Car prang

[stevo1962]

You're a tough old bugger Jim.Good to see that you have such a positive attitude.
Good luck with the recovery

[Basil]

Yeah,ditto from me,sounds like you were very lucky.

[Robster]

Very happy to hear you are on the mend Trout.! :good: We hope that you continue to improve and return to full health. :heart:

[autocoupler]

Terrible news about your workmate trout. Good to hear you're on the mend.

[Nevol]

Good news about the graft and it must be going well if they're letting you go home, and great news about the smokes.  :yahoo:

Sorry to hear about your work colleague though. :cray:

Seat belts do save lives. :good:

[robbiegal]

Jesus Jim :heart:
Just googled the news about your crash
I am so relieved that you made it and of course saddened by knowing that your work mate died. I hope that the other younger fellow will also be OK.
Sometimes the distance between life and death is as thin as a piece of rice-paper - our human frailty and yes - buckle up every time
xx robbie

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-03/dongara-fatal-crash/6440666

[jozk123]

Sorry about your misfortune and the unfortunate loss of a young life.
Its good to hear your making good progress with your recovery.

[trout]

Bad news, I snuck out for a smoke :dash1:
 good news, 2 drags and It tasted like crap and I nearly spewed up.
I recon I have got this puppy beaten :yahoo::wavemulticolor:

[ausjack]

the real test will be when your at home having a few beers but keep trying mate :friends:

[robbiegal]

how are the grafts going Trout?

all good me hopes !!!

[trout]

how are the grafts going Trout?

all good me hopes !!!

The grafts are looking good, just the tops of the last 3 fingers need to heal a wee bit better before I can get out of here.
Getting some mobility in the elbow and wrist now, the fingers are going to take a lot of work because they are all pinned and were pretty much wrecked in the prang.
It has only been a couple of weeks and these guys and gals here at royal perth have done an amazing job of panel beating me back into shape so far :good:

I have my fingers and toes crossed hoping to be discharged on Monday and head off home.
Its only an hours flight to Geraldton from Perth and if I need to I can get the morning flight to Perth an back on the arvo flight if this mob need to see me.

[robbiegal]

yeah good -  make sure they (the grafts) grip in the wet before you start doing stuff around the house and so on

I am sure that you have been warned of the consequences

I expect this will slow you down a bit so try to be patient as you are in RECOVERY gear not BUSINESS AS USUAL!!!!! and I peg you as a fast or stop bloke and for quite some time you will need to be in 'steady she goes' mode

[Ozcoins]

That sounds like very good advice.
Please pay attention Trout!

[ausjack]

Yes good advice but hard to follow..well it is for me as I always over do it so pay the price later

[trout]

Yes good advice but hard to follow..well it is for me as I always over do it so pay the price later

Im hearing ya Mate :angel:
Got a knock back on the going home request and will be in this s--t hole until at least Monday :dash1:

I "gloved: the same arm 45 years ago and went straight back to work on deck crayfishing after a 3 month stint in hospital.
I achieved 3 years of physio results in 6 months by doing this

As soon as all the bones have mended and all the holes in my skin have healed I intend to return to work again.
I am one of these dozy bastards that actually loves his work :dash1:
Until that time however I will have to be patient for at least another 6-8 weeks, and boy o boy that is a big ask

As long as I can get home soon so that I can get stuck into my coins all will be good.
If I get stuck in here for another couple of weeks I will either go nuts or there will be bloodshed :diablo: