Rough weekend on bike

[Aint Doody]

Suzie--I just have to ditto what everybody said--go to the dr. After my crash I had a concussion & bleeding in the brain. I was in ICU for 2 days and then told to stay at home from work for 1 week. I also was told not to do anything to raise my heart rate for 6 weeks. And--I never had a headache at all. But I, too, couldn't remember the crash or anything that happened for the next few hours. Please let your doctor check you out.

Susan

[mimitabby]

um, has anyone heard from Suzie since the weekend?

[suzieqtwa]

Hey ladies,
Thanks for all the concern ,but I'm really fine. My hand is bruised ,but the swelling is down ,and I can bend them in ALL directions...the same with my elbow. No headache,dizziness etc....I have to have a brain MRI next month anyway ,so ill have them check for any bleeding. My brother is a Orthopedic Surgeon on hands ,but I forgot to mention this to him. He lives in Denver...Ill ask. I have no major pains...just a bit beat up. I think it sounds worse than it was...I took a couple of nasty falls ,but I'm tuff. The helmet saved me. REALLY!!!! Don't let my stories scare any of you ladies from going clipless.....you have to fall a couple of times...I just did everything all at once.
Ill let you know how I do on my 40, or 18 miles Charity ride this weekend.......Haven't decided which one yet,The 40 mile one is all huge hills.
Thanks again ,and please don't worry about me.
Maureen...how is that saddle. After 26 miles on Sunday , I hurt a bit.

[suzieqtwa]

Oh ,and yes I will call my neurosurgeon tomorrow ,and tell him about the fall ,and let him tell me what to do...Ok. So please dont worry.

[mary9761]

Yikes Susie, sound like you took a beating. I hope you continue to be ok. I would echo what a lot are saying about head injuries though. My DH was in a car accident before we met and had a closed head injury (I know worse than what you had) and was comatose for 6 weeks, he has permanent brain injury and some things he will have difficulty for the remainder of his life.
Now I think I know what you mean about the foot drag as you unclip even though "technically" I'm not "clipped in" on the Navigator I do have toe straps. When I get ready to come to a stop I "clip out" of my left foot and have it to the side and lowered so I'm ready when I'm stopped to have a leg to stand on. I know a lot of people clip in and out on the right so it's of course a personal thing about what side it is, but if I understand you it's for when you stop you are ready to "lean" that direction and your foot is already closer to the ground am I right?
When I'm waiting at the light or whatever reason for stoppage, I raise my still "strapped in" foot up so I'm ready to push off and start pedal. When I start riding I flip the pedal and quickly slip my left foot back into the strap much I would think like you would "clip back in"
I'm hoping that by having ridden with the toe straps that even though it's going to be an adjustment of the actual clipping in and out that I'll be used to pulling one foot on and off the pedal when stopping and other than a cleat hang up, maybe less likely to fall right away (at least I hope so )