Dang, this is depressing!



R

richard

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Yeah, for some reason, I continue to follow bike stuff (this group,
racing, rec sites, etc). Thing is, in order to make snow-and-ice-packed
roads tolerable, I took up skiiing (about 8 years ago).

A month ago I pulled an "Arnie". I did a slow-speed face plant, which
was unspectacular and should have been unconsequential. However, in a
completely freak landing, I suffered a posterior dislocation of the
right shoulder (oh yeah, my dominant arm) and, just as a bonus, the hunk
of bone to which the rotator cuff attaches sheered off and was smashed.

Well, for one thing, I am on the soggy flat-and-bare soybean fields of
Illinois rather than at Lake Tahoe this week. For another thing, I may
not be able to ride a bike until late summer...

OK, now that I've finished feeling sorry for myself, I'll need to go
check on Sheldon't site to see how he's doing and to remind myself how
well-off I really am!
 
"richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Yeah, for some reason, I continue to follow bike stuff (this group,
> racing, rec sites, etc). Thing is, in order to make snow-and-ice-packed
> roads tolerable, I took up skiiing (about 8 years ago).
>
> A month ago I pulled an "Arnie". I did a slow-speed face plant, which was
> unspectacular and should have been unconsequential. However, in a
> completely freak landing, I suffered a posterior dislocation of the right
> shoulder (oh yeah, my dominant arm) and, just as a bonus, the hunk of bone
> to which the rotator cuff attaches sheered off and was smashed.
>
> Well, for one thing, I am on the soggy flat-and-bare soybean fields of
> Illinois rather than at Lake Tahoe this week. For another thing, I may
> not be able to ride a bike until late summer...
>
> OK, now that I've finished feeling sorry for myself, I'll need to go check
> on Sheldon't site to see how he's doing and to remind myself how well-off
> I really am!


Recumbent Trike advantage No's 8 and 24.... Ride easily even with upper body
injuries, and a bit of ice won't put you down..... Just sayin

Grolsch
 
"richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Yeah, for some reason, I continue to follow bike stuff (this group,
> racing, rec sites, etc). Thing is, in order to make
> snow-and-ice-packed roads tolerable, I took up skiiing (about 8 years
> ago).
>
> A month ago I pulled an "Arnie". I did a slow-speed face plant, which
> was unspectacular and should have been unconsequential. However, in a
> completely freak landing, I suffered a posterior dislocation of the
> right shoulder (oh yeah, my dominant arm) and, just as a bonus, the
> hunk of bone to which the rotator cuff attaches sheered off and was
> smashed.
>
> Well, for one thing, I am on the soggy flat-and-bare soybean fields of
> Illinois rather than at Lake Tahoe this week. For another thing, I
> may not be able to ride a bike until late summer...


Not even the stationary trainer with no hands?

Phil H
 
richard wrote:
> Yeah, for some reason, I continue to follow bike stuff (this group,
> racing, rec sites, etc). Thing is, in order to make snow-and-ice-packed
> roads tolerable, I took up skiiing (about 8 years ago).
>
> A month ago I pulled an "Arnie". I did a slow-speed face plant, which
> was unspectacular and should have been unconsequential. However, in a
> completely freak landing, I suffered a posterior dislocation of the
> right shoulder (oh yeah, my dominant arm) and, just as a bonus, the hunk
> of bone to which the rotator cuff attaches sheered off and was smashed.
>
> Well, for one thing, I am on the soggy flat-and-bare soybean fields of
> Illinois rather than at Lake Tahoe this week. For another thing, I may
> not be able to ride a bike until late summer...
>
> OK, now that I've finished feeling sorry for myself, I'll need to go
> check on Sheldon't site to see how he's doing and to remind myself how
> well-off I really am!



You should be able to start riding before too long. (a
month or so?). Sleeping is another matter.

Robert