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Welp, now I see why motorcycle riders hate drivers. Long story short, a van pulled out in front of me making a left turn and couldn't get all the way into the driveway because there were too many cars in front of him and half his van was in my lane. I made a last minute adjustment after looking over my left shoulder to make sure there was room and when I looked back and dipped in to the turn the whole right side of my bike clipped his rear completely wrapping the metal bumper around the opposite side of his van, making my bike do a flip and I went over the handlebars and slid for a good 20 feet. I got right up and moved out of the way to the sidewalk where I collapsed. 2 motorcycle officers arrived and took statements, then later met me at the hospital after the ambulance took me to the ER. I thought I had broken my right hand and right foot so they took x-rays but only showed swelling and bruising. After the cop visited me in the ER room he said my story matched the two witnesses (one fo them worked for law enforcement) and that this is clearly the van drivers (on the clock, working for a company) fault and I should seek legal council. After I got looked at and stitched up, they were about to discharge me when I complained of a slight pain in the testicle area. My whole body was numb and I could barely pull my pants down for examination, but, once I did it revealed a grapefruit sized sack... Yeah, great. So they ordered an ultrasound and called in a specialist. The doctor who came in said he needs to get me into surgery because it could be serious and he needs to see what's going on. So within about an hour I was in the OR talking to the anasthesiaologist getting ready to go under. Right when he put the **** in my IV I was out. Woke up to find out I ruptured my right testicle (most likely when hitting the tank) and he said it looked like it just exploded and was surprised I wasn't in more pain. So he had to remove it. I was discharged later that night only because I felt comfortable enough to move, otherwise I could have stayed. So I got a prescription of 20 vicodins and went to sleep when I got home. I am very sore today needless to say. First thing I did when I woke up was called a motorcycle attorney, talked to them for about 1 hour and gave them all details. Within 3 hours a representative was at my house getting me to sign papers and ****. He said he got pulled off other cases to come see me :) He said they wouldn't have done that if they didn't think I had a good case. So now I just wait and see what is going to happen.
 

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Sorry to hear about your accident, hope everything works out ok for you.

(BTW, maybe this is a bad time but could you maybe find a more "Family" oriented avatar, I shouldn't have to hide from my kid to check out the site)
 

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get well buddy...

I am very sorry to hear what happened. I hope you get back to your healthy self asap. I am very glad that nothing permanent happened and nothing to keep you off from bikes, and I am very thankful that I read it from you rather than reading it from the newspapers.

I hope you win the case. These annoying drivers better learn to drive...

But anyways, I wish you safe and happy driving from now on.

Best Regards.
 

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Wow. After an emergency surgery such as that, you won't have any trouble pulling in some serious cash via settlement. That's the textbook definition of a permanent injury.

Sorry about your, umm, loss, friend. I would be fuming if it had been me. Good luck on your recovery.
 

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God gives us two testicles and two kidneys, the kidneys we give to relatives when they need em, the testies are doubled up to make sure we can keep spreadin our love.

Be well, and good luck with your new company, by the time you get done with them, you'll be make a few personel changes.
 

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Get well soon, don't overdue anything so the defense attorney can't blame you for problems later on. I'm hoping for a big money sack for you bud, somethings can't be replaced and the PAIN! Keep that taperecorder/video on when you are hurting.. Get a GOOD Lawyer. :(
 

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get well buddy...

I am very sorry to hear what happened. I hope you get back to your healthy self asap. I am very glad that nothing permanent happened and nothing to keep you off from bikes, and I am very thankful that I read it from you rather than reading it from the newspapers.

I hope you win the case. These annoying drivers better learn to drive...

But anyways, I wish you safe and happy driving from now on.

Best Regards.
Losing a testicle is pretty permanent. :oops:
 
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you should sell those vicodins for 3 or 4 bucks a piece and then refill the prescription. my brother in law got in a fight and lost one of his good buddies too.
 

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Wow.......Tell that judge about all that ****. God, That driver's gonna be paying BIG bucks. I'm sorry to here about your.....loss. Just hearing it made me hm......shrink. Man, god, that really sucks. I mean, GOD, THAT SUCKS!. ope you fell better, and I'm not so sure about drug dealling there soad, He's got bad enough luck right now. Plus I know I'd rather take those pil rather than sell them.
 
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