Fracture of tibial plateau

[shootingstar]

I'm sorry to hear of this latest injury, Helene! Be patient with your recovery. Make your recovery a safe one a higher priority over the June bike ride. If you can't go, can you get a refund?

[Helene2013]

Thank you. I did not know about this piece of training equipment and since I don't do gyms I called two around here and none of them had something similar to this. I have not seen it at my PT's clinic but will ask. I'll try to dig the web to see how otherwise I can do something until I am allowed to do more without the use of knees. I'm sure there must be something out there.

As for the bike ride in June, ortho said I should be ok for it. And since this tour is made of a 50km and 60km loop I can always complete one and forget the other one. The 60km is more scenic with very challenging hills (and this is my favorite of the 2) and the other one is boring as it goes through rougher roads, more into some cities, etc. And my employer pays for it anyway so I would not lose much. And we can't get reimbursed either.

Since I'll be on week 2.5 since my last visit to ortho this coming Wednesday, and he had said 3-4 weeks without any resistence, he may decide from checking my knee that I'm ok to increase a gear or 2. That would help raise the cardio since I could get a higher cadence as well. But then, I still have that other knee now that is bothering me but since it is not a fracture - and probably just overuse from bearing all my weight, he may let me try something. TBC.

[Pax]

Dang, Helene! Sure hope you heal up without any issues, you've got a great view on all this, very impressive.