The lengthy road to recovery: endless medical doctor appointments, scans, tests, and readjusting life to permit for as a lot recovery as swiftly as attainable. With a head injury, the recovery time varies and it is near impossible to predict how extended you will be unfit to ride. I spent days and days inside a hyperbaric chamber to enhance the oxygen flow in my body and speed up recovery.
In case you missed it, read Portion I of Dan’s weblog Here
When you are on that painful road to recovery, you should start communicating with your group relating to future races. In my case, I race with a number of teams about the planet and had to cancel the final rounds of the China Superbike Series. I nevertheless had a chance for the championship and practically certainly a leading 3 all round finish. My China Kawasaki group is always extremely supportive and they chose not to field another rider and simply pull out of the event and focus on 2016. I still had to fly more than there to participate in PR activities and do my greatest to promote Kawasaki (I utilized it as an opportunity to finalize my 2016 plans with them!).
Subsequent I talked with my BMW factory-supported group out of Germany, Penz13. I had to pull out of the IRRC occasion in Frohburg, Germany. This was a tough one as I love the event and my group and the neighborhood promoter had spent a lot of time advertising that I was racing at the event along with my teammates Michael Rutter and Lee Johnston. My Penz13.com group managed to employ Gary Johnson to ride my bike for the event so that worked out properly for them.
Colin Fraser of the Mopar Canadian Superbike Championship had invited me to participate in the Kawasaki Ninja 300 Race Series exhibition debut in Canada, which I also sadly had to decline.
The final race of the year is the Macau Grand Prix in November. It is one of the largest events in the world. It is an invitational event and there are hundreds of racers that could only dream to be one particular of the 31 riders who get invited. Not only was I invited again for 2015, but my factory BMW team had a new bike prepared for me with support from the Macau Special Olympics. I ended up confirming that I will be there on the starting grid. It is not a difficult decision considering that you know when it is the appropriate time to get back on a race bike. In this case, I waited even longer than planned to be positive all was healed. I also realize heading into the Macau GP is like heading directly into the eye of the storm. I have resumed my education and although I will not be one hundred% back to my fitness level, I will be fine. In terms of my injuries, they have healed and I am lastly prepared to resume my career. My neurologist has been instrumental in my healing procedure and I can’t thank her sufficient. She was even arranging to come out and cheer me on but has a conflict with the dates.
Crashing is easy, but what needs to be dealt with following that moment is typically quite complicated. There are emotions, rumours, business contracts, and a lot a lot more to think about. All the although, you want to hold up your social media, keep optimistic and often be arranging for the next season. I will not even get into the long-term damage we all do to our bodies every single and every time we exit the machine unexpectantly.
FYI…MotoGP racer Alex de Angelis had a poor crash lately (also in Japan) which was eerily similar to what happened to me in July. I instantly felt terrible for him and his loved ones/team as I unfortunately know all also properly, what lies ahead in the extended long road to recovery.
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Dan Kruger's weblog: Recovering from a major crash - what most individuals don't see, Part II
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