Owie! I fear my first wipe out. The only two real wipe out stories I'm familiar with were both doosies involving broken bones and surgery. But I don't want road rash either!

I can relate to the beached whale feeling, however. When DH and I started riding our tandem, we had a communication issue as we went from a stop to taking off up a hill, DH not clipped in yet. We barely started going when we lost our balance on a very busy street. It was a slow motion thing as the bike slowly leaned over to the side with me clipped in and hubs trying with all his might to keep it upright with one foot clipped in and one on the ground. I couldn't get my foot out of the clip (being a newbie!) and ended up doing the beached whale thing on my side with cars buzzing by. I'm just SURE they were pointing and laughing and making great mockery of me! This did not go over well with my husband trying to convince me what a great thing it is to tandem! But, alas, I've come to love it.

Get well soon! I hope you can "get back in the saddle" soon, too.