write more when I have time. Those on facebook know more, but will be a little absent from the pc right now

Last week was planned as a big one.

Had taken annual leave Thurs/ Fri an dplan was to get the roof on 2/3rds of the extension over the wood floor. Temps were mid 30's for us (around 100 for yanks) and Ferdy and I were shagged after a big day on Thursday. We had pulled the roof up over the existing rear of the house as the new sheets would also cover this part down to the balcony (16.5 meteres long).




I had been installing air con ducts and insulation, Ferdy was doing roofing battens and strapping. Ferdy had left around 5pm, and I was back to work> I was walking across the skillion roof stepping on the rafters and also had some planks up there. Any how one of my planks had moved and when I stepped on the end it dropped onto the ceiling, I quickly stepped forward in the blind hope of getting a rafter. In that 1 sec decision time I couldnt work out a rafter from the the insulation as all brown. Cutting it short I heard a crack, and in a split second was laying on the lounge room floor screaming in absolute pain, I dont ever recall screaming like it did that day.

Wife had 5 seconds just left the house and heard my screams, she almost kicked the back door down getting in finding me on my back on the lounge floor. After much debate called the ambulance and ended up having two ambos as they had to carry me down the hall way on the strecher board as the trolley wouldnt find in the hallway. Half teh street was outside as well just to raise the embarressment.





Now I was really lucky, had some small pain signs in my back whilst on teh floor, but left arms was killing me. I had fallen 3.5 metres landing on my feet. Missed the speaker on my right by 1 ft, and tv on left by 1 ft, hitting either of these would have made life much worse for me.

Anyhow now I was on route to hospital, as I had fallen over 2.8m I got priority, Paramedics were quick to tell me at the fallen height I should have broken my heels or legs at least. Anyhow at hospital, spine checks, X rays and CT scans. Ended up with a Fractured radil head on left elbow and nothing else, even surgen kept telling me she was amazed nothing else. Being out of action Friday as was in hospital all day, still going through tests, Ferdy was working solo, had found 1 mate to help, my parents got there builder and 1 guys and got the roof started, I was released Fri night and arranged my mate sto help Fredy Sat to finish teh roof.

I'm doing well but today was my first day without morphine, and I realy felt the pain, every joint hurts, feet feel bruised, elbow even more sore, just getting uo and down from chairs hurts, will stay on morphone tomorrow.

explaining yo the boys

[RiverPatrol]

...and he's right back on a ladder, one-handed and wearing flip flops.

[jwgreen]

Swerve,

I think the warning on the ladder says "Don't step on top step"

[50car]

climbing on the top of the ladder with one arm in a sling no less....

get better and no more flying lessons for you.....

and of course..... it was an awesome science experiment.... seeing if gravity still works.... proven...
Glad it wasn't any worse.... Get better

[Johnny Roadkill]

that's odd, your profile doesn't list Parkour as a hobby...

But seriously - sorry you're busted up but good to hear it wasn't worse ! Hope you heal well ( and quickly ) and the house reno goes smoothly from here on...

cheers,
D