Can't ride for 4 months

[twin]

I am days out from my shoulder replacement the humerous/ball and already I miss my bike. If I am luckey I will get to ride in 4 months. I had a wreck 4 years ago on my fixed gear and after all kinds of doctors shoulder manipulation and therapy I found out my bone was dead. The good news is I can read this forum and I now have a piece of titanium in me/ball lol. So instead of riding titanium I will take the titanium for a ride!

[txred9876]

I am days out from my shoulder replacement the humerous/ball and already I miss my bike. If I am luckey I will get to ride in 4 months. I had a wreck 4 years ago on my fixed gear and after all kinds of doctors shoulder manipulation and therapy I found out my bone was dead. The good news is I can read this forum and I now have a piece of titanium in me/ball lol. So instead of riding titanium I will take the titanium for a ride!

I hope you start to feel better and follow the doctors instructions ..... so you will be back on your bike asap!

[Zen]

You poor thing. I know it's going to be a loooong winter for you.

[OakLeaf]

Aw, twin, sending you lots of healing vibes.

If it's any comfort, one of the people I ride with had a shoulder replaced a couple of years ago. Even though he had all kinds of complications, he's finally back to riding quite a bit and feels the surgery was a complete success!

[twin]

Txred and Zen thanks and Oakleaf so how long was it before your friend could ride after surgery? Thanks

[OakLeaf]

My friend had serious complications (infection requiring repeat surgery for debridement, plus lots of debilitating antibiotics), plus there was something I don't quite understand about his shoulder that meant they had to install the implant differently from how it normally goes in. So it was the better part of a year for him, but please don't take that as a prediction for yourself!

[spazzdog]

Hey Twin! Good to hear you're all fixed up... and with the titanium replacement you might want to change your handle to "terminator"

Can you put your bike on a wind trainer and just peddle sitting up? If yes, at least you'd get a little cycling fix. I'm doing that now due to a messed up wrist (seeing hand doc today though).

Good luck!

spazz