first "post-crash" ride

[marni]

the first time I was off the bike for an accident it took me 8 weeks to really heal and a year before I could ride down the road I had fallen on.

The second time, also with broken ribs, but no collapsed lung, it took 6 weeks.

The last time, again with broken ribs but on the other side, it took me 4 weeks and a lot of determination, but the memory of how hard the other times were was a great motivating factor.

Be well and go slowly but not so much as to hold yourself back.

marni

[tulip]

Good for you getting back on the bike. After my big crash (helicopter flight to trauma center), I was off for a month, mostly because I couldn't remember things. Luckily that was temporary. Well mostly. My first day back I was tapped by a car while in a crosswalk with the walk signal (she ran the light gabbing on the phone)! I couldn't believe it. She got chewed out by an old lady crossing the street the opposite way. I thanked my stars and soldiered on.