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Some of you may remember I posted on STW back in November about my crash, rescue and fracture.
I got so many kind and positive messages that I thought I should at least update on where I am now.
So fractured pelvis but no surgery required,on crutches, slowly moved to single crutch, moved upstairs to sleep,
short walks trying not to use crutch, longer walk with no crutch, bike on turbo in low ERG setting, slowly increased ERG wattage, very short ride outside on the road, short gentle off road.
Now I'm up to longer off road (20 miles) gentle but an occasional ride on slightly more testing trails.
I've had a couple of hospital physio sessions which were very good and several fracture clinic reviews and x-rays each time.
Today I was signed off by the fracture clinic. I've been very lucky.
I'm now in the process of trying to contact my rescueres to see if I can take them for a meal.
I am so grateful to those guys.
To have made the recovery I have at aged 74 is very lucky.
Ride safe.
Nice one!! Well done for getting back up & recovering so well!
It can't have been easy & I bet you put a lot of hard work in along the way.
Best wishes for your continued recovery. I hope I am still getting out on my bike when I'm 74.
Big respect!! 🙂
Glad to hear it and really good work!
Yes, fantastic news op.
Your outlook is inspiring.
Really glad to hear your progression and best of luck getting back up to full gnar and moderate senditure! 👊
Great to hear and keep riding.
Some good news for a change - more power to you!
Great stuff, so glad to hear this. nice touch in trying to thank those that helped you as well...
Great news - a mate dis hus pelvis a couple if tears ago, in his mid 60s, was a slow but steady recovery.
Thanks to all of you for your kind comments. On my original thread I got so much support and also from my friends and on Strava.
Mrs MD and my son have been great.I thought I'd get a real roasting and discouraged from riding in the future, but no.
In fact they encouraged me to get a new bike that is a quite a bit lighter and that I could enjoy doing a bit more XC and getting a bit more miles in.
Yeeehaa!!
Great to get an update, and makes me feel great that your are cracking on. Brilliant.
That’s excellent news.
And what a result, hello new carbon xc bike time. Nice one.
Awesome, recovering from injuries and a new bike
Woohoo, congrats!
Thanks again. The thought of getting out again was a big incentive.
Great news!
You mentioned your age - it's a complete irrelevance; keeping doing what you enjoy!
Great news!
You mentioned your age – it’s a complete irrelevance; keeping doing what you enjoy!
Thanks @frankconway Yes, you're right about the age thing. Having had to visit the hospital a few times in recent weeks and seen so many people in reduced health it brings home.how important it is to keep active if you are lucky enough to be able to.
Btw, I do have a sort of plan to do a ride later in the year on the Ridgeway from Avebury to just beyond Goring which would give me 75 kilometres to match my next birthday age. Don't know if I'll end up doing it but the thought appeals.
Go for it!
Well done on the recovery. It sounds like you had a very similar pelvic fracture to the one I had at the the start of 2020, I managed to break my superior and inferior pubic ramus due to a crash on the road. Recovery was lots of pain killer, and try to be as mobile as possible. I did slightly ignore the doctors and got back on the turbo trainer sooner than they suggested. Overall my recovery was very good, and I actually ended up having a good year cycling despite the bad start to the year. Looking back it probably took 5-6 months until I was at the point where everything felt fully normal again. I am just glad the recovery was to be active, if it had been bed rest for months, I would have found that very tough.
If you do a ridgeway ride, post up on here as am sure people would love to join you. Assuming you would like company that is
@Jason I can recognise a lot of what you say. I was keen to press on getting some movement and exercise going as soon as possible. At my first session with the hospital physio they thought I was maybe pushing a bit and warned me not to overdo it. I carried out their exercise regime religously and tried to be sensible with my walking (and eventually riding) attempts. I took myself off the pain killers pretty early on, probably after about 3 weeks. Part of the reason for that was that I wanted to understand exactly what condition I was in without it being masked.
Glad you've recovered well.I'm about 10 weeks into mine.
@graham1980 I hadn't thought about that. I guess that might be nice but it might be a bit leisurely 🙂
My son is planning the "chaperone" me.