prayers for Bike Goddess

[mimitabby]

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

[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!