Dan & I were camping at Green Lakes State Park near Syracuse,NY this week. I was so proud of Dan because he was riding 25 miles a day, including up to Chittenango Falls which includes a steep hill (OK, so he pushed his bike up, but he got there). Things were looking rosy for us maybe doing a rail trail tour in retirement. Then I took a stupid fall in the park entrance on our way home. I didn't even skin my knee so I didn't think a thing about it, got back on my bike, climbed the hill back to out campsite, passing Dan. When I got to the top I turned and rode back down so that we could get to the campsite at about the same time. No problem. Walking around the campsite I noticed that my knee seemed to not flex right so I took Ibuprofen and iced it a while.
The next morning I woke up with a lot of swelling, so much so that I had trouble getting out of our sleeping bag. This was the day we had planned to hike around the beautiful turquoise green lakes. That was out of the question. After breakfast and talking about it and finally calling my MD, we broke camp and headed home. ER doc wasn't sure about the x-ray, so I'm waiting for radiologist's review, but there isn't enough pain for any bones to be broken. I'm in a knee immobilizer for a week minimum, and am very worried about whether I will be able to ride the PMC Aug. 6. Now waiting for clearance from ortho doc.