Bad Fall, thank GOD for my helmet!!!Helmet photos AddedPost #36

wyldterv · 10-11-2006, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by 4horsem0m

I had replied to your post with the stick men and didn't realize just how serious your fall was. Coming off like that is scary!! I hit the edge of the road with the back of my head (no helmet) one time. A week after that we heard via our local paper that a woman riding with her kids (like I was) had almost the exact same fall but she wasn't so lucky

, and her kids saw her die.

Having aches and pains is a good thing, you are still able to feel everything and are able to walk. Hope you recover to 100%!!

YIKES, your head hitting the road is NEVER a good thing helmet or NO helmet!!! How terrible for those poor children to have to witness their mother's death

...

I really am happy that my head is NOT hurt much worse!!! My back is bruised up, but it too is OK , although it DOES make me wonder if I'd have NO bruises if I'd have had a body protector on as well... I'm now reasearching those for rocky riding and road rides...

Horses are always a risk... even with armour you can end up injured badly and/or dead, but there are certainly things we can do to improve our chances of minimal injury in times of accidents!

MelissaH · 10-11-2006, 09:52 AM

Thank God for Troxel. Thank God you are okay.

You are the poster child as to WHY we should wear hemuts but that is another thread altogether.

wyldterv · 10-11-2006, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by MelissaH

Thank God for Troxel. Thank God you are okay.

You are the poster child as to WHY we should wear hemuts but that is another thread altogether.

Yup that's why I posted my thread, I used to NEVER EVER wear a helmet unless I was jumping... I've been forcing myself to be more diligent about wearing my helmet and this fall was a GOOD example of how I could have been hurt a lot worse.

MelissaH · 10-11-2006, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by wyldterv

Yup that's why I posted my thread, I used to NEVER EVER wear a helmet unless I was jumping... I've been forcing myself to be more diligent about wearing my helmet and this fall was a GOOD example of how I could have been hurt a lot worse.

Good for you! Until the ground is softer than my head I too will continue to wear a helmut. And can you believe that motorcyclist fought the law when it was first introduced that you had to wear helmuts? A fall off a Harley at 80mph could do major damage as can a horse doing 10 mph.

ridingthebreeze · 10-11-2006, 10:39 AM

Wow that sucks! are you sure you werent drinking!! hhe

glad your okay, you could have been hurt far more worse than that, thank goodness for those helments!!

Amigo · 10-11-2006, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by wyldterv

SO THIS is why I have been forcing myself to wear my helmet and today it probably saved me from being injured MUCH worse.

You were veru lucky! I hope you feel better tomorrow. Im not allowed to ride without a Hard Hat and usually not without a back protector, (especially when schooling/jumping). And it shows that it is worth it! Take care and i hope you, and your horse are back riding again soon xxx

I LUV BESS · 10-11-2006, 11:28 AM

omg... im so glad your ok!!

No1Dazy · 10-11-2006, 11:46 AM

I'm glad that you're feeling better and that the headache is gone! (The throbbing is the worst part of a concussion.)

I too have thanked a helmet! I wear mine at all times when mounted, because I cracked one in a fall when I was 16. I remember approaching the jump, then I remember my parents picking me up. I don't remember anything in between, but apparently I kept asking where my horse was, over and over again.

wyldterv · 10-11-2006, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by MelissaH

Good for you! Until the ground is softer than my head I too will continue to wear a helmut. And can you believe that motorcyclist fought the law when it was first introduced that you had to wear helmuts? A fall off a Harley at 80mph could do major damage as can a horse doing 10 mph.

Well I DO understand that people don't want to be FORCED to do something even if it IS the smart, safe, thing to do...but I also think it's crazy to NOT take safety precautions as simple as a helmet when we KNOW what DOES happen regularly with out wearing them.

I don't like EVERYTHING To be an actual law, but I DO think education is a good place to start

so if people can read what I went through and see the photos of my helmet maybe even just ONE person who doesn't normally wear a helmet will decide to give one a try!

Fox Glove · 10-11-2006, 01:22 PM

Anyone who posts here knows my stand on helmets..
I am glad you were wearing one Karyn!

I'll buy you another turtleneck THOSE can be replaced.
You however, can not

Paula

10-11-2006, 09:52 AM	#52
MelissaH Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2004 Location: SoCal Posts: 5,108 Images: 163 Blog Entries: 4	Thank God for Troxel. Thank God you are okay. You are the poster child as to WHY we should wear hemuts but that is another thread altogether. __________________ So unless your normal riding route is a haven for wild tarps on the loose or domesticated tarps that someone has let off their leash, I'd give poor Dubie a break and let him have his one phobia.~Liz

10-11-2006, 10:39 AM	#55
ridingthebreeze Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Arkansas Posts: 744 Images: 2	Wow that sucks! are you sure you werent drinking!! hhe glad your okay, you could have been hurt far more worse than that, thank goodness for those helments!! __________________ Ride like the wind, and dont ever look back.

10-11-2006, 11:28 AM	#57
I LUV BESS Senior Member+ Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: uhhh... i think its somewhere called england lol Posts: 8,325 Images: 336	omg... im so glad your ok!! __________________ *♥Lepicure♥ ~Danielle~ ♥Pure Chance♥* ~♥~ Member of the eventing club ~♥~

10-11-2006, 11:46 AM	#58
No1Dazy Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 2,030 Images: 77 Blog Entries: 14	I'm glad that you're feeling better and that the headache is gone! (The throbbing is the worst part of a concussion.) I too have thanked a helmet! I wear mine at all times when mounted, because I cracked one in a fall when I was 16. I remember approaching the jump, then I remember my parents picking me up. I don't remember anything in between, but apparently I kept asking where my horse was, over and over again. __________________ "Out of nothing comes nothing. We must at least try." ~Wolfgang May, 7/18/08

10-11-2006, 01:22 PM	#60
Fox Glove Senior Member+ Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Horse Country Posts: 5,132 Images: 33 Blog Entries: 6	Anyone who posts here knows my stand on helmets.. I am glad you were wearing one Karyn! I'll buy you another turtleneck THOSE can be replaced. You however, can not Paula __________________ Leges sine moribus vanae

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Bad Fall, thank GOD for my helmet!!!**Helmet photos Added**Post #36

Bad Fall, thank GOD for my helmet!!!Helmet photos AddedPost #36