One step at a time, got my new trike

[ClockworkOrange]

..................... It might be hard to see through the tears of joy, but I think I will be able to handle it.


..................... a HUGE flag and I think I might add ten or twelve flags. No more invisibility while riding. FREAKIN EXCITED!!!!

I got so much pleasure from reading your thread.

You sure have a lot of guts, it's people like you that really encourage others to persevere.

I love the American expression 'You really rock'.................but you do.

You have so made me smile and shed a few tears too!

Take care.

Clock

[redrhodie]

That's so cool! When's the first ride taking place? Pics, please!!!!

[Wahine]

I am so excited for you. What fantastic news!!

[invsblwmn]

I got the recumbent bug and today got a Rans Rocket for super cheap. So now I have THREE bikes (diamondframe cannondale that will be rehomed, catrike speed and rans rocket) that I am not allowed to ride. I am banking on the second week in June to be rolling. I go back to the doc to review my MRI and discuss options, hoping for just an injection in the disc and nothing more on June 9. BUT I am bringing pics of the bike/trike in to show the doc hoping he'll say, "Give it a try." My birthday is one week from tomorrow so clearance to ride would be the most awesome present ever. Life is grand, ain't it?

[mimitabby]

Hey you are inspirational! I hope he gives you the go ahead as well.
Nice bike congrats, keep us posted please!

[Wahine]

invsblwmn - if you've been riding a stationary recumbant I can't see whay they would say you can't ride a road recumbant unless there are issues with balance and falling. So make sure your doc understands what you've already been doing and go in with a plan... eg I only want to go 20 min on the flat at first, then slowly build up. If he/she knows you understand not to just get on and go all out and that you know how to gradually progress your activity, he's much more likely to clear you. As for the disc thing... research currently indicates that while surgery tends to resolve symptoms faster in people with significant nerve compression, there is no difference in impairment between those that have surgery and those that don't 10 years down the road. What I have seen clinically is that the epidural injections can be a huge help in getting people back to activity faster with relatively low risk.

Take care and here's hoping that you get out on those bikes soon.

[evangundy]

Congrats on the new trike - you're gonna love riding it :-) I am attaching a pic of a trike that belongs to a friend of ours, Sylvia. She has been touring on her trike since last July (almost ready to come home from Mexico) - you're gonna like her flags - her journal is on CrazyGuyOnABike:

http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?...c_id=2126&v=JK

I hope you get to ride for your birthday!!!!
Edna

[invsblwmn]

That is a pretty greenspeed trike. I tend to be a gear junkie, so the flags, ferring and cart are all super cool. She has a wonderful story, thanks!