Monday, January 28, 2008

am i or am i not healing

Well today was the day to get the news on when I can
get back on the bike and to hear that everything
healing correctly this time.

10:00a appointment and upon registering they announce
that they are running 30 minutes late. As I move from
the general waiting room to the xray waiting room
there are already 10 people ahead of me, so I sit and
wait. 30 minutes pass, 45 minutes pass, an hour goes
by at about the same time the xray technician comes
out and says we're running about an hour behind now,
70 minutes go by, and finally on the 80th minute, my
name is called.

xray takes 2 minutes, take this green card and go to
the general waiting room. i stop by the cafe for a
snack and coffee cause who knows how long is the next
wait is gonna be. luckily its only ten minutes, they
bring me to the exam room and pull up my xrays, as far
as I can tell it looks good, though then again i'm
staring at my collarbone that is held together by a
plate, 8 screws and a piece of my hip.

10 minutes go by and the doctor arrives, he scans the
xray and says, "Everything is healing better than I
expected!" Go ahead and start doing more range of
motion, go ahead and start working out your arms and
shoulders with light weights, and go ahead and ride
your bike in the garage. It's everything that I hoped
for. Better news he says, come March 1st go ahead and
go ride outside.

Saturday 1 March, 9a
If you are not doing anything that morning and want to
witness pure joy, come and ride with me. I plan on
doing the club ride route but probably at a nice
relaxing pace.

1 comment:

Manley Man said...

I'm going to bring a set of training wheels from Tate's bike just in case there are any problems on your part keeping upright!