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From the fingers to the end of the tube is how long the drainage tube was inside my chest. It felt ...

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Me passed out. I have no idea if this in the ICU or back in my regular room.

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IV's are fun. I can't remember the total number of times I was poked.

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Part 1 of 3 of a short video series of my taking my first walk after my surgery. There is no sound ...

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Part 2 of 3 of a short video series of my taking my first walk after my surgery. There is no sound ...

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Part 3 of 3 of a short video series of my taking my first walk after my surgery. There is no sound ...

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Cleaned up and ready to go. Taken just before getting my discharge papers from the hospital.

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Look, they even gave me a walker. I used it once on my way out of the hospital.

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Can you see the "I want to leave" look on my face?

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This is what happens when you loop your motorcycle. $10K in damage. The insurance considered it a ...

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The right side faired pretty well compared to the rest of the bike.

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Close up of the front fender, see the crack?

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Another shot of the front fender and the crack. Look at the tire, notice the lack of a chicken stri...

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Lets count the broken/missing parts.... I'm actually surprised how well the bike held up considerin...

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A close up of what was the front of the bike. The accident snapped the left handlebar right off. A...

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Ouch. Pretty much every fairing has cracks or road rash on it.

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A close up of some of the damage. I bet the motor is still in good shape. Makes me wonder about th...

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The factory exhaust sucked anyway.

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I can still hear the sound of this plastic breaking before I was thrown off of the bike. Like my pe...

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The instrument cluster took a beating. The LCD screen is ruined as it leaked out the liquid.

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A close up shot showing the broken left handle bar. I'm surprised the whole clutch lever didn't bre...

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This was pretty much the only damage on the right side. The other damage on this side was a dent on...

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Well if you wanted to see the inside of a ZX-14, here you go.

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See the wierd dent in the top of the exhaust can? It's like the can was force upwards into the rear...

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Another close up of the broken left handle bar.

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My wife got me some flowers and the cute little bear. He stayed in my bed most of the time.

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This is my ass on road rash. Any questions??

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Me after my 5 1/2 hour surgery. I had good drugs, see the glazed eyes?

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On the trailer waiting to go from the towing yard to the dealer for an estimate. The guy in the bac...

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On the trailer, ready to go to the dealer.

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Another shot of it on the trailer. The yellow 250 Ninja in the background also needed to go to the ...

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I think my wife likes my personalized license plate. In the background facing the camera is PJ, and...

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That's a wierd dent in the exhaust can.

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Loaded up and ready to go.

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The back of the bike really took a beating. Unfortunately so did my back. I shattered my T8 verteb...

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I think this is one of the first pictures my wife took of the bike with her camera phone. Those are...

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Polishing chrome with asphalt is not a good idea.

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The bike's road rash almost matches mine.

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Sitting in the dealership. After the bike was unloaded my wife said all the mechanics came over to ...

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Another shot of it at the dealership.

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Movies 1,2, & 3 combined with some background music.

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Finally out of my brace on May 14th, 2007. =)

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Flour snuggling in my brace.