Broken...but not too broken thanks to my Kan!

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It was all going so well until friday night...the Belgian beast is back in work after his fracture, walk and trot, straight lines only, about 10 mins into our session he thought walking in straight lines was actually not for him and tonight, 'it felt GOOD to be alive!' as so without warning he set off across the diagonal at a smart gallop, doing his very best devils horsemen impression, cue lots of surprised 'goooood boy...steeeadddyyyyy...wwooooo...goooooood man' from me (it had zero effect) Rather disgruntled at having reached the gate so abruptly and having his rider thrust up his neck due to sudden decrease in velocity he thought 'ah well, what harm can another quick bolt up the centre line do?' It was at this point I struck up an intimate relationship with the fence.

Next thing I knew I was on the ground with a headache like no other and many people around me telling me it would be fine, I had fallen off (you don't say) and I wasn't to worry as the ambulance was on its way...worry? I hadn't been worrying! It was at this point I began to worry as during my customary check that all limbs were still attached and movable I discovered that although I could move my legs my arms and head appeared not to be responding to my commands. One in the ambulance and trussed up to a spinal board, in a lovely comfortable neck collar and my head in blocks (how I love them, being claustrophobic) I did start to have a bit of a panic once I heard that I had had a fit when I hit the ground (explained why my tongue was bleeding and why I'd wet myself. Nice.) At the hospital once they had done the whole 'This is L...she is a 17yo Female, usually fit and well who was riding her horse when..' business, they unzipped my jacket and were faced with the might of my Kanteq! I informed them that they could cut off anything but if they cut off the Kan (or dubarrys) there would be trouble! I then had to spend quite a while explaining to them how it worked and how they could remove it without cutting it off!

After much discussion, many x rays and a couple of ultrasounds and a CT for luck, and once I was in a slightly better state (niiiiiceeeee painkillers :D) in my lovely paper gown in my hospital bed I was informed that my Kan was most likely the only reason I wasn't going to be spending my weekend in spinal unit with a seriously broken back and internal bleeding, as it was it was now the top of my neck they were worried about, fortunately just badly bruised. The paramedics had also said to my mum that the kan was without doubt the best body protector they have seen and they wish something like that could be designed for cyclists. So a happy ending to what could have been a serious 'up the creek without a paddle' moment all thanks to the absolutely wonderful kanteq!
 
Good grief! You really know how to do it properly!

Excellent news that you are ok - though slightly battered and bruised. What a great recommendation for Kan though!

Take all the nice painkillers they give you and I hope you feel better soon!
 
Ouch! I can empathise with how uncomfortable those back boards are and that moment of panic when you think you've done something serious! Glad you are ok.. Kan is next on my shopping list methinks :)
 
Wow! It sounds as though you've been very lucky- though still very sore I imagine! I hope you soon feel back to strength- adn thank god for your Kan!
 
i can't believe you just admitted that you wet yourself, you poor love! i guess you were unconscious for a bit so we'll let you off... ;) ;) ;)
(sorry, trying not to laugh here, and failing.)
thank GOD you had your Kan on for what was supposed to be a gentle walk around the school. sounds as if you'd still be strapped to a backboard, or in a wheelchair, if you hadn't.
take it easy kiddo, let that sore neck mend slowly. xxx
 
MY GOD! You poor thing that sounds horrific, and how weird and worrying to come round to be told you have had a fit and wet yourself and bit your tongue, scary stuff.

All hail Kan for the protection, thank god you had it on. Have you passed this 'review' on to Wendy she will love to hear it and also be so relieved you are ok

Get well soon :)
 
Feel even more chuffed with my shiny new Kan! :D

Glad to hear you got away relatively unscathed and don't worry about wetting yourself, at least you had the excuse of a fit, some people I went to uni with only had alcohol to blame :D
 
Yes, it is now out there for everyone to read, I did in fact wet myself whilst I was having a fit, I was absolutely mortified when I realised, so so embarrassed and upset, just kept apologising to the paramedics and doctors! Shows just what sort of person I am...once I have a bump on the head everything else in my body packs up whilst my brain focuses on 'Ow it HURTS!', You'll just have to speak even more s l o w l y and clearly than normal ;) ;)

On a more serious note though, I honestly cannot recommend the Kanteq enough, without a doubt worth the money you will spend on it and the best customer service you could hope to find. Its the only thing I would put on out of choice to walk round the school for 20 minutes. Ironically I was telling someone at the yard how brilliant it was as I was tacking up on friday night.

Chole_GHE - have passed on to Wendy :)
 
gosh, hope you aren't too sore, and feel better soon. very good advert for the Kan, and I am pleased I have one, however, you are now making me think I should actually wear it all the time, not just when I have too (oh, and to make sure I always have good pants on :D )
 
mil1212 - I would never have worn it all the time before Billy was one box rest after he was kicked and fractured his leg, however I put it on the first time I rode him on last Wednesday after he came off box rest but after friday night's incident I really do think I should wear it as much as I can - those fence posts don't move when you hit them!
 
yes, you just never really know what's going to happen, and they (kan's) are so comfy there is no really excuse to not wear them. thank god you were wearing yours.
also you are lucky there were people about and they saw what happened.
I have 2 rising 5 year olds which i ride at home alone, so really should wear it!
 
mil1212 said:
yes, you just never really know what's going to happen, and they (kan's) are so comfy there is no really excuse to not wear them. thank god you were wearing yours.
also you are lucky there were people about and they saw what happened.
I have 2 rising 5 year olds which i ride at home alone, so really should wear it!
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ditto, I wear mine as much as possible too, esp on young or likely-to-be-silly ones. When I dislocated my knee, I nearly got 2 gold stars at A&E for being able to say "Yes" to question 1: "Were you wearing a hat?" and question 2: "were you wearing a body protector?", and for the first time ever I didn't get treated like a total idiot who deserved all they got because they were trying to stay on a horse at the time... ;) ;) i nearly saw a glimmer of approval in the very hot medic's eye... ;) ;)
iirc in the last horse fall statistics I saw, significant injuries to torso were about the same ratio as head injuries... :( :( :(
 
Blimey what an ordeal for you to go through. I can empathise with how uncomfortable those spinal boards are... and being in a neck brace is not fun either (I spent 2 weeks in one- lovely things!).

Glad to hear you are going to be ok, couldn't imagine what situation you'd be in if you weren't sensible enough to wear your Kan. Hope you heal quickly. Take things easy! :) x
 
Goodness, how scary!!! I am so glad you weren't more seriously hurt, it doesn't bear thinking about and so lucky you had the Kanteq on!!!! Loads of Sedalin methinks for the beastie before he continues with his 'sedate walking'!

Very good point about the arena fence as well. We're putting in an arena at the moment and I have been trying to explain to the OH why he should not concrete in the posts, as I want them to break nice and easy if I ever fall on them.
 
So pleased that you are relatively ok, full marks for the Kan, one daughter has one, the other daughter will now be getting one, really wish there was one that would fit my son, he had a liver transplant as a baby and I really think they offer the best protection.

Hope the bruising heals quickly.
 
woweee, really hope you get better soon!

The Kan is AMAZING! It is so lovely to hear a review like this and i am sure Wendy would love to hear from you (as GHE said) she puts her life into this product and has done really well with it.

Hope you heal up very quickly and thank goodness it wasn't much worse, really glad i've invested in one and I the saddo that wears it ALL the time and quite often looks like a kid, but on a 17hh horse, i'm not bothered!
 
Ouch! Sounds painful, and a fit is not nice, must have been some blow to your head!!

Hope you feel better soon, and if it makes you feel any better, wetting yourself is a common effect of having a fit!

Hugs, and take it easy!! :)
 
The more I think of your accident it reminds me of my cardio thoracic intensive care nursing days. So many trauma cases came in, some of them riding and also motorcycle accidents. Some of the trauma injuries were horrific, from old body protectors causing extensive internal injuries to the poor unfortunates that did not make due to ruptured spleen or cardiac tampanade... the list could go on and on, I saw so many lives cut short in their prime or life debilitating injuries that could have been avoided. We all compete/ride in a high risk sport so why should we do it with taking more risk than necessary, the KAN fits the bill in so many ways with the motorbike technology etc its by far the best on the market. It really concerns me the other gimicky products with big marketing appearing to be wowing every one maybe they should be hearing your story. It concerns me greatly that these new airbag things are a bit of a loose cannon so to speak, there is always the possibility that the air thing won't go off, what then? multiple trauma caused by the cannister, ruptured spleen, punctured lung, perforated kidney???
All food for thought...
 
countrychick said:
It really concerns me the other gimicky products with big marketing appearing to be wowing every one maybe they should be hearing your story. It concerns me greatly that these new airbag things are a bit of a loose cannon so to speak, there is always the possibility that the air thing won't go off, what then? multiple trauma caused by the cannister, ruptured spleen, punctured lung, perforated kidney???
All food for thought...
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Countrychick - I think you make a very good point here, although they say they [the cannisters] never fail essentially they are machines to a point and so I suppose there can be no 100% guarantee that every cannister will work every time, falling onto one would be horrendous (having suffered a kidney infection I hate to imagine what a perforated one would feel like!) However one thing that I did think about during my long, codeine fuelled night in A&E ;) is what would have happened if I had fractured my neck, it was my cervical vertebrae at the top of my neck (think they called it my peg?) that they were worried about, if it had been fractured, and it would have been fractured when I hit the fence, not the eurotrack school surface, surely the P2 going off could have destabilised the fracture, potentially making it worse?
Now I am more than happy to be corrected if I am wrong, and it is absolutely not my intent to set off on a crusade against P2 I am purely wondering! Thoughts appreciated :)
 
having suffered a torn spleen in my teens (from my own elbow, when another rider hit me shoulder-to-shoulder) I'm right with you on that, countrychick. i was very lucky to survive.
i see the Kan vs airjacket thing as like the VHS vs Betamax one, but with lives at stake, not just money. there are a lot of things i'd like to say about the airjackets but i'm not allowed to on here, unfortunately. :( :( :(
 
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