On 10/13/07, David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This time around I've done it properly. Fell hard while riding home > from the trails and broke my left collarbone. I tried riding/walking > it off while muttering a mixture of encouragement and obscenity to > myself (didn't know it was actually broken at the time) but had to > abandon that plan about halfway home as the discomfort wore me down. > > Despite having landed on my cellphone hard enough to crack the > plastic over the screen, I was able to call the Mrs for a lift to the > after-hours medical centre. They pushed me straight to the front of > the queue, taking me through before we'd even started filling in the > paperwork! They took care of me amazingly well and eventually sent > me home with a sling and a stack of good painkillers. We then headed > straight to the supermarket for a good dose of sympathy chocolate. > > So right at the start of the f--king season I have 3 months off the > bikes. Serves me right for being silly I suppose (launching a little > too hard off a speed hump), but I haven't even had a chance to ride > in my new full-face helmet yet :( > > For a few dollars I obtained a copy of my X-Rays so I might throw > some coal into my old 8x10 transparency scanner and post some > gruesome pics later. > > So far I've learned that sitting in a sunbeam reading on the couch is > really nice, and showering is really not nice. Not sure how I'm > going to sleep - probably badly as I always sleep on my side. The > cellphone-shaped bruise on my leg is also annoying me a bit whenever > I try to crouch down. Oh and there's also the one-handed typing thing. > > It could have turned out worse as I very nearly crashed straight into > a van coming in the opposite direction. The driver stopped and made > sure I was OK before carrying on. I haven't taken a close look at > the bike but I know the front wheel has a slight (fixable) kink. > > Looking at the bright side, I now have 3 months of Saturday mornings > to devote to all those projects I had no time for!
As you may recall, my last serious cycling injury was a broken collarbone. I've never suffered as much pain in my (relatively pain-free) life! I feel your pain. Hope you feel better fast. I'm proof that there is riding after such a break! -f -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
