Accident Prone - or just stupid?

I guess I am just accident prone, or perhaps merely a crap rider. Which ever it is, my rally in Wales came to an abrupt end when I had one of the biggest crashes I can recall.

The accident occurred whilst I was riding my little TTR along a deep rut on a green lane in mid Wales.  My handlebars caught some undergrowth and the next thing I knew I was flying through the air before hitting the ground very hard.  My shoulder took the brunt of the impact although my right wrist and left elbow also got a pounding.

I lay in agony for what seemed like hours but must in fact have been no more than 10 minutes or so. Eventually, one of my riding companions, Nick, returned to see what had happened to me. He lifted my bike which relieved me greatly as it had been leaking fuel and although I could smell it there was nothing I could do about. Nick removed my helmet and helped me to the side of the trail. Soon afterwards, the other member of our trio, and Robbie, also arrived back to see what had happened. It was clear that I was in no position to ride the bike, also we seem to be miles from anywhere. Mobile phones we carried could get no signal so Robbie rode up a nearby hill and finally managed to get a signal. Upon his return he announced that helicopter would come and pick me up.

In point of fact the first people to arrive were a couple of paramedics being transported in a local farmer's land Rover. Having examined me they realised that I couldn't be taken by road and they called in the helicopter.

 I was taken to Hereford Hospital at about 1830 hrs where I was first seen by a doctor in A&E. After x-rays were taken, two orthopaedic doctors saw me.  At this stage a tentative diagnosis suggested that I had dislocated my shoulder, elbow and probably broken a collarbone. It certainly felt like it and in order to take x-rays they had to fill me with morphine, even so it felt as if somebody was ripping my arm off.

The following morning I was seen by a consultant who said that there appeared to be a crack in my shoulder blade but there was no dislocation of shoulder or elbow and no break of collarbone.  He suggested that I should seek an appointment at my local hospital to get more x-rays in a weeks time. I have now been for more x-rays including a CT scan, and in a few days I am due to see the consultant once more.

As I write this the pain is much reduced, and although my left arm stays mainly in a sling I am able to take it out for periods in order to move it about a little. This should hopefully prevent the shoulder joint seizing completely.

I normally type with two hands but given my present inability to do so I have started using a dictation program to enter text in the computer. It seems to be working fairly well on the whole, and I can actually "type" faster than I can do so normally.