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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #25 on: August 09, 2012, 06:37:18 AM »
Yrjo,

Wishing you a speedy recovery! I was there with Colin Stockdale and was shocked to here of your crash.
Hope you make a full recovery.

All the very best

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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #26 on: August 09, 2012, 11:33:25 AM »
Got two pictures from a belgian guy ,taken after the crash.
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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #27 on: August 10, 2012, 10:46:54 PM »
Yrjo hope you are improving daily...give your body the time to heal and follow the doctors instructions. I know when I broke my ankle when I was a senior in high school that overdoing it and trying to do too much always resulted in pain and setbacks. Hang in there and  let us know if you need some distractions, I'm sure several of us here can come up with a few.
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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #28 on: August 20, 2012, 01:50:20 PM »
Last thursday Yrjo is brought to a special clinic for further examination and recovery.They are specialised in the fractures he has.
Yrjo had in the Belgium hospital already told to the doctors and nurses that he had pain in his left hand. Therefore they made a scan of his hand , but couldn't find a fracture.
Now in this clinic they made a CT scan of his legs again and hand and found some more fractures , two in his hand , wich were healing , but also two more in his left leg.
One in the shinbone and another one in the splintbone just under his knee.
Thursday he will be operated again, they will put in some plates and screws.
Also there will be some skin transplant to cover his ankle wound.
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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #29 on: August 20, 2012, 02:01:01 PM »
Good to hear that Yrjo is getting excellent care, but unfortunate that he has to under go further surgery.  All the best for his recovery.
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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #30 on: August 20, 2012, 03:11:11 PM »
That don't sound good Rene, why can't they get it right the first time?

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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #31 on: August 20, 2012, 04:41:52 PM »
Sam, Rene,
This isn't uncommon on severe injuries. The xrays are faster and cheaper but dont give the precision & accuracy of a CT scan or MRI. Many times they are good enough but not always as you have learned. The swelling and density of the body around an xray all play a factor in getting good images.  The skin grafts aren't uncommon on bad injuries either.
I am glad they went the extra steps and found the other issues. It will be better in the long run but it is so frustrating. I wish Yrjo continued healing and rapid recovery...
I am sorry this just delays the rehabilitation period even longer.

At least it didn't happen in a third world country that doesn't have good medical care.

Back in 2000 I had my right ankle rebuilt (rt lateral ankle reconstruction) due to a bad break and massive tearing in a injury while playing softball in 1980. I also had a large spur 1/2 inch long growing from the right tibia into a nerve cluster in the right front of the ankle joint. The xrays led the very skilled orthopedic sports med specialist to believe it was on the rear of the tibia. The MRI showed it to be on the front. This was one of the top specialist in the central Ohio area. Shows you how imprecise the xrays are...
They removed the bone growth when they were in rebuilding the ankle.

 
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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #32 on: August 29, 2012, 01:10:46 PM »

Yrjo is operated succesfully last thursday , they cleaned the wound and put a drain in it ,  a skin transplantation wasn't necessary.
They put a plate and screws into his shinbone , the splintbone will heal without screws.
Also they removed al the pins from his ankle and put a plaster cast on it.
He feels good and is working on his recovery.
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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #33 on: August 29, 2012, 01:17:27 PM »
X rays, from Yrjo's ankle
Left pic made after the crash , talus bone disappeared , is beside his foot , dificult to see here.
Right pic , talus bone (blue) back on the right spot.
Last picture , the talus beside his foot.
« Last Edit: August 29, 2012, 01:27:02 PM by Howell »
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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #34 on: August 29, 2012, 01:35:02 PM »
Yrjo get well soon. Many of us know what a long recovery is all about. I know from the pictures and the little I read about you, you will fair well. Your love of racing and life will get you through this. Not to mention a few girly magazines. All of us are with you and to some degree feel you pain. Wishing you the best in your recovery and beyond.
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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #35 on: August 29, 2012, 03:05:57 PM »
Wow Howell, that looks like it really got torqued during impact. glad they could put it back!
whats the prognoses on long term?

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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #36 on: August 31, 2012, 06:41:29 PM »
Howell and Yrjo, hope you both hang in there and Yrjo, hope you heal up solid and have excellent range of motion and strength returned.
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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #37 on: September 01, 2012, 11:09:17 AM »
Wow Howell, that looks like it really got torqued during impact. glad they could put it back!
whats the prognoses on long term?

Prognose is difficult to say at  this moment, time will tell.
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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #38 on: September 01, 2012, 08:40:42 PM »
Those xrays make me cringe, ugly injury. Glad they have the skill and knowledge to rebuild his joints.
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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #39 on: September 02, 2012, 06:32:33 AM »
Nasty stuff to see indeed, but good graphical reminders we're all mortal, on the track and elsewhere...

Puzzled by his injuries;
Did he got his ankle twisted by the hay bale on impact, and then (swung back by the force)  his heel into the back wheel of the bike, chopping on his heel at high speed ?
What kind of race boots was he wearing btw when that happened ?

Anyway...get well soon Yrjo !



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The X-ray vs CT/MRI accuracy; got a story about that as well; After an climbing accident, where my ankle got busted up, I thought I just strained it, manned up and and kept going for a few weeks. Kept hurting and sometimes, locked it in mid walk, very painful...So of I went to a regular doctor to get a hospital referrer. But doctor said, after examination, nothing serious, just take some more rest. Few weeks later back again, I said I need to go to the hospital, had to beg for it, but he did refer me in the end ( otherwise I would have gone to the emergency room myself) .. anyway doctor in the hospital said ok we'll do an x-ray...nothing found on X-rays, so he also said take some rest it'll get better slowly..

It kept hurting real bad, and sometimes locking up.... so I went back for an second opinion, and then made big trouble with this doctor that my complaints we're serious, and insisted on a MRI scan. After a lot of buts and ifs, I finally got the scan. Turned out I had 2 small fractures + two pieces of bone swimming around in my ankle joint, which we're removed with surgery later. By then, most of my soft tissue in the ankle joint was seriously damaged by the pieces of bone grinding away, giving me an ankle with the amount of wear of a 60 year old....
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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #40 on: September 02, 2012, 11:38:24 AM »
Puzzled by his injuries;
Did he got his ankle twisted by the hay bale on impact, and then (swung back by the force)  his heel into the back wheel of the bike, chopping on his heel at high speed ?
What kind of race boots was he wearing btw when that happened ?

He got his ankle crushed (left feet) when he crashed into the tyrewall and was thrown down on the track.
He had very good boots , a special kind of Puma with steel braces on each side of the ankle.
But he bad luck landing on his feet and they cut his boots and the braces open.
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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #41 on: September 03, 2012, 08:52:21 AM »
Hmm, bad luck indeed.
Impressive/scary that his feet got that much damage, while the protective boots look to fairly ok, apart from some scuffs and the dirt (if the long frontal cuts are from medics after the accident as you describe). I was shopping myself for new race boots the other day, hence my interest btw.

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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #42 on: September 08, 2012, 12:54:50 AM »
Rene, how is Yrjo faring? Hopefully recovering nicely with no secondary infections...
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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #43 on: September 08, 2012, 02:22:03 AM »
He got his ankle crushed (left feet) when he crashed into the tyrewall and was thrown down on the track.
He had very good boots , a special kind of Puma with steel braces on each side of the ankle.
But he bad luck landing on his feet and they cut his boots and the braces open.
When he gets back in the saddle Howell, treat him to a pair of Daytona evo-security boots. There are good boots and then there are Daytona Evos...
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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #44 on: September 08, 2012, 12:16:34 PM »


He has decided never to be back in the sadlle again , we gonna sell the bike and all the spare parts.
Nowt Yrjo is healing form his fractures at our home for about four weeks , he came home last thursday.
Once a week he has to go back to the hospital for some medical care and get some physiotherapy at our home.
After this four weeks the surgeon will examine the fractures and we will hear what kind of rehabilitation Yrjo has to undergo.
At this moment he is happy to stay with us and also our dogs are happy with him.
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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #45 on: September 08, 2012, 01:51:56 PM »
Good to see him out of the hospitals and I wish him the best! Physiotherapy and rehabilitation is going to suck... you know Yrjo will be worked hard, I think he has a good shot at returning to 100% he has a great attitude. 

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Re: Yrjo's crash
« Reply #46 on: September 11, 2012, 09:01:39 PM »
Howell, Thanks for the update! Must be great to be home, I can never get good rest in the hospital...

Being in a cast really bites, I was in an aircast after I completely ruptured my right achilles in 2009 for 8 weeks after surgery  and on crutches for a month before surgery and 3 months afterwards. Man I hate crutches.
Hang in there Yrjo! The time will pass quickly and lots of hard work on the road to recovery. Keep the faith you can restore and heal back to nearly full recovery. Your youth is working in your advantage.
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