> > Every single one of them was told "you might not be able to > ride your > bike again" by some supposedly well-meaning physician. These dolts > don't figure for what passion and personal motivation means... >
that's what I figure. I'll do the physio as often as possible and get back as much movement as I can - I'd be surprised if in the long-term I'm very seriously inconvenienced by this, and I certainly expect to be able to ride my bicycle again. My long-term plans involve cycling round the world, and I'm damned if I'm going to let this stop me. Thanks to everyone else who's replied - especially Bob B, for whom this probably looks trivial! -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi > Sent: 23 July 2007 18:18 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT: Frankenstein, and RFI > > On Jul 23, 2007, at 10:03 AM, Bob W wrote: > > > My plaster cast was taken off today, only 3.5 weeks after > breaking my > > wrist. Here's a picture of my Frankenstein-like scar: > > http://www.web-options.com/Scar.jpg > > Cool and sexy ... ];-) > > > If anybody else here has had a similar injury I'd be interested to > > learn how much movement you managed to recover, and in what > period of > > time. When I broke the wrist the surgeon told me not to expect to > > recover full movement, and suggested I might not be able to ride a > > bicycle again. That I find hard to believe, even if I do have > > restricted movement, hence my request for information. > > I have a long-held contempt for doctors who tell me what I will not > be able to do in the future. I've not suffered this particular kind > of injury myself but others that I know from many years of > motorcycling and bicycling have suffered similar if not > substantially > worse injuries. Recovering is sometimes a slow process ... but they > all went back to their bikes after recovering sufficiently and > continue to ride today, if they haven't stopped riding for other > reasons. > > Every single one of them was told "you might not be able to > ride your > bike again" by some supposedly well-meaning physician. These dolts > don't figure for what passion and personal motivation means... > > We can do practically anything we want with our minds and bodies, if > our heart is in it. > > Godfrey > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
