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i work overnights at a hospital in boston. Heading home this morning a little before 7 am, driving on the vfw pkwy. Approach a green light which turns to yellow, i say to myself " i'll make this no problem"....well the car in front of me had different plans and abruptly applied their brakes. My back tire locks up, and fish tails to the right, next thing i wake up laying on my back in the middle of the road with people standing around looking down on me. I get taken back to the ER of the hosp I work, on a back board. Still barely able to move i try to start making sense of what happened, all that was making sense was my head was pounding, could not move my left arm and both of my legs felt like they were burning (road rash). My helmet did its job, the riding jacket i usually only wear when its cold out did its job, and here i am sitting at home, no broken bones but still with minimal movement with my left arm / shoulder. It looks like I will be able to replace most of the parts on my own: tail piece cracked up a bit, right fairing, right foot beg and brake, right frame slider and bar end and possibly front nose and headlight. Bike still starts up fine, was told one of the Troopers who responded stood it up pretty quick. Insurance appraiser comes tomorrow, lets see what happens....oh i dont think i will ever ride squid again no matter what!