General Music Chat

Hey Crip! I just saw this. Sorry! This sucks, but I'm glad you're on the road to healing. The problem with trucks is they're so high up, they don't look down for people on bikes -- which is in no way exonerrating them. Hang in there and I'll be sending you my light.

Chaeya

Exonerating. ( she is actually a GREAT writer)

Amen.

How is Kerry doing? Any more news?

BUMP

From his facebook. Kerry I hope you don't mind.

It's now only a few hrs. before they open up my shoulder and determine whether I can get away with screws and plates or I am gonna need a whole new prosthetic shoulder. At this point, I don't care what they do because I've been getting around every day for over a week with a completely shattered shoulder and other broken bones just movin' around in there hitting my nerves! I welcome something as this excruciating pain is taking it's toll on my sanity! Hopefully, today will mark the beginning of a long uphill battle to recovery and I will eventually be somewhat normal again!

Again Thank you all for your continuous well wishes and prayers and know that they mean the world to me.

G'nite and will post up as soon as I get back home from hospital!

and his wife's post.

Kerry out of surgery after 7 hours. Minor complications, as they found another broken bone that they had to plate and pin. Had problems managing his pain...but seems to be under control now. Admitting him due to pain and surgery lasting 7 hours. He's esting and hopefully he'll be home tomorrow....thanks for all the thoughts and prayers. xoxo

Wow! We have some PRAYING TO DO FOLKS!

Wow! We have some PRAYING TO DO FOLKS!

Yep.

Yep Yep ...

No reflection on Kerry ...

I notice more and more people out on bikes ...

I would think by watching many of them it would be prudent to learn how to ride the damn thing before you put your wife or child on back and go into traffic.

WTF dumb asses ??

I hope and pray your feeling better this morning Kerry. Sounds like that surgery was pretty bad. They can do thing nowadays they couldn't when I had shoulder surgery back in 95. It might take a little time but you will be back to it soon. Good luck !!

What I took for granted is now a tedious task. All those hours of practicing and learning everyday went right down the drain as I can't even flip open my guitar cases let alone pick it up. I can't lift what even a child should be able to lift and the pain is 24/7 non stop agitating! I try and do the exercises that I'm instructed to do every day but it still doesn't help the strength or alleviate the pain. I feel helpless and all seems hopeless as I'm not seeing any "silver lining". All I do is lay here doping myself up and watching my world just wither away......

.....all because this one gentleman, who was in such a hurry to make it to the other side of my road which I was just casually cruising on, forgot to look into oncoming traffic and destroyed my passions and dreams forever. I'm trying sooo hard to ask the Lord to help me to forgive him!

You are so early on in the stage of orthopedic recovery it's more depression talking about lost dreams than reality my friend.
Major set back ... well yes ... but a total loss ?

Way too early in this fight to even pick up the towel much less consider throwing it in.

Keep your faith, hold on to your passion, set your sights at full recovery by 10/2012.

Your tenacious, you have good family support. And you have people all over the USA praying for you.

How can you lose ??

Not by your time but by God's will.

And we will have no more of that defeatist attitude ... got it ?

Oh man Kerry. That hurt to read. I appreciate you sharing that with us. I hope it helps to know that we hear it, and feel for you. That we are praying for you. That you want to forgive him says something really good for you. It has to be really difficult to even think about forgiving him. I'm praying Kerry. A lot of people here on BM are, on FB, and in my neck of the woods too. Hang in there bro!

Kerry Im not much of the praying type at this point in my life, but I do believe that everything happens to us for a reason, and that it prepares us for what comes next. When I look back thru the bad things that have happened to me physically and mentally, they made me stronger and prepared me for the future.

I will think of you and (gasp) pray for you my friend. To me you are one of the most awesome shredders on this site, maybe keep regaining that as a goal to keep you pushing to get back in the game. Take it one day at a time.