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Frank,
I hope your collar bone heals quickly and you'll be in the saddle soon! About the helmet: good that you had it on, and thank you for mentioning it and reinforcing many people's belief in wearing helmets. More proof that one never knows when disaster strikes! Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict -- "Heck, even my toes were aching from trying to grip the soles of my shoes! - Tommy Thompson" |
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Sorry to hear about your injury, Frank. You really are "off-road" for a while. I guess taking up juggling to kill the time won't work in this case! I'm glad you stopped driving. I drove myself to the hospital once with a kidney stone. I was lucky that it was after midnight and no one was on the road! Speedy recovery to you. -- U-Turn - Member of Generation XO Weep in the dojo... laugh on the battlefield. '29er Tire Study' (http://u-turn.unicyclist.com/29erTireStudy/) 'Strongest Coker Wheel in the World' (http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/albup39) 'New York Unicycle Club' (http://www.newyorkunicycle.com) -- Dave Stockton ------------------------------------------------------------------------ U-Turn's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/691 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31249 |
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Frank A. wrote:
They ... took a CT Scan of my brain to be safe because I was feeling pretty lightheaded. That came out negative. Heh, Cokeurs. ;-) |
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Thanks to everyone for the good wishes. Once I find a comfortable position, things aren't too bad. I'm taking the anti-inflam's and the muscle relaxers but I'm laying off the Percocets. I'm not much for narcotics. I'm right handed so it's a drag 'cause I can't do too much. Everyone assumed I'd crashed on a mountainbike. I told them it was actually a unicycle. They usually just repeated "a unicycle?" After a while I didn't bother explaining. It's too bad, I had cleared my calendar and was planning to get over to Sarasota to hook up with the local boy's and to meet zod. Zod, I hope you can meet up for a ride anyway, you'll have a good time. Adam and John are great guys. Thanks again everybody, - Frank -- Frank A. - off-road "Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play." - FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, Beyond Good and Evil ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Frank A.'s Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1710 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31249 |
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No, Frank, no! I hate to hear that. You have six weeks of inconvenience to look forward to, but after that you will be fine. You will be able to ride again about the same time as me. I broke my collarbone when I went over the bars of my mountainbike a few years ago. I walked to a neighborhood and laid down in the street when I felt myself blacking out. Nobody came along so I eventually started walking until I found someone in their yard. Unfortunately they didn't speak English, but I used their phone and my wife came and picked me up. That is one painful injury. I am glad you are staying off the pain killers. The first week or so I wore a sling rather than the harness because the harness really hurt. Then the pain started becoming unbearable so I tried the harness again and it felt much much better. Thought I would mention that in case you have trouble getting comfortable. I had no trouble sleeping. I slept with my arm and body propped up with pillows. What a shame to have all those custom munis collecting dust. Good luck and fast healing to you. Scott -- S_Wallis - I kneed to ride. "I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it." Pablo Picasso ------------------------------------------------------------------------ S_Wallis's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1520 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31249 |
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Best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery Frank. I see people riding Cokers (sometimes even offroad) without a helmet often - not a good idea. Glad your most important asset is unharmed. ---Nathan -- nathan - BIG rides: Muni & Coker ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nathan's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/251 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31249 |
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Sorry to hear about the collarbone. It should heal quickly, but don't push it - I broke mine twice in three months because I rushed back into martial arts after the first break. (Sadly, while the girl involved was not properly impressed either time, she did break her collarbone a little later trying to impress someone else in the class.) -- wentz - Who is riding wheel? "I hate broccoli, and yet, in a certain sense, I am broccoli." - The Tick "Who is driving car? BEAR is driving car! How can that be?" - Clerks: The Cartoon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ wentz's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4563 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31249 |
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Frank - So sorry to hear about your accident ... Steve Howard -- showard - ------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ showard's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/452 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31249 |
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Sorry you had to do it, but thanks to both Frank and Bevan for reminding most of us why we wear our helmets every time we ride the rough stuff. It can happen. -- johnfoss - Home of the Garage Page John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" www.unicycling.com "Wow, I'll never complain about hills ever again!" -- Bicyclist on the American River Bike Path, watching me pass on my Coker on my way to work ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31249 |
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