Injured and bored

[JennyWr3n]

Following my return from Italy, I have, at last, got my bike back fully re-assembled and looking hot! And even though the weather has been crap,(I would have probably stayed where it was cosy and warm ), but because I physically CAN'T ride .....I want to sooooooo much!

....Just 250 miles into my cycling adventure ....from Genoa....(original intention to reach the toe of the boot!!!.) ...I had a really bazaar accident and broke my wrist. It tested my courage to the limit being alone and in the hills!! I still had ten miles left to ride before reaching my B&B destination in a place called 'Magliano in Toscana' ...
To cut a long story short, I had to take my bike to bits and send it home (dhl did the honours!). I remained in Italy, getting train to Rome where my son flew out to spend Christmas/new year with Me.
Now back in UK, I have had my pot removed and begun physiotherapy ....And have been told NO CYCLING for at least 12 weeks!!!
I'm dying here I tell ya!!!!

 

[vickster]

Can you use a turbo at least?

GWS. I know the feeling, I'm recovering from shoulder surgery, probably got another month off the bike too

 

[JennyWr3n]

Can you use a turbo at least?

GWS. I know the feeling, I'm recovering from shoulder surgery, probably got another month off the bike too

What a bummer!! ☹️

 

[Levo-Lon]

If you were only a Moto GP rider..youd be all fixed and loving your new titanium..

gws ,its horrible having a bad fracture

 

[JennyWr3n]

[QUOTE 4652428, member: 259"]I broke my wrist this year and then had to have it rebroken and reset, so I feel your pain. It has completely ruined my cycling for this half of the year.[/QUOTE]
you wouldn't believe it could mess things up so much until it happens to you. When I was in A&E ... There was one guy who had broken BOTH wrists (don't know circumstances ) and my heart just went out to him!! Aweful!

 

[ufkacbln]

Totally OT and irrelevant

Is your username a Naval reference?

 

[JennyWr3n]

Totally OT and irrelevant

Is your username a Naval reference?

Why?

 

[ufkacbln]

Why?

Jenny Wren was "slang" for a member of the Women's Royal Naval Service with an affectionate nod to the small bird that perched on the official badge

I had assumed (perhaps wrongly) that you had changed the e to a 3, hence the possibility of a reference to Naval Service

 

[mustang1]

Find The Two John's Cycling Podcast. They don't air anymore but you should be able to find the archives. Go thru their episodes. Funny and entertaining as heck. I wish they were still podcasting.

 

[JennyWr3n]

Jenny Wren was "slang" for a member of the Women's Royal Naval Service with an affectionate nod to the small bird that perched on the official badge

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I had assumed (perhaps wrongly) that you had changed the e to a 3

Ahhh of course! No...no naval reference...I only changed the 'e' to a 3 because the name had already been taken. It was what my grandma called me on account of me being a titch.

 

[JennyWr3n]

Find The Two John's Cycling Podcast. They don't air anymore but you should be able to find the archives. Go thru their episodes. Funny and entertaining as heck. I wish they were still podcasting.

Will do

 

[vickster]

you wouldn't believe it could mess things up so much until it happens to you. When I was in A&E ... There was one guy who had broken BOTH wrists (don't know circumstances ) and my heart just went out to him!! Aweful!

A friend of mine broke one wrist (fell off a barstool)...couple of weeks later she was walking to the station and slipped...guess which hand she put down to break her fall...and guess which she should have put down!

 

[JennyWr3n]

A friend of mine broke one wrist (fell off a barstool)...couple of weeks later she was walking to the station and slipped...guess which hand she put down to break her fall...and guess which she should have put down!

 

[User32269]

GWS.
I done my wrist, smashed the scaphoid, a few years back. Bloody nightmare! Make sure you do the physio recommended to recover fully and build the strength up. My physio was a 20 stone ex-rugby player who delighted in making me pick up hundreds of individual grains of rice from a tray!
Hope your on the bike soon.

 

[fossyant]

12 weeks. They are having a laugh. I was back on my bike in 4 months after badly fracturing my spine. OK I was only bimbling about but you should be good to get on a turbo straight away.