Rider Down - My Mom
 

My mom went down tonight. I'm sitting in the ER right now. I'm hearing sme BS story about the wind running her off the road. It isn't even windy. I'm guessing she hit some gravel. That shit is all over the road this time of year. She was on an old Honda CT90 scooter. Despite my pleas, she eas wearing no gear, took no MSF course, and had no endorsement. So far she has some rash, a rock stuck in her hand and has dislocated her one good knee. I'll follow up when I know more.

Mothers... they never listen


well... at least she wasn't ride'n the busa that she wanted!!!


hope she heals up quick... and maybe this jarred something so she'll listen...

She said the same thing about the Hayabusa. She still swears the wind blew her into the curb. She said she's done riding. She's in surgey for the knee now.

well... honestly... GOOD... sounds like she has no business near a motorcycle or scooter. no offense... but some people just can't handle them...

ya know... like leaving red lights with out wheeling... :leaving:

Oh joy- another "war story" ex-rider. "Them things are killers, you'll end up like me." Sorry it had to happen to your moms though.

All of the ligaments in her left knee are torn. She is going to need reconstructive surgery. I did all I could do to talk her out of riding. She's a horrid driver and has no business on anything on two wheels. When I couldn't talk her out of it, I gave her all the usual advice to keep her as safe as possible. She listened to none of it, and now I have to take care of her.

sorry to hear about that. hopefully she will have a fast recovery.

Sorry your put in this situation, but at least she's still here.

Sorry to hear about both sides of that story.

Damn that sucks man. My only advice, wait to tell her I told you so until after she heals up.

WOW... you were so right and should tell her so...

Hope she comes out ok....

Wow. Hope she heals quick and has learned a lesson!

Damn man. Still sorry to hear that. Hope she has a quick recovery.

Now one of us (probably me) has to stay home from work and take care of her. I'm bouncing between pissed off and feeling sorry for her. I lean more toward pissed off. That's just what I need in today's economy, to have to tell my boss I can't come in to work. I can work from home, to a point, so that takes some of the sting out of it.

My thoughts exactly. It's not fun learning the hard way but sometimes it's the only way.

She says she's done riding. Anyone need CT90K5 parts? I haven't seen the bike yet.

Damn.

Glad you're mom is OK! She sounds like my mom - who knows EVERYTHING... Glad she wasn't hurt though. Kids know things sometimes don't they?

Jtemple,

1. She's still alive and kicking without any loss of limbs.
2. You'll get to say, "I told you so."

Yes. she is very lucky, in my opinion. I'm going to save the "I told you so" for later :)

I do a lot of short commuting in a helmet, gloves, jacket, jeans and heavy work boots. I think I might just wear my leathers all the time after this. They wouldn't save my knee, but at least I wouldn't have a bunch of road rash to go with it.

My grandmother, who is still pretty young and mobile yet, and retired, has volunteered to live with her until she's good enough to be on her own. That will help out a lot. My wife (like my mom) is a teacher. She can help out quite a bit on summer break.

Glad to hear she is OK. Funny how parents expect us to listen to them when they say something, but never listen to us when we tell them.

aint that the truth.

I hope yours heals up quick and doesnt attempt to ride anything again ever.

Seeing your own mother in the hospital is one of the worst things in the world to me. I've been through that ONCE, and dnt like the feeling.

hope she heals up fast.

:)

She's going home today. Surgery to reconstruct her knee will be in a week or so.

Circle of life. They clean our diapers and one day we'll be cleaning their diapers. Seems his mom made it back to the rebellious teenage stage again. Jtemple, you need to ground her for a week and cut her allowance in half.

Glad she's okay. My mom got hurt pretty bad on a BMX bike many years ago. I use to race and my mom wanted to give it a try. She went over a jump fairly quick and lost control.

My grandma is going to be her live-in nurse for a while. I made arrangements to have a ramp built on to her porch. Right now, she has to be carried up the steps. She should have a ramp in a week.

This makes me glad my mom won't even consider getting on a bike. She hates mine.

Same here. She finally came to terms with mine but will never touch a bike.

Same here. Which no one in my family would really consider a bike.

My parents wouldn't even let me get a go-kart cause they were scared I'd hurt myself. So I got a crotch rocket.

Damn that sucks. Hope she recovers soon. Even though she didn't listen to you...I'm sure you haven't always listened to her... in one ear and out the other. People learn by their mistakes.

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Holy crap!! I'm sorry I missed this - I hope Mom heals quickly and completely!

My mother shouldn't even be driving a car, let alone anything on two wheels...

Mine neither. But, tell her that and it goes in one ear and out the other. I think this wreck was a real wake-up call for her.

I'm glad she's ok enough for you to be pissed at especially with no gear.

Me too. The last time I saw her (Sunday), she broke down crying on me. It breaks my heart, but I'm very thankful. 30MPH without a helmet on could have easily killed her, if her head hit the road with any kind of force. She does have a couple scratches on her face, but she got away without even a concussion.

She has zero upper body strength, and is using a walker to get around. Her whole body is sore, because she's essentially walking around on her arms now. I work out all the time, so it's no big thing for me to use crutches. She's using a walker. The knee that didn't get injured was bad to begin with (I inherited knee problems from her as well, I can't run regularly, and I have to do squats with knee wraps). Now she's hopping around on it, because her arms aren't strong enough to lift herself off the ground.