Featured A "little" Detour--after A Bicycle Crash And Two Broken Bones

Thanks @Erling! Thanks for the laugh!!

 

@Erling, that's a sweet Gitane bicycle! Definitely do not crash that bike – both for its and your sake. I'll have to look up that race that you did a few years back.

Although I said my bicycle is an older bike, it's definitely not vintage! I think it's about 12 years old or so. It's a Holland--built by a terrific custom frame builder outside of San Diego named Bill Holland. The frame is a combination of carbon and titanium. Some of the guys I know from the cycling world say I should get an updated frame, but I absolutely love my Holland and I'm hoping that it will last me until I don't ride bicycles anymore. Which, if I crash again, won't be long. But that's not the plan. I'd like to ride both bicycles and motorcycles until I can barely get my leg over them and hopefully that's a long way down the road.

 

Oh, @joe mc donald , you are a funny guy. I don't think I'm ready for a trike just yet. I'm not one to throw in the towel. But I do appreciate you looking out for my well-being. Steve's and Annie's too so it seems.

Here are a couple of pics from my racing days. This first one is the bike that went down with the ship two weeks ago.


The bike in this photo was a team bike back when I raced on a local team. We were hanging around waiting for someone to change a flat when I spied a cigarette butt and a vodka bottle on the side of the road. Just a little mugging for the camera. I don't smoke and I never drink vodka. Most everything else, but never vodka! Well, unless it's in a Bloody Mary of course.


My ex and I did lots of racing on a tandem, too. This was on Mt. Lemmon when there used to be an annual hillclimb race. No more tandem riding for me. I got the tandem in the divorce and wound up selling it back to the ex for a reasonable price. At least it seemed reasonable to me!

 

A very motivating reason to keep going to yoga, @Kenbro!

 

Thanks, @Dartplayer! I think those good healing vibes and well wishes of you and my other forum buddies are starting to do the trick. And Mr. Sandi and Annie are awesome. Today my "walking" is actually starting to resemble walking. Far less pain and I'm not dragging Mr. Sandi down just to get across the room. A longtime friend of ours swung by with this nurse's cap for Mr. Sandi earlier today.


And Annie is ever-present by my side. Plus she looks a lot better than I do these days!

 

Thanks, @Dave C! I've started calling apple fritters the "Breakfast of Champions". Had yet another one this morning. I think that makes six days in a row. But it's one of the things I most look forward to each days. And the jury is in. The apple fritters from Amy's Donuts beat out the fritters from Dunkin' Donuts by a mile. Or a kilometer. And the gal at Amy's told Mr. Sandi that if we call a day ahead they will happily make fritters of different flavors for me – apple, blueberry, cherry. How cool is that?!

 

Oh no, @Callumity. Watching or listening to the Senate impeachment hearings would just add to my woes.

 

Thanks, @DCS222! Yes, I'm definitely improving day by day. Great recommendation on the "apple a day". But if I add in the juggling like the gent in the video I'll have to do it one-handed for another 5 weeks or so. At least I'm right-handed and it's my left elbow that's under repair.

 

Thanks, @Old phart phred! I appreciate the encouragement. I'm highly motivated to do all the things my physical therapist is having me do. Though slow and with support, I am walking a bit more and more each day.

And yes, Annie is extremely protective of me since my accident two weeks ago. She always has been but now she's definitely on high alert and never lets me out of her sight. Here are a couple of photos from this morning taken in the living room from my temporary "office" aka wheelchair, TV tray, pillows, and computer. Oh, and my morning apple fritter and coffee.