I'm an arm amputee and the first rib on my good side is torn off T1. I have been dealing with this 3 years, often times in debilitating pain if I pull on something. I had a 3D for ashort while last year and the 4 - 5 times i rode it, turning left, with bars flipped to push throttle and on a kneeling seat, I began to notice it was pushing my rib back in place. I actually noticed because in any other modes it was not as effective. I sold the ski, because I didn't have storage and wanted to be debt free. I didnt really realize how much it was helping at the time. Since then i have dumped tons of money on chiropractors, extra meds, and seemn every specialist imaginable and I am still in the same condition i was in 2019. Recently i rented a new ski to try and rehab myself and the position of everything was so much different than the 3D that it did not help at all. I decided to find another 3D. Took it on the water and it would not go, knocked off and engine light came on. I used to be able to get it to start, but now it won't. I really need to get my rib back in place, so i used every ounce of credit i have and bought another one that was immaculate. I rode it twice doing left turns and put the rib in place and the 2nd time out, i cut real hard and the bow went down deep in the water and i rode out of it. It seemed ok. I took it back out again, 3rd time, i ran easy for awhile, it had missed a few times in the beginning, it seemed to be fine and so i started my left turn therapy. I took some tight left turns, got really wet, but never put the nose in like i did the previous day. I rode around, found another cove and ran it full throttle some and a hair away from full a lot, took a lot of turns and went tight and it slowly died on me coming out of the turn. I got it started, but it ran rough, but was able to idle a long way back to the ramp. In sight of the ramp, i decided to give it gas, and it started taking off fine, then slowly lost power and died. The rough idle had mostly cleared up when i decided to give it gas, then after the 2nd restart, it ran very rough like it did after knocking off the first time.
But wait, it gets even better, or worse i should say. Upon getting home i decided to hook the hose up to run it, and i totally forgot what i had heard in the past about not running it more than a couple of minutes with the hose on. I screwed up bad and ran both of them for a long time on the water hose. to make things even more screwed up, i left the dang water hose on without the ski running. I have had so much going on with losing my parents and dealing with this rib problem being an amputee that i really cant think straight half the time and i keep forgetting a lot of things. I have never owned a pwc before, long enough to say i really owned one. I printed the manual last year for the other one i had, but gave it away with the ski. I totally forgot about all these crucial elements that I unknowingly disregarded and now i'm screwed. I have a lot of mechanical training with cars and i can usually do a lot with one hand, sometimes even with the messed up rib.. Can someone please help me? I really dont know what to do and now my rib is popped back away from where its supposed to be. Any help is appreciated; seadoo advice, chiropractor referrals, anything. i am losing it. I didn't want a jetski. I'm losing it and just wanted to heal myself, and it WAS working. I'm so sad and lost right now.
- Location
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RALEIGH, NC
- Water Crafts
- 2005 SEADOO 3D
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- DISABLED and a left arm amputee