I was skydiving and panicked when coming up to the ground, I forgot to flare (brake) and I plowed into the ground at 30MPH causing a rather large dent. My left was pretty much flash laying left and I couldn't move it. I posted this in the lounge (even though some people don't read it) that explains more in details.
I did a hook-turn which I wasn't suppose to do by accident, and that may have saved my life sacrificing my leg over the rest of my body.
As fas as pain killers, right now I just took one, but due to the drowsiness it causes, I stopped taking them after 8AM and that allowed me to stay up all day so I could visit with whoever came up.
I loved the ride down to the ground, and I will admit, when I left that airplane, I kicked in the air instead of arching like I should have. What bugs me is that they cut my brand new "Looking for a Japanese Girlfriend" t-shirt which I just got the day before. I wore it to commemorate the occasion to get my pic taken with it. They split it open, as well as some pants I just got small enough to fit into and they cut my almost brand new shoes apart as well. So with the shirt, that was $26 shipped, the shoes were $70 and the pants cost about $30, so I lost some money that day.
The jump was so worth it, even if it ended up like this, I am no longer a wuffo (google the term) and it was fun as hell to do. Small price to pay.
My dad thought he was gonna be the one needing the medical care since he was jumping with a large parachute at 300lbs, and figured he was gonna land hard. He had a hard time landing the chute because he could barely flare, but he got down. When the guy that was guiding me to the ground saw I was doing a left hook (i panicked when I was off-target) He said "Oh no!" to my dad when he realized I was gonna auger in.
It's not as hard as I would have thought. The paramedics were really nice, and the staff at the hospital are excellent. I am enjoying it except for the rehab, but I am progressing nicely at it. once I get out of the hospital, I will need to go to rehab. This isn't so bad I guess...
I did a hook-turn which I wasn't suppose to do by accident, and that may have saved my life sacrificing my leg over the rest of my body.
As fas as pain killers, right now I just took one, but due to the drowsiness it causes, I stopped taking them after 8AM and that allowed me to stay up all day so I could visit with whoever came up.
I loved the ride down to the ground, and I will admit, when I left that airplane, I kicked in the air instead of arching like I should have. What bugs me is that they cut my brand new "Looking for a Japanese Girlfriend" t-shirt which I just got the day before. I wore it to commemorate the occasion to get my pic taken with it. They split it open, as well as some pants I just got small enough to fit into and they cut my almost brand new shoes apart as well. So with the shirt, that was $26 shipped, the shoes were $70 and the pants cost about $30, so I lost some money that day.
The jump was so worth it, even if it ended up like this, I am no longer a wuffo (google the term) and it was fun as hell to do. Small price to pay.
My dad thought he was gonna be the one needing the medical care since he was jumping with a large parachute at 300lbs, and figured he was gonna land hard. He had a hard time landing the chute because he could barely flare, but he got down. When the guy that was guiding me to the ground saw I was doing a left hook (i panicked when I was off-target) He said "Oh no!" to my dad when he realized I was gonna auger in.
It's not as hard as I would have thought. The paramedics were really nice, and the staff at the hospital are excellent. I am enjoying it except for the rehab, but I am progressing nicely at it. once I get out of the hospital, I will need to go to rehab. This isn't so bad I guess...