hahah thanks for re-explaining it one last time Mike!
I do vaguely remember talking to you from the hospital bed. and I definitely remember you telling me to press the call button and put a nurse on the phone while I was being a dumbass.
but only because a blondie came in right afterwards to take care of me, so good call!
I know I brought a lot of sh*t! you laughed when I busted out the coordless drill but I DID need it didn't I?!?! Thanks again for getting it all together and taking care of my stuff you guys. I'll make it up to you definitely, but how about under different circumstances, ok?
I do remember Melanie. I think she was the one still at the track holding onto my keys after midnight for me. She was awesome and was very concerned about my well-being. When she came to see me I was like "damn she looks familiar"
so yea apparently I broke some bones in my shoulder, but it sure doesnt feel like it. They're hairline fractures and will fuse together normally with some time. I've got a sling that I'm sort of half-using becasue I've still got a lot of good movement out of my shoulder. My foot is friggin huuuge and briused, but no breaks thankfully. the concussion was the scary part.
banging my head was so strange. Only becasue you said I was up walking around, talking to people, etc right after the crash. I sure as hell dont remember any of that. Apparently when I got to the hospital or in the ambulance, the extent of my injuries caught up to me and my brain shut down completely to heal or something. I'm told it was a level 3 concussion (I dont know what that means), and I was told while I was out, I was a 3 on the coma scale. 15 being all good & dandy; 0 being dead!
I wasnt released from the ER until about midnight I think; so that's a good 10 or 11 hours of me talking jibberish.
my helmet was the HJC CL-14. cost me about $150, fit pretty well I thought, and was a total piece of crap. I hope anyone reading this with a "budget" helmet will learn from my example and get PERSONALLY FITTED for an arai, shoei, suomy, AGV, or something of the likes. a quality helmet should be your first priority.