Knee update

[On_yer_left!]

I'll send some good mojo your way too, mtbdarby. And why does everyone else get hot doctors?! I've had two knee surgeries and I have yet to see anything hot about any of my docs. Crap!

I've currently got no ACL in my right knee -- it supposedly magically pulled out in the past couple of years -- and got into cycling because a physical therapist told me it would be good prep for surgery. I've been cycling without for more than a year; tomorrow I have a 120-mile ride over three mountain passes -- the Triple Bypass, it's called -- and my knee is about the last thing I'm worried about. My back, my feet, my hydration, my psyche -- THOSE worry me.

It's amazing what the body can do to accommodate those things, tho I know mountain biking's a little more stressful on the joints than the road variety. Just be gentle and patient with yourself in the coming weeks! BTW, when do you turn 38? My 38th is coming up next month. Ride on!

[On_yer_left!]

... and good luck on the century, bikerchick!

[bouncybouncy]

BTW, when do you turn 38? My 38th is coming up next month. Ride on!

Couldn't be said better!!!

mtbdarby...
Good luck to you! Well wishes being sent your way...

BTW...posting Doc's info is always an option...hehe

[bikerchick68]

well heck... I'm 37 heading towards 38... is that about the year that the ole knee warranty expires or something???

and I second the thing about the noticeable lack of hot docs here... lst one I saw had a comb over...

[MomOnBike]

Good luck with the knees, I can't think of much that's worth doing that isn't hard on the knees, so I guess we just have to grin and bear it.

Hot docs: I work with docs and Not A One is hot ... except for a certain proctologist. Um, no thanks.

[mtbdarby]

No way I'm sharing hot Dr.!!! lol. Too funny, I usually get short fat ones so this was a big improvement. Of course, the best improvement would be not to have a need for a dr.

My big day is Aug. 2nd - how about you guys?

[mtbdarby]

I even saw a hot paramedic in the hallway. Of course, when you're hobbling through the hospital with a knee that looks like a baseball is under the skin, covered in bruises and chain ring marks you tend to draw attention. And the first question the nurses all ask me is "are you safe in your home?". Uh, yeah. I'm just not safe on the trail - this is all self inflicted! They don't see the humor in that like I do

I had lunch with my biking buddy today. Apparently I'm the talk of the LBS. Most of them think I'm one tough cookie now so at the least, maybe I've earned a little respect out there. NOW I want my Go Girl jersey! One of the guys on my 12 hour team even wants to go out now - apparently he thinks it's pretty hot for a girl to be tough and not want to quit biking because she got hurt. What a nice ego boost after feeling like an idiot for crashing in the first place.....

[MomOnBike]

Of course, when you're hobbling through the hospital with a knee that looks like a baseball is under the skin, covered in bruises and chain ring marks you tend to draw attention. And the first question the nurses all ask me is "are you safe in your home?".

Oh, I relate. I was so glad that Fencing Daughter went to a Jr. High that had a lot of fencers. I wasn't interested in concerned school officials asking pointed questions about all those upper body bruises fencers get. All those fencing t-shirts helped, of course. (She's fencing in the Nationals now in Sacramento, so if anyone wants to send energetic thoughts her way tomorrow...)

To be fair, I think that legally, suspicious bruises have to be questioned. Some women really aren't safe in their homes.

Ain't it great to be known as one tough cookie?

[RoadRaven]

I know we have talked about the power of glucosamine suplements somewhere - are they worth including in your healing process?

Also, arnica... arnica is great for healing and bruising and I would always recommend it when there has been any tissue damage. Arnica is available here as a cream, as a massage oil, as tasteless drops you add to water and as little pillules you can crunch in your mouth but are best dissolved under the tongue

Also rescue remedy which is a combination of five herbs which helps with your body's ability to deal with shock and trauma - both psychologically and physically.

Thinking of you as you get this sorted and you knees back doing what knees SHOULD be doing