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.

"Marlene Blanshay" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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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?

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"Frederic Briere" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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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.

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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.)

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Frederic Briere <*> [email hidden]

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