Sympathies go out to tigerchik & katcycles. So sorry for your loss, and hope you find peace & healing soon.
I think I may be missing some of my planned training this week. As if the wipeout on Saturday wasn't enough, I was less than 5mins into a road ride on Monday evening when I was hit from behind by a car. Spent Monday night waiting in the ER - finally treated between 6am-9am and released near-mummified in gauze & tape (road rash sucks) with prescriptions for anti-inflammatories & muscle relaxants, a referral for physio/massage if needed, a sore right-side lower back & shoulder (where I landed pretty hard), a stiff neck and an achey head. My helmet most likely saved my life - it cracked in 4 places when my right temple whacked the pavement, but I didn't lose consciousness. Oh, and I have a wicked puncture wound behind my left knee - might've been one of the broken spokes taking a jab at me.
Bike looks ok except the rear wheel (where the car hit me) is taco'd - half the spokes are bent or broken. I'll take it to a shop to have it checked, though.
After getting my prescriptions filled Tuesday morning, getting home & having something to eat (I hadn't eaten dinner before heading out, so it was something like 19hrs since my last meal), I took an anti-inflammatory and a muscle relaxant then went to bed and slept from 11am until 6am this morning. I'm at the office today, but head still feels a bit wonky - hard to tell if it's from the bashed noggin or just from too much sleep.
I can walk (slowly & with a bit of pain) and drive, but I have no idea when I'll be able to train again.
Cheers!
-mistress k
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ill advised racing inc.
I think I may be missing some of my planned training this week. As if the wipeout on Saturday wasn't enough, I was less than 5mins into a road ride on Monday evening when I was hit from behind by a car. Spent Monday night waiting in the ER - finally treated between 6am-9am and released near-mummified in gauze & tape (road rash sucks) with prescriptions for anti-inflammatories & muscle relaxants, a referral for physio/massage if needed, a sore right-side lower back & shoulder (where I landed pretty hard), a stiff neck and an achey head. My helmet most likely saved my life - it cracked in 4 places when my right temple whacked the pavement, but I didn't lose consciousness. Oh, and I have a wicked puncture wound behind my left knee - might've been one of the broken spokes taking a jab at me.
Bike looks ok except the rear wheel (where the car hit me) is taco'd - half the spokes are bent or broken. I'll take it to a shop to have it checked, though.
After getting my prescriptions filled Tuesday morning, getting home & having something to eat (I hadn't eaten dinner before heading out, so it was something like 19hrs since my last meal), I took an anti-inflammatory and a muscle relaxant then went to bed and slept from 11am until 6am this morning. I'm at the office today, but head still feels a bit wonky - hard to tell if it's from the bashed noggin or just from too much sleep.
I can walk (slowly & with a bit of pain) and drive, but I have no idea when I'll be able to train again.
Cheers!
-mistress k
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ill advised racing inc.