The Collin Report

Collin Broomhead

As I’m sure many of you have heard by now, Collin got into a pretty bad situation with a railhop gone bad. The photo above was taken after a five and a half hour operation to piece back together the top of his tibia. As well as repairing the tibia, they reconnected his ACL and patella tendon, which also were jarred loose from their normal positions during the crash. I don’t believe that he tore his ACL, but he’s definitely got a bit of recovery ahead of him, so I hope that everyone has his best wishes in mind. Collin seemed to be in pretty good spirits yesterday when I saw him, and Ross reported today that he was moving around on crutches. Looking at the injury in a positive note, Collin got immediate medical care to the spot of the accident, and luckily a doctor was also on hand to give some assistance immediately after the crash. Leg damage isn’t any good, but things could have gotten a lot worse, so we’re all thankful that there were no head damages or anything of that nature. On a personal note, I’m glad Collin is still with us. Even though it’s a pretty cheesy and cliche thing to say, be grateful for what you have, and don’t take it for granted.

Also, I don’t want to sound like a dick, but Collin hasn’t seen photos/footage of the crash, so please don’t ask to see either until after he sees them and decides what he wants to do about them.

20 Responses to “The Collin Report”

  • collin says:

    thanks andy and everybody who has given me their best wishes and support. i wont be riding for a long time but im fully determined to be back on the bike. and a little advice, if your ever not 100% sure about going for something don’t do it, that little voice is usually right!

  • jeremy says:

    pics or it didnt happen!

    lol jk colin. that sucks man, hope everything goes well with the recovery side.

  • bryan says:

    random question, but do you work at ted’s feed store? i could’ve sworn i saw you driving the teds truck in the good neighbor parade.

    hope recovery goes well!

  • collin says:

    ha yep i was driving the van, you saw right. thanks to both you and jeremy, im doing better everyday. i could possibly be going home tomorrow so thats all im looking forward too

  • Shaun/Przemek says:

    hey collin hope u get better and what hosiptal u go too i was in park ridge 2 weeks ago but im going to ride tommarow good luck

    Ps my friends think ur jamie from mythbuster lol

  • collin says:

    thanks man. haha yeah i can see the resemblance and now that youve let that out into the open that will probably become a nick name. i was at northwestern downtown for a couple days but i just got home two days ago. have fun riding dude

  • rippin says:

    “way to be a myth buster” nice bottle caps.

  • bry says:

    ted’s rocks dude! they hooked my mom’s class up with a free parakeet and food for life b/c she’s a first grade teacher. that bird was so cool.

  • collin says:

    yeah ted’ rules!

  • alex says:

    i feel srry for ya dude
    hope you start ridin soon agan

    lol this is randm has an1 seen brett latley

  • alex says:

    im bord

  • alex says:

    so dude did u brak any thin besides ur fingers?

  • collin says:

    thanks dude, have i rode with you before? ha no i didnt break my fingers i just had a few small cuts but the nurses felt the need to put a million layers of gauze on them. i did break the top of my tibia where the meniscus and cartilage are held on, so i have some screws holding the fragments in place and i tore my pattellar tendon. so me knee cap was kind of floating around to the left of my shin. my guess is ill be back to normal on my bike around next spring or so.

  • ryan says:

    Get well soon!

  • collin says:

    thanks ryan, the doctor said things are healing in place so im stoked. ill be back on my bike soon enough

  • I have numerous problems with my web browser iCab on your website. The chimpanzees are in the system :(.

  • collin says:

    I have no clue what you are talking about. I’m looking into the chimpanzee problem asap.

  • jordan get some says:

    any update on the chimpanzee frenzy?

  • collin says:

    chimpanzees everywhere! i have no clue what that comment was about or any clue who that is.

  • Andrew says:

    spam son. spam comments.

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