Thank You all

**coz i can** · 05-22-2009, 01:39 PM

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone on these chat forums. I had a rather nasty road bike crash over 2 months ago, from which I am still recovering, still sleeping in a recliner, still alternating between all emotions ranging from positive thoughts to feeling sorry for myself. I am mindful of my doctor telling me that I am lucky to have come out as unscathed as I have but sometimes I just get sad and angry. I will be back on my bike, eventually, aiming for indoor in about 2 weeks and back outside in about 6. The reason for this post is to just thank you guys for all of your posts. I have spent a lot of time not being able to sleep in the past couple of months and my trusty laptop has kept me company, as have all of you. Whenever I am struggling I jump on TE and read away until sleep comes. It dawned on me tonight, that I am just being rude, not registering and peeking in checking you all out, kind of like spying, or reading someone's diary without permission. I thought it best to fix that and register. So really I just want to say Hi and thanks so much for helping me through my recovery. You guys have all helped me big time and I have enjoyed finding you and learning that there are so many women out there to chat to about stuff I like to chat about.

Again, thanks for the company

**Zen** · 05-22-2009, 02:11 PM

We'd make a good TV show

Glad to be of service. It sounds like you got banged up pretty good.

**Biciclista** · 05-22-2009, 02:32 PM

Welcome to TE! we don't think you're rude at all. It usually takes SOMETHING to get a person to start posting.
Lots of people lurk here, you'd be surprised how many there are that do not post.
Tell us about yourself, how did you get hurt so badly? (there might be some learning for you to share with us!)

**jesvetmed** · 05-22-2009, 02:59 PM

Welcome.... glad you are healing well! Hang in there!
Where is Perth?

**Zen** · 05-22-2009, 03:22 PM

WA= Western Australia?

**Trekhawk** · 05-22-2009, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by Zen

WA= Western Australia?

Well done Zen!

Perth is the capital city of Western Australia.

Coz i can - great to see another cyclist from Perth on the board.

**ladyicon** · 05-22-2009, 05:24 PM

Welcome to the board. You are safe here.

**crazycanuck** · 05-22-2009, 05:45 PM

Coz I can..Glad to hear you're healing. Take your time & remember you're a good person

Do you need any home baked cookies or yummy stuff?

**surgtech1956** · 05-22-2009, 06:30 PM

Glad you're on the mend. Glad you found TE, there's great people here, great information, advice, ................. Get those fingers typing.

**arielmoon** · 05-22-2009, 06:48 PM

Hi and welcome. Isnt this place awesome? I too am recovering from an accident. I am just now back on the trainer and I *hope* to be out on the road again soon. I send some healing vibes your way!

**coz i can** · 05-23-2009, 05:32 PM

Wow thanks for the welcome notes! You guys are cool

crazycanuck - thanks for the cookie, yummy stuff offer, I have so over indulged over the last couple of months, rather than tapping into my sensible I have tapped into my fridge and pantry! Crap, talk about making it all that much harder for when I get back on my bike, there is a little bit more of me to tackle that challenge - bugger!

jesvetmed - oops, sorry forgot to add Australia to my location, will update, thanks for that

What happened? well briefly, I was in a ride that was seeded, unfortunately people can seed themselves in whatever grade they think they are, rather than earning the right to be there. One guy who should not have been in A grade was struggling with the pace and perhaps also having a non male person in the group got to him and he got messy and knocked me quite hard, I never saw him coming, at the time of the crash we were doing 48kms an hour (29.8mi) and I hit the road face first. I dont remember anything of the crash and was unconcious for about 15 minutes, so my account of it is as told to me by those that were there, of which about 15 of them landed on top and around me. My injuries were all very fixable, and I am very very lucky that I didnt end up worse off. One of the guys behind me couldnt stop his bike and ended up skidding on my back so I scored a lovely tyre mark and loss of skin on my back. Heaps of riders landed on top of me and I ended up being nearly corked all over. My face lost some pretty impressive chunks of skin and flesh but my doctor is so impressed by what she calls my miracle skin as my face is healing beautifully and you can hardly tell that at one stage I was looking pretty scary. My concussion and corking lasted nearly 3 weeks so the first couple of weeks follwoing the crash are very hazy. I damaged my right knee pretty badly and took a lot of it off, taking it down to nearly bone and exposing all the nerve endings, that took weeks of debriding and medical care every second day (debriding is where they manually remove dead flesh and it hurts). I broke my collar bone in 4 places, my right one, and I am so so right handed! When I had my 6 week xray, as the surgeon said in the beginning that it would heal by itself, my xray showed no healing, in fact at 6 weeks the bones were further apart rather than closer, this was due to the soft tissue damage that ocurred on impact of kissing the road - the soft tissue around my clavicle was badly disrupted and got in the way of the bones coming together. So last Monday I had surgery to plate and pin my bones together. And it will now, apparently, take 6 weeks to heal.

As a nice little bonus, my husband and I are moving house and the removalists are coming on Tuesday. Arrgghh! The light at the end of my tunnel is that we fly to Europe on the 24th June for a 6 week holiday (it was going to include a participation mountain ride of the Tour de Fance, but I wont be doing that now).

So many words, I really suck at briefly! I go back to the surgeon on Friday for a post op chat and in about 3 months I will have a second op to remove the plate. As soon as he wound pain and drugs wear off I can start on the wind trainer. Am so looking forward to that!

**sundial** · 05-23-2009, 05:39 PM

Coz, bless your heart! What a nasty, nasty spill.

I'm glad you weren't hurt worse even though it was a pretty bad fall. Let your body tell you when you are ready for the trainer and for the outdoors. There is an ebb and flow to healing. Some days you take two steps forward, other days it's two steps back. Don't get discouraged-- just take your time and allow your body to heal. In the meantime we'll try to keep you entertained.

**tctrek** · 05-23-2009, 05:44 PM

You go girl! You are amazing that you can go through that and want to get back on the bike and start again.

What does it mean to be "corked"?

**Zen** · 05-23-2009, 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by coz i can

I am very very lucky that I didnt end up worse off

I can't decide if that's an understatement or an overstatement. How awful!The knee part is particularly cringe inducing

**coz i can** · 05-23-2009, 05:51 PM

ooh, good question, me and my slang! Corking is like deep bruising due to impact it is basically bleeding of the muscle causing soft tissue injury. So it happened to my quads, hammies, calves, butt, stomach, back, breasts and shoulders, basically leaves you feeling really bashed up and unable to move much. The general treatment for it is ice rest and elevation and normally only happens to like one part of the body, like quads so easier to treat then

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