WOW, Pete wishing you a speedy recovery, hopefully someone here will remember this post when they start working on their driveline and chock their wheels.
I'll bet it was especially scary since it is 2wd and alot closer to the ground!
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My gosh, the stories I could tell! Sorry to hear about your luck, or lack there of! Yes, always chalk the wheels and set the emergency brake! Warning, some emergency brakes work off a brake drum on the driveshaft. In those cases, it's an absolute must to chalk the wheels.
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Right inside the garage door are four six-inch pieces of 4x4 that I split with the grain to form wheel chocks. They virtually never see the light of day.
I'm now going to throw them away and buy some good, commercially-made ones and USE 'em after reading of your accident.
I hate to learn through other's misfortune, but it's a silver-lining to this event, and at least some good that will come from it all.
Your writing about it may well save one of our lives some day.
Thanks for the reminder. It will nag at me every time I'm tempted to save a couple of minutes.
Don't fret if the prognosis is surgery, as sometimes your final outcome is FAR better that way.
Be sure to take the pain pills instead of just "sucking it up", as it will encourage you to do the therapy. As was mentioned above, it's a very important part of getting back to a hundred percent.
Again, thanks for the harsh reminder to us of the cost of not keeping our safety in the forefront.
Pop
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All you guys are such a tremendous encouragement, and you all hold a dear place in my heart. I am so very fortunate to be able to have friends like you guys.
Update... the Loratab pain med only took the edge off, and actually ended up making me sick, so I spent Saturday night with no pain med and pretty fitful sleep. I discovered yesterday morning that a combination of 4 extra strength Tylenol and 4 Advil not only took the edge off, but also completely removed the pain altogether. I've since decreased to a 3/3 combo that works as well, and also discovered that the 2/2 combo doesn't quite do the job. Last night was a compeltely pain free night and good rest.
I have the appointment with the specilaist this morning at 11 CST, and hope to find out something relatively substantial at that point. I suspect that surgery will be required, especially after looking at the geometry of the bone structure in some anatomical photos and knowing what and how the stresses were applied to those bone structures. I don't mind the surgery if that's the best option, but I do regret the potential delay it will pose in my new career training and working efforts. Regardless, I have no doubt that God know what is best, what I truly need.
Jeff... I've already had the same thought that this effort would have been a lot cheaper to just have someone else do the repairs. Regardless, I was going to do the work whether I bought the u-joints myself or not, so you have no share in my having made a dumb mistake. Again, too, God remains sovereign through the entire set of events.
Brandon, I know you're there, brother, and will call if there is anything you can do to help. Thank you for that.
All you others, thanks again for the kind thoughts, encouraging words, and prayers. The whole reason I posted was to let folks know how potentially dangerous this kind of work can be, and that SAFETY should be non-negotiable and never taken lightly. If this helps a single individual at any point in their lives, whether I ever know about it or not, it will be more than worth any small sense of embarrassment I've felt about the lack of forethought in my own actions.
I'll let you guys know what I find out later today.
Right inside the garage door are four six-inch pieces of 4x4 that I split with the grain to form wheel chocks. They virtually never see the light of day.
I'm now going to throw them away and buy some good, commercially-made ones and USE 'em after reading of your accident.
I hate to learn through other's misfortune, but it's a silver-lining to this event, and at least some good that will come from it all.
Your writing about it may well save one of our lives some day.
Thanks for the reminder. It will nag at me every time I'm tempted to save a couple of minutes.
Don't fret if the prognosis is surgery, as sometimes your final outcome is FAR better that way.
Be sure to take the pain pills instead of just "sucking it up", as it will encourage you to do the therapy. As was mentioned above, it's a very important part of getting back to a hundred percent.
Again, thanks for the harsh reminder to us of the cost of not keeping our safety in the forefront.
Pop
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I carry them in my tool box due to DOT regulations and use them whenever I have to lift the truck for any reason
Geez, just saw this. Sorry to hear Pete, prayers are going out to you buddy. I have an inclined driveway that scares the poop out of me when I'm wrenching on stuff underneath. I usually have all tires blocked, chalked and locked if I can.
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Wow Pete, just saw this, My fingers are crossed for you at the Dr's today.. I could think of alot of people I would have rather seen thrown under a truck then you..
Good Luck Brother!!!
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The tibia (large center structural bone that wraps the large foot bone to form your inner ankle) has a large peice of the "wrap" sheaered completely off and completely separated that will have to be reattached with two screws. No other way to get those two pieces back together, so that is a done deal!
The fibula (skinny "stablizing" bone up the outer side of the leg) is fractured completely across about 4-5 inches up from the ankle, but there is no separation between the two portions of bone. They want to straddle the fracture with a small plate on the side of the fibula, but that depends upon whether or not the extensive swelling goes down enough to do so before the surgery. If the swelling doesn't go down enough, it will simply be left to mend as it is, and in my mind, the fact that there is no separation there and the "fit" looks so good that it should heal fine even if they don't get to reinforce it.
I'll see the doc again Wednesday afternoon, and if the swelling has gone down enough, surgery on Thursday. Otherwise, surgery on Monday.
It's all for the best, no doubt.
Until surgery, I live with my "toes above the nose" and my ankle on ice to help the swelling decrease as much as possible. It's wrapped up pretty securely in a temporary fiberglass splint with lots of cotton padding, so I can't even feel the ice pack that is sitting on top of my ankle, but they say to keep it there anyway because it will help regardless.
Pat... you're too funny, my friend! I appreciate the sentiments.
Guzzle, that chock at HF is the exact same one I normally use, and the one I have will be receiving three partners very soon and they will be chained together in pairs to boot. As cheap as they are, I might even get 5 more chocks to have three complete pairs (one pair at the house and two pair with me in the truck).
Everyone... remember... if you don't alreay have good ones, spending $50-$75 on wheel chocks is a whole lot like spending $90 on kevlar chain saw chaps... some of the cheapest insurance you'll find, and they might just keep you alive and well enough to share the reality of their benefits with others some day!!
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