drat - shattered scapula

[maillotpois]

Saw the ortho. It's non-surgical for many reasons. But it's pretty well messed up. He went over the x-rays and CT scan with me, and it all makes a lot more sense.

Going with the idea that a picture is worth 1000 words (and thanks to SK for helping me figure out how to do this), here's a general overview of the issue.



The top part of the bone sheared off, and the bottom part is broken up in pieces, which are displaced from where they should be. (The lines in the bottom part are simply an approximation of the breaks. He showed me the pieces.)

So he says 2 months. We'll see. I can start on the trainer soon - I just need to get someone to take it downstairs for me. And hook it up. And buckle my shoes. And pull up my cycling shorts. And close my water bottles.

[salsabike]

Wow. Nuts to this crap! Who would believe it?

It must be time for me to send you another book...

[SadieKate]

Shorts? Who needs shorts? You're indoors. Ride nekkid!

[Veronica]

That's just freakin' scary looking Sarah.

Coach Troy will keep you in shape.

V.

[bmccasland]

OOOOWWWWIIIEEEE - the shoulder, not the riding nikked part.

Healing vibes coming your way.

[maillotpois]

Oh - and yes, in spite of the new, cool sling, there are downers. They won't know how the displaced bone will affect my range of motion long term. But it is NOT surgical, so there's nothing they can do. Ok. Whatever.

But I also didn't state the positives:

The joint all seems to be in place. (The who top part came apart together.) So that's good.

The other thing which I am using in a positive way from this (a demonstrative tool for my coachees) - HELMETS. Mine is toast. Completely compressed at the temple. The noise my head made when it hit the ground was startling. (And of course there's the road rash on my chin. ) But I had not so much as a headache.

Helmets work, folks.

[crazycanuck]

OWIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ..make that double owieeeeeeeeeeee

Yep, helmets work!

MP-I had a thought/theory on why your right lever may have been smushed...Did you twist in any way by chance on your way down? When i mistook the sidewalk for flat ground in 06 i hit the left side of my head but my right brake lever was pushed in. Just a theory but then again i'm not great at theories..Newton i'm not

[OakLeaf]

(a demonstrative tool for my coachees) - HELMETS. Mine is toast. Completely compressed at the temple.

Yep. Before the owner of my former LBS retired, he was still using the helmet I crashed in in 1987 as a sales demo. I had a pretty dang good concussion as it was... but I'm still here, and so is that 2 cm deep depression in the EPS in that hat (in those days, they were that thick). Good on yer for wearing yours.

PS any time I've crashed I've always had marks all over me and no idea how they got there. Road rash on my right side from when I smacked my left side hard on the ground. No clue.

[snapdragen]

Dam mp - that's scary. Next time you make it down here, the polenta is on me!

[maillotpois]

Wow. Nuts to this crap! Who would believe it?

It must be time for me to send you another book...

Yeah, and send me to Hawaii where read your last book...

I'm actually really lucky. And I got a cool new sling that's lighter and leaves my hand free. So although I have to hunch over the key board, I can type with 2 hands now - which is huge for me, from an occupational standpoint.