Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
Thought you lot might be interested in a bit of an update. First the good news. The insurers replaced my broken frame with a Dedacciai Strada Gladiatore. Lovely light frame, which has had all the parts swapped over and a couple of upgrades. Weighing in at 7.1kg without pedals it still needs to be test ridden.....
Which leads to the not so good news. My collar bone, despite being plated, is taking its time to heal. A week or two ago and there was no sign of repair or regrowth. Not so much pain, although the the ribs and sternum have stopped hurting.
Various blood tests, scans and an ECG have ruled out any suggestion that I lost consciousness before the spill, and so I can drive again. The loss of memory has been put down officially to concussion.
The huge bruise on my hip was masking something a bit more sinister though. Basically I was already well on my way to a hip replacement due to a cam impingement and the resulting osteo arthritis has become far less entertaining. I can hardly walk, and am bothered by levels of pain far worse than I can remember. I went to see a specialist today, who tells me that a replacement op is certainly an option. However, he cannot operate until the soft tissue has healed around the hip joint. There's a large area of fluid still under the skin/muscle on the outer side of my hip, and he suspects what he describes as a catastrophic shear injury. He's ordered an MRI scan to confirm this, but reckons it'll take about six months to clear up based on his experience.
I still can't go back to work until the clavicle has healed, and the hip means that until that is healed frontline duties are out of the question. So, a summer off work with few opportunities to cycle. Bugger.
Which leads to the not so good news. My collar bone, despite being plated, is taking its time to heal. A week or two ago and there was no sign of repair or regrowth. Not so much pain, although the the ribs and sternum have stopped hurting.
Various blood tests, scans and an ECG have ruled out any suggestion that I lost consciousness before the spill, and so I can drive again. The loss of memory has been put down officially to concussion.
The huge bruise on my hip was masking something a bit more sinister though. Basically I was already well on my way to a hip replacement due to a cam impingement and the resulting osteo arthritis has become far less entertaining. I can hardly walk, and am bothered by levels of pain far worse than I can remember. I went to see a specialist today, who tells me that a replacement op is certainly an option. However, he cannot operate until the soft tissue has healed around the hip joint. There's a large area of fluid still under the skin/muscle on the outer side of my hip, and he suspects what he describes as a catastrophic shear injury. He's ordered an MRI scan to confirm this, but reckons it'll take about six months to clear up based on his experience.
I still can't go back to work until the clavicle has healed, and the hip means that until that is healed frontline duties are out of the question. So, a summer off work with few opportunities to cycle. Bugger.
GWS.
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