Looks like I am off the bike for a long time

[Racing roadkill]

Have you thought about a recumbent trike?

 

[DCBassman]

My typically brusque saw bones consultant had a way with words when telling me about the risk of infection.

He said: "If that happens, you and I will get to know each other very well, and you don't want that, do you?"

Yup, been there, done that. Final appt early March, over a year from joint replacement.