Folks Of Interest Stick Shift's all banged up, keep him in your thoughts

Sounds like things are going pretty good. Thats awesome news.

 

Take this time to work on building some of those models that you been hoarding!!

 

Tonight will be 6 weeks after the accident with a friend in my 33 truck. For anyone interested I have had a couple weeks of physical therapy in my home. Working on bending knees and still no weight bearing on legs yet. My left leg was the most busted up and I can bend it the most. The right leg/knee seems to be more stubborn and not wanting to bend as much.
Dealing with insurance co. on the truck. Yesterday they gave me figures and what it cost to buy it back. At least I have idea now what my choices are.
Thanks everyone.

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Good to hear you are progressing and I hope you can get your 33 back, re-build it and get back to enjoying life as it was. JW

 

...I just visited Scott on Friday; he's doing well and has a great attitude, let's all hope for good results from his upcoming checkup in a couple of weeks

 

Hopefully you will get settled up with the insurance soon and good to hear the physical therapy is helping,I know how painful it is when they start bending a joint that flat out hurts like hell so I sympathize for you...hang in there,it will get better.

BTW,how is your friend? HRP

 

Thanks HRP. She is doing good from what she says. Sounds like she might be off crutches in a few weeks. . I heard a family member gave her crap about old cars. She told them she will still ride, own and work on them.

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she might want to reconsider who she hangs with

 

Bawhahaha!,,HRP

 

I am going to see my doc on Thursday. This will roughly be the 8 week mark after accident. Hope the xrays show some good signs.

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All the best for good results and further recovery. JW

 

Any Updates, hope the new year will be better for you.

 

Well its a new year. My right leg I can put 100℅ weight or pressure on it. It is healing well. Left leg has only been 25% weight on it. I have been going to physical therapy and beginning of December I could finally get my knees to bend 90°. Right before Xmas I used a walker and was able to walk 50ft for the first time. It felt good to get out of wheel chair. The last few weeks I have been able to achieve a few new things.
I try to use walker for short distance and will use wheel chair for those longer walks. I will go back to doctor this week and hope to see some healing in left leg. Thanks everyone. Hope all have a good new year.

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Just saw this- wish you all the best for a speedy and full recovery.And hang onto your friend(girlfriend?)- she sounds like a real trooper!

 

Good to hear you are making positive progress and may the new year bring full recovery and be able to put it all behind you. Are you planning on rebuilding your pick up? JW

 

Glad you're up and semi around. I was fortunate with my accident to only need crutches and a cane (wheel chair & walker in hospital only). But take it as a major accomplishment to see any progress. I was totally thrilled to graduate to a cane!

 

that's great news, sounds like things are going in your favor.
...last time I visited Scott we were bench racing on how he mite rebuild the pickup.

 

Scott, Great to hear that you're making progress! I heard you were up to Munz's back in Nov., sorry I missed you, I was out of town. I hope you have a great year ahead! Take care.

 

Hi Scott.Great to hear that you are doing as well as can be expected.Best wishes for a complete recovery.Best to you and yours for the new year.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

Hi Scott. Wishing you a Happy New Year and a speedier recovery . Take care.
Baron

 

I'm glad to hear that Scott and his gal are healing up and will eventually recover.
I know personally that it can be a long road with these physical issues.
It's just not the same as rebuilding a broken piece of machinery.

One thing to consider (depending on the type of insurance that was carried on the truck ) might be to have a pro shop handle the rebuild.
If it turns out to be a while before he is physically able to get to the rebuild, having the truck fixed could be a big boost to his spirits.
A friend had a fire in his almost finished 50 pickup from a fuel line leak.
He suffered some burns to his hands, nothing really serious but his insurance paid to have a local rod shop do all the repairs.
The truck came out very nice.

 

glad to hear you are on the mend. No doubt due to special treatment by Nurse Tina.

I hope to see you in Dubuque for Retro Rewind. Let me know when you will be there.

 

Well I walked (with crutches) most of the Cedar Rapids IA swap meet last Saturday. It was tuff but I did most of it. I drove the Vicky yesterday. Glad to be able to drive manual transmissions again.

 

That's great news. Victoria looks like a nice ,solid car.

 

Glad to hear you're making good progress!
See ya at Jefferson! (I'm assuming you'll be there.)

 

Didnt see you at Cedar Rapids. Are you going to Torquefest?

 

Outstanding sir.Keep up the good work.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

It's good to hear you're back up and going. Keep Going!

 

Cowboy Up! ( Cowgirls too!)- glad to hear you're both doing well and out and about- "Full speed ahead, and damn the torpedoes!"

 

I hope to see you and Dad this weekend. And next weekend, also!