AK 77 0 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Yeah, I said to the doctor in my terrible Japanese "Before this, I looked like Brad Pitt. Like that again will be fine..." He thought it was pretty funny. Just hope his stitching was better than his x-ray analysis... He said, it will just be a local aneasthetic and set straight by hand. Oh well, chicks dig scars... maybe Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Now is the chance to get the nose you always dreamed of Who is your favorite actor? Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 i told u shintani has an awful reputation -- i told a colleague this morning after she overheard me talking to you on the phone, that you went to shintani and she just stared back wide-eyed -- in hakuba people think he is a bad doctor, but i'm not speaking from personal experience, just what i've heard. AK i'm not sure if chicks dig scars, but this could solve all your girl problems!! lol no seriously, start investing in a collection of hats, instead of a collection of skate shoes. did you shave off the beard yet? you really did look like cave boy lost in the backcountry for 2 weeks when you left my house the other day. ps - you should take a photo of kumapix with you and get your nose done just like his Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 shintani is usally good for sports injuries cause he is a sports doctor. you will have a scar 12 stitches mate is a lot. Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 AK, heal up and stay off of your nose next time you ride. Snowboarding and sk8ing too. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 None of Hakuba's docs has a good rep though. It's Hobson's choice. Get well soon AK. Don't worry, if the doctors f up, there's always "Japan fit" goggles! Link to post Share on other sites
AK 77 0 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Ha ha very good Mr W, actually the doc at Niseki Red Cross hospital in Toyoshina (who is from Shindai Hospital) said "If I do this by hand, you will look like a Japanese boxer" when telling me I needed an op. FT - 12 was an estimate of the total... don't know how many in that one big cut on my forehead, depends how close together they were... but it will be a scar for sure - like Harry Potter! I had to go to sort out some insurance stuff today - my insurance that i bought in Britain just turned round and said that I had invalidated it by not having bought a return ticket before the accident, which is in the small print of the policy, but in contradictory to what I told them about my plans and situation when I bought it - basically they mis-sold me cover which wasn't actually covering me at all. So I had the nightmare scenario of finding out that i need a big operation, and no insurance. Read the small print people, and never trust commercial insurance companies to have got it right! Japan's much maligned health insurance scheme has come to my rescue though, so this will cost me a fair bit, but not so much as to bankrupt me for the next few years! It is also a kind of socialist reminder - private company or national health service, which comes to your rescue? Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 if they mis-sold you the wrong plan it's their mistake so they should make it right. give 'em hell AK Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 try AK to fight them but the problem is that they never want to pay out. Considering that you did return to england once Andy that could then validat the policy. also check your C-card company for what insurance they provide. Link to post Share on other sites
AK 77 0 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 I'm ok now - I will continue to at least get my premium back from them. I'll also check with my credit card company as you say FT, but I'm now a fully paid up member of the Japanese NH Insurance, so at most i'll have to pay 30%, and that has a maximum limit too. In the meantime I am telling my students I lost a boxing match with the Kocho-sensei. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 still got some fight left in yeah eh AK. For this op alone its better to be in the japanese system. Link to post Share on other sites
SirJibAlot 0 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 if this guy is the butcher of Hakuba, why not find a doctor in Tokyo to do it right? Link to post Share on other sites
quattro 1 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 I've got an xacto knife and some needle nose pliers and I can hook you up AK. Just guaranty some ski days!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 will they put AK's nose leftovers in hotdogs do you think? Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Quote: Originally posted by AK 77: as well as the bg clean snap of the nose bridge (which was what i touched thinking i had some rock stuck in my face when feeling the wound after moving the middle section of my nose back about 1cm before climbing out. nice.) How about a rock sculpture Kuma? Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Good to hear you all made it out OK and the nose makes for a good story AK, though I sincerely hope you can go back to looking like Brappie asap. The South face of Happo looks great but I always think of it as pretty dodge. Have only ridden it about 5 or so times off the resort. It always used to scare me to be underneath all that when exiting Goryu/47 backcountry. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 they didnt do the south face that you are thinking of davo Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted February 23, 2007 Author Share Posted February 23, 2007 some more stoke for ya...... EBC riding it.... Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted February 23, 2007 Author Share Posted February 23, 2007 simon the quebec bakery monster AK pre-waterfall escapade the crew on the south faces Link to post Share on other sites
quattro 1 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 nice pics Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 I wish I was 20 years younger. Great stuff Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 why do you try to make something cool that was so stupid to do and got someone very hurt. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 I wasn't there, and wasn't involved in the decision making. I don't know the terrain, the circumstances or the people. Nice photos. Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted February 23, 2007 Author Share Posted February 23, 2007 FT.... bro chill - do you not read history books because you don't like what happened? just adding some more photos, specifically ones of me skiing, which are rare because i'm usually holding the camera. anyone who reads this thread will hopefully realise there were mistakes made, and might learn something. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 i am chilled I read lots of history books but they dont show pics making bad events look like fun. Link to post Share on other sites
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