Heal well Michael! Glad you might get to reward yourself w/ a Santana! DE
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 5:50 PM, MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So I finally got well enough to take that first test ride on Tues. May > 5. (unless you count Monday's foray to Montreal to test ride a Santana > Tandem, which went quite well). On Tues. I took an 18 mile ride and > the foot felt fine for the first six, uncomfortable for the next 6 and > then began to hurt. Even that was manageable for for another 4 miles > or so as long as I stayed in a low gear and spun, but the last hill, a > very hard 1 1/2 mile pull really did smart. But all in all I call it > a great success. But I'm definitely not ready for my commute (30 > miles) and reluctant to take our my clean bike in the steady rain and > the dirt road I live on. Can't wait to try a second ride tomorrow. > > Michael > > On Apr 24, 2:23 pm, MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Not today but next week. > > > > Late last summer I developed a huge corn on the ball of my right foot, > > which made both walking and cycling extremely painful. It resisted > > all known treatments - scraping, salysilic acid, amonium lactate, > > pineapple skin, and acupuncture. Finally, after 4 physicians and > > dozens of treatments I stumbled on an herbal tincture, Cheledonium, > > which took it off in 4 days! But that revealed a large, 1+ inch syst, > > which had to be removed surgically. I got the last of the stitches > > removed this morning and the foot is stinging, but I've got the go > > ahead to drive and put weight on it. I'm going to try riding on it > > next Monday but feel very confident I can be back on the bike by May > > 1. It feels like Christmas is around the corner. > > > > Michael > > Westford, Vt > > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
