Back on the road!

That's OK Marlene, we love you anyway.

"Marlene Blanshay" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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For those who care,I mentioned a few weeks back that I'd
just had major abdominal surgery, and since it was
unplanned (emergency) I was all bummed about the timing,
with the season approaching.

However, I just saw the surgeon and I'm healing perfectly
and everything looks great. I can start resuming physical
activity six weeks after the surgery date, which puts it
about 2 weeks from now. Yeah! So I won't miss too much of
the season. Lately, however, the weather has been horrible
and it snowed last night.

Of course, I'll have to take it easy when I get back to the
bike.. I've
lost weight and been nearly inactive since march 10. So
I'll have to get
slowly back into things. As soon as I can I'll start
limbering up with

yoga.

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I'm looking at this pasty person and thinking ecccch! A
blind dead man

would

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run away from me screaming into the night!

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Marlene Blanshay at [email hidden] wrote on 4/5/04
12:49 PM: For those who care,I mentioned a few weeks back
that I'd just had major abdominal surgery, and since it was
unplanned (emergency) I was all bummed about the timing,
with the season approaching.

However, I just saw the surgeon and I'm healing perfectly
and everything looks great. I can start resuming physical
activity six weeks after the surgery date, which puts it
about 2 weeks from now. Yeah! So I won't miss too much of
the season. Lately, however, the weather has been horrible
and it snowed last night.

Of course, I'll have to take it easy when I get back to
the bike.. I've lost weight and been nearly inactive since
march 10. So I'll have to get slowly back into things. As
soon as I can I'll start limbering up with yoga. I'm
looking at this pasty person and thinking ecccch! A blind
dead man would run away from me screaming into the night!

I am a year-round transportational cyclist. As I was being
wheeled by stretcher into the operating room for abdominal
surgery- I asked the surgeon when I could ride my cycle
next. He hesitated for a while, and then I explained that it
was a tadpole recumbent trike and he brightened visibly and
said "The next day!" Thinking he was kidding, I asked again.
He said, "No really- if you are riding something like that-
get started again right away". Being a bit of a wimp, I
waited three days after abdominal surgery for my first ride.

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For those who care,I mentioned a few weeks back that I'd
just had major abdominal surgery, and since it was
unplanned (emergency) I was all bummed about the timing,
with the season approaching.

However, I just saw the surgeon and I'm healing perfectly
and everything looks great. I can start resuming physical
activity six weeks after the surgery date, which puts it
about 2 weeks from now. Yeah! So I won't miss too much of
the season. Lately, however, the weather has been horrible
and it snowed last night.

Of course, I'll have to take it easy when I get back to
the bike.. I've lost weight and been nearly inactive
since march 10. So I'll have to get slowly back into
things. As soon as I can I'll start limbering up with
yoga. I'm looking at this pasty person and thinking
ecccch! A blind dead man would run away from me screaming
into the night!

I am glad to hear you are recovering rapidly. Cyclists tend
to do that. It's probably our good circulation? Sorry about
the weather! I'll think of you as I ride thru the cherry
blossoms littering the streets 😉 Stay well, Bernie

Glad to hear you are doing well!! Being back on the road will be a wonderful thing. Where do you live? The New England area?

Marlene Blanshay said:

However, I just saw the surgeon and I'm healing perfectly
and everything looks great. I can start resuming physical
activity six weeks after the surgery date, which puts it
about 2 weeks from now. Yeah! So I won't miss too much of
the season. Lately, however, the weather has been horrible
and it snowed last night.

Hence my profound confusion upon reading your subject line.
[looking out the window] "She's out from surgery, and she's
getting back on the road *today*? Is she nuts?" 🙂

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Of course, I'll have to take it easy when I get back to
the bike.. I've lost weight and been nearly inactive
since march 10. So I'll have to get slowly back into
things. As soon as I can I'll start limbering up with
yoga. I'm looking at this pasty person and thinking
ecccch! A blind dead man would run away from me screaming
into the night!

Think of how faster you'll be on hills, what with the weight
you've lost! (Not that it matters much in Mtl, though.)

--
Frederic Briere <*> [email hidden]

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Marlene Blanshay said:

However, I just saw the surgeon and I'm healing
perfectly and everything looks great. I can start
resuming physical activity six weeks after the
surgery date, which puts it about 2 weeks from now.
Yeah! So I won't

miss

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too much of the season. Lately, however, the weather has
been horrible

and

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it snowed last night.

Hence my profound confusion upon reading your subject
line. [looking out the window] "She's out from surgery,
and she's getting back on the road *today*? Is she
nuts?" 🙂

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Of course, I'll have to take it easy when I get back to
the bike.. I've
lost weight and been nearly inactive since march 10. So
I'll have to get
slowly back into things. As soon as I can I'll start
limbering up with

yoga.

Quoted message said:

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I'm looking at this pasty person and thinking ecccch! A
blind dead man

would

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run away from me screaming into the night!

Think of how faster you'll be on hills, what with the
weight you've lost! (Not that it matters much in Mtl,
though.)

Do you know montreal? I don't know where you're from but
it's famous for hills- we have a mountain in the middle of
the city. However, i won't be tackling the hills for a bit.

However, everyone is griping about their winter weight, and
I've lost weight. Thanks to a quick easy, weight loss plan:

INtestinal surgery! Followed by: Intravenous feeding! And...
a liquid diet! Supplemented by: Inedible hospital food! And
concluded with: Appetite suppressing narcotics!

Truth is, I didn't need to lose that weight. As we all know,
many cyclists are on the slender side and don't need to be
any thinner, and also it's not the same as losing weight
from training. You lose strength too. However, my appetite
is returning to normal, in time to stuff my little face with
chocolate easter eggs!

Marlene Blanshay said:

Do you know montreal? I don't know where you're from but
it's famous for hills- we have a mountain in the middle of
the city. However, i won't be

Yeah, *one*. And no matter where you want/need to go, you
can always go around it. First time I was on the south
shore, I almost yelled "wheee!" when going down an overpass
-- that was as much fun as you could have in an area that's
as flat as a pancake.

Me, I'm from Sherbrooke, so I know a thing or two about
hills. <g>

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However, everyone is griping about their winter weight,
and I've lost weight. Thanks to a quick easy, weight
loss plan:

INtestinal surgery! Followed by: Intravenous feeding!
And... a liquid diet! Supplemented by: Inedible hospital
food! And concluded with: Appetite suppressing narcotics!

Anytime I've ever lost more than 5 pounds, it's always been
due to stress, being sick, or some other
physiological/psychological [censored]. Though I have to admit my
stories don't compare to yours. 🙂

(I remember a board game put out by Croc -- a now-defunct
humor magazine -- that involved going across different
Quebec cities. Sherbrooke was described as being renowned
for its "80-degree hills" and was illustrated with a cyclist
tumbling downhill.)

--
Frederic Briere <*> [email hidden]

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Marlene Blanshay said:

Do you know montreal? I don't know where you're from but
it's famous for hills- we have a mountain in the middle
of the city. However, i won't be

Yeah, *one*. And no matter where you want/need to go, you
can always go around it. First time I was on the south
shore, I almost yelled "wheee!" when going down an
overpass -- that was as much fun as you could have in an
area that's as flat as a pancake.

Me, I'm from Sherbrooke, so I know a thing or two about
hills. <g>

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However, everyone is griping about their winter weight,
and I've lost weight. Thanks to a quick easy, weight
loss plan:

INtestinal surgery! Followed by: Intravenous feeding!
And... a liquid diet! Supplemented by: Inedible hospital
food! And concluded with: Appetite suppressing
narcotics!

Anytime I've ever lost more than 5 pounds, it's always
been due to stress, being sick, or some other
physiological/psychological [censored]. Though I have to admit
my stories don't compare to yours. 🙂

Geez,I forgot all about Croc. Yes, the south shore is pretty
flat. However,the hilly streets in the city are popular
among cyclists, especially the hilly streets of wealthy
westmount. Cyclists can be seen torturing themselves on
those streets every day!