day gone wrong, a "medivac", and emergency surgery later...

[enRo]

yesterday had to be the worst day of my life. 4 those that dont know, i am a garbage man. im looking at the time now and its 8:18pm, and when i get done typing this itll prolly be 10 lmao. anyway, it was a bit rainy yesterday morning, meaning some of the garbage i was picking up was a little wet. so we come up to this pile of garbage, with a cpl steel sinks, a toilet, and some heavy bags of sheetrock. so me and my driver are throwing this **** in, and i come across the toilet. i pick it up, walk it over to the truck, and it slipped from my hands and broke at the edge of the garbage truck. and first instinct is to catch it all before it hits the ground... well i did that and felt a slight piinch... well, the porcelin cut my wrist when i went to catch it. i looked and there is wrist/arm muscle hanging out. so im spewing blood, and my driver is going insane trying to find a towel while im running frantically trying to find some help. the cut was about 5 inches diagnal on my right wrist starting about 2 inches below my thumb. the gash was deep enough to see bone and thick enough to see alot of veins, about 3/4 inches. well, i lost blood profusely and started to turn pale on the verge of losing conciousness. by then, a cop was there, and i lost a huge amount of blood. the chopter was called but poor weather prevented it from coming. so i was stuck riding the ambulance.

i arrive at morristown hospital and they immediately put me in the trauma unit. asked me questions, etc... this was @9am. so a hand surgeon came in, inspected it and told me i had a date with the operating room. but emergency surgery was on hold cuz i ate @6;30 that morning and had to wait 8 hours.

i went into emergency surgery and it was ok. i will prolly lose some function in fingers and wrsit, cuz a total of 7 tendons were severed, along with some muscle and a vein. i go to the docs on tueday to determine what i go from here. ill be outta work @ 4 - 12 months from what the doc said. i wont be able to drive for a while, and im limited to my left hand for doing everything and im a righty.

anyway, id like to thank the few handful that called/txted me while i was overnihjting at the hospital. it means alot. so i prolly wont be posting much due to the limitation of a non-dominant hand, so feel free to call/msg me if u wanna bs. i wont post a number up, but i give the people who do have it permission to pass along. ill pop in occasionally. and again, thanks

-noah

[nj85z28]

holy ****. best of luck man

[lastcall190]

**** man, at least surgery was successful. Good luck on recovery dude.

-J

[ZeroCool8891]

dam dude hope everything is alright, same thing happen with my budddy he works for blue diamnd lol, him and some workers where careing havey carpet and his arm was in the middle the 3 other guys droped the carpet and my buddys are was in it he dislocated his arm and is out of work for 6 months but he still gets paid but anyway feel better dude an dhope things gte better

[WayFast84]

damn man, I hope u recover 100 percent

[enRo]

before surgery... u can see where it ends but the wound goes up to about 2inches before the start of the thumb... i couldnt take off bandage cuz muscle was exposed and protuding out about 1/4 inch. 4-mophene ftw
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4512/noahinjury002dk0.jpg


after surgery, anastesthia ftw woo
http://img344.imageshack.us/img344/7788/noahinjury007ha2.jpg

[Silent Z]

Sorry to hear that man. I hope it all goes well!

[JL8Jeff]

Holy crap man! You definitely need to find another job/profession. With the guy getting run over you told us about and now this! That sucks big time and I sure hope you get back most of the normal use of your right hand. I guess you'll be an expert at the left handed mouse pretty soon! We might need another section on the board called the Injury Room!

[enRo]

Holy crap man! You definitely need to find another job/profession. With the guy getting run over you told us about and now this! That sucks big time and I sure hope you get back most of the normal use of your right hand. I guess you'll be an expert at the left handed mouse pretty soon! We might need another section on the board called the Injury Room!

well, i might consider switching departments. but i love my job, its a great workout, but its very high risk. if it wasnt for my driver being calm, i think it coulda been alot wose. plus, rain amplified the blood so it looked 5x as bad.

jacob, it happened on carey rd, a cpl miles from where u live (iirc, u live off condit rd)





*edit i have lots of happy oxycodine pills so im in good hands. thanks everybody

[baddest434]

dude that sucks i wish you a full and speedy recovery.

[chrisfrom nj]

sorry to hear that noah get well soon bro i'll try to take a ride up sunday or monday

[enRo]

sorry to hear that noah get well soon bro i'll try to take a ride up sunday or monday

id appreciate that chris... im gonna be hangin in my house for a very loooong time and im gonna need some company. gimme a call when ur gonna swing by

[Tsar]

you'll get better negro, and damn you for getting cut i was gonna call you and invite you for beer that im now drinking. ohh well next time.

[BigAls87Z28]

Ugh...I shouldnt have looked or read that story after I just had dinner...oh boy, not good.
Keep up the good spirits....and by that, I mean the alkyhaul.

[lastcall190]

well, i might consider switching departments. but i love my job, its a great workout, but its very high risk. if it wasnt for my driver being calm, i think it coulda been alot wose. plus, rain amplified the blood so it looked 5x as bad.

jacob, it happened on carey rd, a cpl miles from where u live (iirc, u live off condit rd)





*edit i have lots of happy oxycodine pills so im in good hands. thanks everybody

Ah yea just around the block from me (yes on condit). BTW anasthesia (sp for the love of God) is crazy **** :D Take it easy dude.

-J

[Slow 88]

Sorry to hear that man!! Best of luck with the recovery!

[WildBillyT]

Holy ****. Wow.

Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.

[GP99GT]

****tiness. hopefully youll fully recover, losing feeling would suck.

and, when jeanne marie first started telling the story.....she said "and he picked up a toilet" me and john barb both said "and **** poured out all over him?!"

[foff667]

aww man ****, Im so sorry to hear that, I hope you feel better & get better soon :(

[qwikz28]

o man i hope you feel better bro. let us know if you need anything

[Ian]

noah, if you need anything, just let me know man. hang in there. :)

[LS1Hawk]

Noah, you're lucky I wasn't your driver because I would've passed out. I'm litterally lighted from reading the description. That's got to suck, but it definitely could have been worse and it's good to hear you're doing alright. Take it easy man, and here's to a speedy recovery.

[Untamed]

holy ****. best of luck man


:stupid: Get well soon.

[Mike]

noah, that sucks man, keep your head up and get well soon, as soon as the pains gone enjoy the paid time off...

shoot me a pm and let me know what you wanna do about those parts

[Fast92RS]

Sorry to hear that. Get better soon. Take your time getting back into to things. I guess since your a city employee thats an automatic 120 days off. At least its a little vacation just not on the right terms though. :sad:

[LuvMyF8LWS6]

wow! I hope you're okay! Get better soon and be careful!!

[BonzoHansen]

Holy hat. Hang in there. This will be a funny story in 20 years.

[Savage_Messiah]

Get better soon man

[enRo]

and, when jeanne marie first started telling the story.....she said "and he picked up a toilet" me and john barb both said "and **** poured out all over him?!"


hahahahahahahahaha thats actually happened before, but not to me.

thanks everuone. it means alot

[slasherbarb]

I GOT DIBS ON YOUR CAR!!!! like i said before, get well man...and i you want, i got a 2 liter bottle of Cuervo that can make you feel a lot better...:twisted:

[Tru2Chevy]

Just be thankful that you have an automatic....if the car was an M6 you would prolly be stuck out of the driver's seat even longer.

Sorry to hear about this man, JM told us about it up at the trucks the other night, but we didn't realize how bad it was. Hang in there, and as everyone else said, if you need anything, let us know.

- Justin

[PBodyGT87]

Awww man Noah, I hope you feel better and I hope you have a strong recovery.

[The Fixer]

Ditto what everyone else said. Sorry it happened, but at least you were in good hands and you'll recover just fine. You young guys always do!

[jimmyboy8301]

good luck with a quick and full recovery. are you getting paid sick leave from work since it happened on the job?

[enRo]

good luck with a quick and full recovery. are you getting paid sick leave from work since it happened on the job?

yea i get paid, i never miss a payday and i get absolutely no bills... its all handled by workmans comp

[baddest434]

:w00t: workers comp rules. i had a shoulder operation that had me out of work for 7 months, i collected w/c and recieved 100 a week less than what i made for working a 40 hr. week. not to hard to take for doing nothing. prescriptions were paid for by them. then got a 30 grand settlement. good luck man

[camaro2you]

damn that sucks, get better soon man.

[79CamaroDiva]

This is NOT the correct way to go about getting paid to do nothing mr noah...


In all seriousness I repeat what everyone else has said.. That really really sucks dude! I hope you get full function back and quickly.. Ill give you a call when I get back from this race and pay you a visit. Hang in there.

[unstable bob gable]

WOW! It sux that happened. Hope everything works out for ya!

[tastyle88]

hey choooooach i hope u feelin better ill stop by tommorrow see whats shakin if u need me im right up the street gimmmmme a call im here 4 u no matter what that goes for anyone else here bruce

[1972LT1]

Hope you feel better. Paid time off is always best... plenty of time to catch up on tv,books,car mods etc.,just remember beer and oxy don't mix, just look at Rush Limbaugh.

[camarokev]

hey man- i just saw this post..... dude, i gotta second everything else everyone's said- glad you're okay and hope you recover fast... but holy **** that's rough.... i mean dude- I've heard of riding the porcelain pony.... but this has gotta take the cake for worst ride ever man :-P

[97slpss]

hope you feeel better man

[NP_00'T/A]

Wow that sucks bro :(

I hope you feel better and everything turns out ok with your arm ...

[12secondv6]

Take care, sorry man

[ded71]

That sucks man, wish you a speedy recovery. You can't leave that hot ride sitting for too long!