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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 7:01 pm    Post subject: Re: Samba member? Bus wreck in Pinehurst, NC Reply with quote

keep going! I simply can't imagine what you are going through, physically financially etc....it can't be easy. take every step as a milestone....what we all take for granted (something as simple as putting on a shoe) is huge for you. so glad you're making progress. get that foot working so you can stuff it square up the ass of the person who put you here Evil or Very Mad
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 9:40 pm    Post subject: Re: Samba member? Bus wreck in Pinehurst, NC Reply with quote

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Very Happy

Wore a (loose) real shoe on my right foot for the first time since the accident on January 26th!! Seems a small accomplishment, but one I welcome!! Love my Chuck Taylor's!! Very Happy

Now if I can just learn to walk again!


Great to hear about your progress Gene! Small accomplishments are good, one step closer. I messed my right leg up pretty good February 7th of this year on my KTM. It was nothing close to what you've been through but I can totally relate to the small milestones of healing. Keep it up!!
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 7:48 am    Post subject: Re: Samba member? Bus wreck in Pinehurst, NC Reply with quote

Great to hear this update keep up the good work.

hickmangene wrote:
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Wore a (loose) real shoe on my right foot for the first time since the accident on January 26th!! Seems a small accomplishment, but one I welcome!! Love my Chuck Taylor's!! Very Happy

Now if I can just learn to walk again!

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 10:48 am    Post subject: Re: Samba member? Bus wreck in Pinehurst, NC Reply with quote

Very Happy

Doing a little walking on a cane now...maybe an hour out of each day - the rest is still spent in a wheelchair or on a walker. It's progress - slow progress, but progress still.

Keep an eye out here or in classifieds - I may be selling what's left of the old girl (the '67 Deluxe) or I may part her out. Also have the hulk of an unrestorable '67 double cab that I was using for parts. It may all be up for grabs soon......
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 1:29 pm    Post subject: Re: Samba member? Bus wreck in Pinehurst, NC Reply with quote

Great news!!!!
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 1:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Samba member? Bus wreck in Pinehurst, NC Reply with quote

scottvw wrote:
Great news!!!!


Hopefully "scottvw" was referring above to your better mobility, and not that some of your VW stuff might come up for grabs. I'm sure that's what he meant...

I'm glad to hear of your progress, slow and steady does it! You may not see us, but we're pulling for your recovery!

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 3:18 pm    Post subject: Re: Samba member? Bus wreck in Pinehurst, NC Reply with quote

Smile

Yay!! I am able to walk with a cane about half the day now!! I just started driving very short distances around the house, and I can stand and take a shower now!! Still have months of physical therapy ahead, however....
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 3:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Samba member? Bus wreck in Pinehurst, NC Reply with quote

hickmangene wrote:
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Yay!! I am able to walk with a cane about half the day now!! I just started driving very short distances around the house, and I can stand and take a shower now!! Still have months of physical therapy ahead, however....
Applause

Great news.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 6:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Samba member? Bus wreck in Pinehurst, NC Reply with quote

Glad to hear this. Keep going!
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 12:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Samba member? Bus wreck in Pinehurst, NC Reply with quote

In memorium:

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Crying or Very sad[/img]


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 1:30 pm    Post subject: Re: Samba member? Bus wreck in Pinehurst, NC Reply with quote

hickmangene wrote:
In memorium:

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Crying or Very sad


The link doesn't work?
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 8:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Samba member? Bus wreck in Pinehurst, NC Reply with quote

Oops, I'll have to find a website to host my pics....apparently Onedrive doesn't work! Surprised
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 2:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Samba member? Bus wreck in Pinehurst, NC Reply with quote

hickmangene wrote:
I just started driving very short distances around the house...

How are you getting along? By "driving" did you mean wheelchair or car or golf?
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 7:37 am    Post subject: Re: Samba member? Bus wreck in Pinehurst, NC Reply with quote

BarryL wrote:
hickmangene wrote:
I just started driving very short distances around the house...

How are you getting along? By "driving" did you mean wheelchair or car or golf?


Very Happy

I got my "In memorium" pic to work ....look above

I am walking now with the much needed aid of a cane. Driving is no problem now (even manual tranny), but I can't walk very far once I get where I'm going.

Thanks for asking!
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 8:54 am    Post subject: Re: Samba member? Bus wreck in Pinehurst, NC Reply with quote

man that picture is horrible. I'm glad you are alive but if that was me i'd have a hard time looking at it. Wishing you the best on the road to recovery.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 5:55 pm    Post subject: Re: Samba member? Bus wreck in Pinehurst, NC Reply with quote

obus wrote:
man that picture is horrible. I'm glad you are alive but if that was me i'd have a hard time looking at it. Wishing you the best on the road to recovery.




It was horrible.... I was in the intersection at 48-50 mph when she turned in front of me - I never had a chance to hit the brakes. It took them about 25 min to cut me out. Luckily I didn't have any heart trauma with the chest impact....they would never have been able to get at me quickly enough!


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 12:32 am    Post subject: Re: Samba member? Bus wreck in Pinehurst, NC Reply with quote

Terrifying image.
So glad you survived it.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 7:06 am    Post subject: Re: Samba member? Bus wreck in Pinehurst, NC Reply with quote

So glad you survived and and recovering.

That picture has me seriously reconsidering my Bus hobby. I love driving them, but driving them does put me in greater danger of something horrible happening. I did not sleep much last night.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 7:30 am    Post subject: Re: Samba member? Bus wreck in Pinehurst, NC Reply with quote

Great to hear that you are getting better! Please keep us posted with your progress. We are all pulling for you
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2016 5:36 pm    Post subject: Re: Samba member? Bus wreck in Pinehurst, NC Reply with quote

hickmangene wrote:
In memorium:

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Crying or Very sad[/img]


Even if you were in a modern vehicle this is a bad accident.

This pic really put things into perspective. I view driving my split the same as riding motorcycles. Due diligence is needed watching out with all the fast moving vehicles all around us like guided missiles.

Glad to hear forward progress, even if it is slower than what we all would want.
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