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08-31-2006, 07:45 PM
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Location: Netcong, NJ
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day gone wrong, a "medivac", and emergency surgery later...
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
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08-31-2006, 07:56 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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holy ****. best of luck man
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08-31-2006, 08:03 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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**** man, at least surgery was successful. Good luck on recovery dude.
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08-31-2006, 08:05 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Landing, NJ
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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
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08-31-2006, 08:13 PM
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damn man, I hope u recover 100 percent
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08-31-2006, 08:19 PM
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13 Second Club
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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
after surgery, anastesthia ftw woo
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08-31-2006, 08:22 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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Sorry to hear that man. I hope it all goes well!
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08-31-2006, 08:23 PM
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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!
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08-31-2006, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by 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!
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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
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08-31-2006, 08:50 PM
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dude that sucks i wish you a full and speedy recovery.
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08-31-2006, 09:00 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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sorry to hear that noah get well soon bro i'll try to take a ride up sunday or monday
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08-31-2006, 09:04 PM
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sorry to hear that noah get well soon bro i'll try to take a ride up sunday or monday
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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
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08-31-2006, 09:28 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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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.
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08-31-2006, 09:31 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: West Long Branch
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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.
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08-31-2006, 09:33 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Originally Posted by BigDaddyKane
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
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Ah yea just around the block from me (yes on condit). BTW anasthesia (sp for the love of God) is crazy ****  Take it easy dude.
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08-31-2006, 09:36 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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Sorry to hear that man!! Best of luck with the recovery!
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08-31-2006, 09:38 PM
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Ayatollah of Rock N Rolla / Admin
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Holy ****. Wow.
Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.
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08-31-2006, 09:48 PM
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Mr Fantastic
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: West Milford NJ
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****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?!"
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08-31-2006, 09:50 PM
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aww man ****, Im so sorry to hear that, I hope you feel better & get better soon 
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08-31-2006, 09:51 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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o man i hope you feel better bro. let us know if you need anything
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08-31-2006, 10:27 PM
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noah, if you need anything, just let me know man. hang in there. 
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08-31-2006, 10:30 PM
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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.
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08-31-2006, 10:42 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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holy ****. best of luck man
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 Get well soon.
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09-01-2006, 04:29 AM
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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
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09-01-2006, 06:10 AM
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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.
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