DOH! This is what I get for not reading the WHOLE thread!

Katie... here I was rooting you on, and you've already done the ride and are in recovery... sorry 'bout that. I'm just back on the bike after a surgery and came late to your story...

dang, sorry you crashed but glad you rode! You'll be back... and passing old women like me in no time!

hope the surgeon gave you better news than the other doc...