Sorry Paddy. I hope you are back soon. I was two bikes behind you but in the other pace line & your description of the events matches up with what I saw. As we all discussed later it seemed to happen in slow motion. Thanks again to Kevin for riding with the Gyros.
On Jul 31, 2010 4:20 PM, "Derek Bateson" <[email protected]> wrote: Guys, First of all I hope I did not cause too much consternation and delay on the ride. I believe it was Kyle who went over the top of me and I sincerely hope you are OK and anyone else involved.? Please let me know. No one else was involved somehow I lost it on a straight bit of road, just cruising along – pretty dumb. I was riding right hand only as I was putting some paper wrapper into my back pocket and the next thing my steering snapped left I snapped it back right and the rest is history ! Well all I can say is : Don’t fall off your bike because it hurts. !! I hit so hard on my left shoulder I managed a lateral break of the clavicle, it overlaps by about 1 “ , I will see a specialist on Wed morning to discuss it further. The Physician’s assistant told me that surgery would be the way to go for a much speedier recovery but maybe not essential. The problem is that it may not heal properly and after many weeks surgery would be necessary anyway. It may also cause a large bump to develop boney type growth and that would not be good for my perfect physique !! right girls ? I am home and doing very well, in high spirits, just somewhat uncomfortable. It could be 6 weeks or more before I get back on the bike which completely sucks Therefore , for speed I am leaning towards surgery at this stage. There is no need for flowers or fruit at this stage, let’s leave that until later !! I was really enjoying my ride and looking forward to an Irish attack on the group, oh well another time. Will keep you updated and thanks for all the support from all of you on and off the bike Lots of thanks to as always, The “ Doc” also Andy who rode back with me and Ken who collected me from the store. Take care on the roads The Paddy. -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
