NRR: Last gasp

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 20:39:23 +0000 (UTC), Pete Jones
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...dagnabbit.....

Pete

Pete Jones said:

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 20:39:23 +0000 (UTC), Pete Jones
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Quoted message said:

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...dagnabbit.....

Pete

Fantastic photos as usual. Really gives a feel for being
there. I love those kinds of places.

Glad you're making progress with the arm, but sorry it's so
severe. I've shattered my elbow and know the recovery
process pretty well. These kinds of things are usually all
different but I could ski moderate slopes with the bad arm
in a sling and padded after ten weeks. I didn't ride offroad
for probably 16 weeks but could road ride at about the 12
week point. It's always been a few degrees short of what it
was before but is probably 99.9% good as new again. Hope
that's a little encouraging. They set these guidelines for
recovery times based on the average person. If you can heal
faster than that, then good on you. Just don't push it too
hard too soon and back off when your bodys says to.

Matt

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 22:09:35 -0700, "MattB" <[email hidden]>
blathered:

Quoted message said:

Glad you're making progress with the arm, but sorry it's so
severe. I've shattered my elbow and know the recovery
process pretty well. These kinds of things are usually all
different but I could ski moderate slopes with the bad arm
in a sling and padded after ten weeks. I didn't ride
offroad for probably 16 weeks but could road ride at about
the 12 week point.

Physically I could road ride now - hell, I WAS road riding 4
weeks ago when I had the cast on. Thing is, falling off
before the bone is fully healed and breaking it
again...well, it'd be embarrassing.

I slipped over while running downhill 2 weeks ago and,
without thinking, put out my hand to break the
fall....Jesus, it was excruciating, ten times worse than the
original break. The bone turned out to be OK, it was the
tendons & muscles being forced to move further than they
wanted to move just yet. The thought of coming off the bike
at speed...*wince* no-o-oo I'll do what the doctor says and
just leave it another few weeks....

This whole episode has been an intersting insight into what
getting old is going to be like. And I don't like it.

Pete

Pete Jones said:

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 22:09:35 -0700, "MattB"
<[email hidden]> blathered:

Quoted message said:

Glad you're making progress with the arm, but sorry it's
so severe. I've shattered my elbow and know the recovery
process pretty well. These kinds of things are usually all
different but I could ski moderate slopes with the bad arm
in a sling and padded after ten weeks. I didn't ride
offroad for probably 16 weeks but could road ride at about
the 12 week point.

Physically I could road ride now - hell, I WAS road riding
4 weeks ago when I had the cast on. Thing is, falling off
before the bone is fully healed and breaking it
again...well, it'd be embarrassing.

I slipped over while running downhill 2 weeks ago and,
without thinking, put out my hand to break the
fall....Jesus, it was excruciating, ten times worse than
the original break. The bone turned out to be OK, it was
the tendons & muscles being forced to move further than
they wanted to move just yet. The thought of coming off
the bike at speed...*wince* no-o-oo I'll do what the
doctor says and just leave it another few weeks....

This whole episode has been an intersting insight into
what getting old is going to be like. And I don't like it.

Amen to that. I injured my knee back at the
beginning of the year. No fun involved - I was
crawling around, pulling nails and staples out of
wooden sub-flooring. Nothing to do for it, no
surgery warranted. Nothing to do for it but wait.
And wait. And wait. I kept pushing the recovery
period, attempting short rides "just to keep the
joint mobile" (read as: trying to keep from going
nucking futs). Well, you can kid yourself, and you
can try to kid your doctor but you can't fool your
own knees, at least not after 40. Conservatively, I
estimate that I wound up doubling my recovery time.
And having to relinquish my position as starter for
my flyball team - just can't take the kneeling
required. And gaining about 8 pounds, that I will no
doubt have to sweat blood to get rid of. I will
definitely give more weight to the learned opinion
of my qualified physician in the future. He's got a
hell of a lot more experience with 40-something-year-
old knees than I do. Getting old sucks.

Kathleen

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 20:41:57 +0000, Pete Jones wrote:

[great pictures]

i've been doing more hikes since my distal radial fracture,
bad heal, bone graft, and semi-recovery with limited range
of motion (all suffered with the healing ability of a forty-
something).

but the hikes ... they've been great, and i've noticed
things i might not have on the bike. you get to talk to
people a lot more too. that's good when you meet interesting
folks, but bad when you meet (say) a madwoman who wants to
rant about skinheads in idaho. it feels kinda silly to be
edging away and walking faster on a trail ;-)

Kathleen said:

Getting old sucks.

Kathleen

As they say, it is better than the only other option.

--
Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado (remove ".nospam" to reply)

Pete Jones said:

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 22:09:35 -0700, "MattB"
<[email hidden]> blathered:

Quoted message said:

Glad you're making progress with the arm, but sorry it's
so severe. I've shattered my elbow and know the recovery
process pretty well. These kinds of things are usually
all different but I could ski moderate slopes with the
bad arm in a sling and padded after ten weeks. I didn't
ride offroad for probably 16 weeks but could road ride at
about the 12 week point.

Physically I could road ride now - hell, I WAS road riding
4 weeks ago when I had the cast on. Thing is, falling off
before the bone is fully healed and breaking it
again...well, it'd be embarrassing.

I slipped over while running downhill 2 weeks ago and,
without thinking, put out my hand to break the
fall....Jesus, it was excruciating, ten times worse than
the original break. The bone turned out to be OK, it was
the tendons & muscles being forced to move further than
they wanted to move just yet. The thought of coming off
the bike at speed...*wince* no-o-oo I'll do what the
doctor says and just leave it another few weeks....

Yeah, I've done the same thing. My solution was to
immobilize the arm while hiking and running because I just
couldn't stop trying to use it in panic situations. It's a
whole new world of pain, isn't it? Makes all my other aches
and pains seem more manageable.

My other problem was when I'd occasionaly hit the tied-off
end of the figure eight wire on a door frame or something.
It was like a super-funny bone (wire figure-eights through
the unla and is died of right on the point of my elbow). I
sure don't miss that hardware. They said removal was
optional, but after a year I saw it as manditory.

On the positive side, my arm is very functional now with
little to no trouble whatsoever. It's a good storm
detector and an impressive scar. Hope yours winds up the
same (or better).

Quoted message said:

This whole episode has been an intersting insight into
what getting old is going to be like. And I don't like it.

Funny thing is, these are often thought of as growing old
injuries, but I did mine when I was 18. Maybe that was for
the better because it really change my outlook on self
preservation. Not sure if I've done as good a job at it as
I'd hoped, but it could be worse (remember it can always
be worse).

Quoted message said:

Pete

Matt