prayers for Bike Goddess

[velogirl]

Aw, Nancy! I read about your crash on the luna chix email group and the VS email group (you're famous) but didn't realize that was you!!! Heal quickly!

Lorri

[Trek420]

I hope it wasn't her femur! that's the big bone in your leg. Please get well soon

That's what I thought. What are we? Doctors? She broke some kinda bone.

Heal fast BG.

[Bike Goddess]

I saw my ortho surgeon Wednesday the 18th. Apparently I had 3 fractures in the femur area. 2 look like they are pretty much closed, one shows bone growth around the area but it's not there yet. (Amazing what you can see on XRays!)

So I continue my PT program (Physical Torture) 2x a week which consists of major stretching of my reluctant tendons (ouch!) and lots of heat. I am making progress but I have a ways to go yet to get my arm completely straight.

I'm on a restricted work program with a 2lb weight limit. Pretty hard to do my job (reaching up for china and crystal) so I'm still homebound. However, I do my exercises and walk with a couple of cancer patients which helps my mood a lot. Fortunately I can drive short distances so I can get around to appointments and such.

I started spin classes about 2 months ago. That has really helped my attitude and my fitness level. I go three times a week. Am thinking I'll start increasing my sessions to 5x a week in May so that when I am finally able to be back on the bike it won't be such a hard transition. I'm thinking that I'll continue spin classes as I find them quite useful and fun (most of the time).

Thanks for all your support and comments along the way. I read many of your posts, just don't have a lot to say.

Hope to see you on the road sometime in June!

[Veronica]

It's good to hear how you're doing. I'm glad you can get to spin class. I bet that's really keeping your fitness up.

V.

[Trekhawk]

Glad to hear you are doing so well. Im a little confused though is it your arm or leg that was broken??? I thought arm but you mention Femur so maybe I had that wrong.

Anyway glad to hear you are on the mend.

[Python]

Very gentle (((hug))) from across the pond and healing vibes on their way to you.

A few years ago I broke a bone in my hand (5th metacarpal). The hospital wanted to open my hand and pin the bone. I'm the biggest coward going and refused. They told me the bone would set all wrong and I'd have a deformed hand. Anyway, they stuck it in a cast. I put a haematite bracelet (you know one of these stretchy beaded ones) over the cast as haematite has healing properties to help broken bones mend. The hospital were amazed at how quickly the bone healed up and my hand is as straight as it's always been. One of my friends recently broke a bone too and she tried that and it helped.

Hope you're back on your bike soon.

[margo49]

Orthopedics is a slow process but you get there (or somewhere *near there*) in the end.
Keep it up, BG!

[cindysue]

It was good seeing you at Cinderella. Glad you are mostly healed. June isn't too far off so keep up the spinning and you will be ready to take on the summer.

xxoo

[Bike Goddess]

Trekhawk- I mistakenly said femur when I meant Humerus! Oh well, a leg, an arm just a little difference!

It was nice to see everyone of you at Cinderella (that seems like ions ago) and the pre Cindy dinner.

And it's so neat that Spazz is riding again.

Yep spinning the days away.......and now the weather is getting to be our kinda riding

Have fun those of you in SLO wildflower ride. Am looking forward to pictures. And the SR Wine Country- that's such a fun ride. Hopefully you will have fabulous weather.

Next Tues-- May 1st- I"m sagging for our club- they are doing an interesting ride on Knoxville road starting and ending at Pope Valley. Something like 85 miles. MP and V- you've done some of this on the Knoxville double, right? I'll try to remember to get some pics for you all. Pretty time of year to be out that way.

I'll keep an eye out for you all (in the forums, that is)

[Trekhawk]

Trekhawk- I mistakenly said femur when I meant Humerus! Oh well, a leg, an arm just a little difference!

LOL - Im just glad to hear you are getting better.

[DrBee]

Glad to hear you are recovering and in good spirits!

[maillotpois]

She's even got a sense of "humer"!

Nancy enjoy Knoxville Road. I think it is one CREEPY road and would never ride it without some sort of SAG or supprt - so they're lucky to have you. But part of my sense of its creepiness may be because Kville Double travels it during hunting season so there are all these trucks pulled over to the sides of the road with people off hunting. What, I don't know.

Hi BeeDoc!

[margo49]

Trekhawk- I mistakenly said femur when I meant Humerus! Oh well, a leg, an arm just a little difference!

What pain-killers were you on, BG ??!!??

[snapdragen]

What pain-killers were you on, BG ??!!??

Must be something really, really good!

[Bike Goddess]

I stopped taking those the 2 days after surgery. Must be senior moment!

MP- yes, I have driven Knoxville Rd right after the Amgen Tour came past Moskovitz corner as we were checking it out for a later ride (this one coming up). When we were on the road we saw exactly 3 cars in about an hour's time. It was pretty desolate. I wouldn't ride that road solo, that's for sure!

Bee Doc? What bees are you studying these days????