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submitted 3 hours ago by IceHouse@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

About 25 years ago when I was still in college I thought it would be cool to get a motorcycle. I rode it around for about a year with no problems until one day I was riding down this mountain road near where I lived and a deer ran out in front of my bike and I swerved to avoid it, I flew off my bike and into a ditch on the side of the road and was knocked out, my bike fell off the other side of the road and down a sheer cliff face. It was not obvious anyone has ever been there or that there was an accident. I laid there for almost a two days until people started looking for me after missing work. When I came to my legs were messed up, I had broken an ankle, elbow and wrist and couldn't move. I sat there for hours convinced I was going to die. I was pretty upset about it but after a while the anxiety washed away and I just went completely numb. My next memory was waking up in a hospital.

Thank god I was wearing a helmet.

How about you?

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[-] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

You were knocked out for a day?

[-] IceHouse@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

No, I was knocked out for an unknown amount of time but definitely less than a day and possibly not even that long. The passage of time wasn't extremely clear. I was awake for most of it but immobile. I was in a lot of pain and the entire event feels like looking back on a really bad dream. I have been told it was a unlikely that I should have survived.

this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2024
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