damn. talk about adding insult to injury...so sorry about your beloved canine...so beautiful you were on your bike to pick up her ashes. So, seems perfectly right to say Do Not feel guilt about riding "wrongfully." Whatever that means in real world commuting... Here in Santa Fe, riding safely often means riding wrongfully, and I always cross myself (not even ever having been catholic) when I survive the somewhat wrongful bizarre path I often take to get to work safely.
Good luck healing to you. Yes, getting older sucks this way! Healing seems to take so much longer!