Quote Originally Posted by AppleTree View Post
lauraelmore1033, oh my goodness. No advice, but wanted to send you good wishes for continued healing and recovery. How frustrating for you at this point! You still have lots and lots of time before bike riding season though to get stronger and feel better.

I was THIS close to having a procedure myself last winter...and opted out at the last minute (chickened out?). But in my case it is not so serious to wait (basically endometriosis)...I may still do it eventually, but feel I can wait for now. At 55 I wasn't sure I would be recovered in time to do the STP last summer and RSVP and I so badly wanted to do both those rides.


Good luck on your healing! Please let us know how you are getting along, I in particular, am really interested to hear how you do.
Appletree, I saw your thread about Hysterectomy while I was searching for info on getting back into biking and really wanted to ask you if you went through with it, and if you expected to be able to do STP this year. I think I also saw a post of yours on Hystersister. Didn't really find a lot in my search to give me hope that I would be ready this year, but I'm going to give it until march or april to decide. I did get out on the bike yesterday. Dh told me that his old hybrid with the squishy seatpost was ready for me out in the garage. I grabbed it and did the hardest 3 miles of my life--but later found out the Dh did not mean that by saying the bike was "ready" that he had pumped up the tires. So I was riding on flat tires! No wonder it was hard. I'm waiting for the rain to stop so I can see if air in the tires makes riding any easier...
Thanks for all the good thoughts