Man that sounds painful, my hands hurt just reading about it.
What model Shadow was that? I had a '95 1100, red/black ACE in really nice shape. It was my first street bike and wound up being my primary transportation for 5 years or so. I dropped it once at about 5mph on ice/snow in the alley behind my house. It just rolled onto the crash bar and I picked it up. Slightly injured ego but that was about it.
