One more BR exile

[rakkor]

Not much of a poster, more of a lurker.

 

[briantrumpet]

Not much of a poster, more of a lurker.

Maybe there should be a lurkers' thread, where the lighting is very dim, and you can sneak in and out and we'll never know who it was...

Anyway, hoping everyone gets out alive and joins us here eventually.

 

[rakkor]

Used to be a much more prolific cyclist, avid commuter into the City, sunday rides out with Penge CC etc. Then I hit a pothole one dark December morning and forced the head of my femur through my pelvis smashing it into four bits and apart from a couple of TACX rides I've not been on my bike since. I now have some control back in my leg, so I am going to start again, I just need to drop some of the weight I've gained

 

[briantrumpet]

Used to be a much more prolific cyclist, avid commuter into the City, sunday rides out with Penge CC etc. Then I hit a pothole one dark December morning and forced the head of my femur through my pelvis smashing it into four bits and apart from a couple of TACX rides I've not been on my bike since. I now have some control back in my leg, so I am going to start again, I just need to drop some of the weight I've gained

Oof. Good luck.

 

[DCLane]

 

[fossyant]

Used to be a much more prolific cyclist, avid commuter into the City, sunday rides out with Penge CC etc. Then I hit a pothole one dark December morning and forced the head of my femur through my pelvis smashing it into four bits and apart from a couple of TACX rides I've not been on my bike since. I now have some control back in my leg, so I am going to start again, I just need to drop some of the weight I've gained

I've sort of done that too. Fell off on a main road in ice, despite ice tyres. 9 weeks in. Fractures in the wing, through the hip socket and into the ramus, and more lower down in the ramus, so sitting is uncomfy. Docs rightly worried about the fractures in my hip socket. It was missed until I went back 6 weeks later - GP practice told me to bugger off, so rocked up at A&E who X-rayed again, nope not broken. Showed them an email I had from our physio clinic at work (I went there for a check up and they thought I had fractures) which suggested a hip socket fracture. CT scan, then looks of horror from the doctors.

How long was yours ? Early Jan was mine !

 

[Chris S]

lurker

 

[mjr]

I've sort of done that too. Fell off on a main road in ice, despite ice tyres.

😲 how did that happen?

 

[Pinno718]

Used to be a much more prolific cyclist, avid commuter into the City, sunday rides out with Penge CC etc. Then I hit a pothole one dark December morning and forced the head of my femur through my pelvis smashing it into four bits and apart from a couple of TACX rides I've not been on my bike since. I now have some control back in my leg, so I am going to start again, I just need to drop some of the weight I've gained

Eeek! and ouch!

You must ne pretty adept at lurking ;cos I never noticed you on BR. Sometimes I would feel this strange draft...

 

[rakkor]

I've sort of done that too. Fell off on a main road in ice, despite ice tyres. 9 weeks in. Fractures in the wing, through the hip socket and into the ramus, and more lower down in the ramus, so sitting is uncomfy. Docs rightly worried about the fractures in my hip socket. It was missed until I went back 6 weeks later - GP practice told me to bugger off, so rocked up at A&E who X-rayed again, nope not broken. Showed them an email I had from our physio clinic at work (I went there for a check up and they thought I had fractures) which suggested a hip socket fracture. CT scan, then looks of horror from the doctors.

How long was yours ? Early Jan was mine !

Mine was Dec, dark and wet with a water filled pot hole, After I landed I managed to drag myself half off the road before the adrenalin wore off and even though I was lying in a puddle I was going nowhere. It took over 2 hours before an ambulance arrived which took me to the PRU at Orpington, where their hip fracture treatment is limited to femurs and not pelvis. I needed a transfer to Kings, and ended up spending 10 days in the middle of Covid with no treatment other than lots of morphine before I was transferred. I was non weight bearing for another 3 months post operation. It's bneen over 3 years now and I've only just got enough control back in my leg to be able to drive, which has limited my cycling because of clipping in/out issues and flats don't work as my foot travels on the peday and it's difficult getting it back in place.

 

[rakkor]

Eeek! and ouch!

You must ne pretty adept at lurking ;cos I never noticed you on BR. Sometimes I would feel this strange draft...

55 posts since 2018, not exactly prolific

 

[fossyant]

Mine was Dec, dark and wet with a water filled pot hole, After I landed I managed to drag myself half off the road before the adrenalin wore off and even though I was lying in a puddle I was going nowhere. It took over 2 hours before an ambulance arrived which took me to the PRU at Orpington, where their hip fracture treatment is limited to femurs and not pelvis. I needed a transfer to Kings, and ended up spending 10 days in the middle of Covid with no treatment other than lots of morphine before I was transferred. I was non weight bearing for another 3 months post operation. It's bneen over 3 years now and I've only just got enough control back in my leg to be able to drive, which has limited my cycling because of clipping in/out issues and flats don't work as my foot travels on the peday and it's difficult getting it back in place.

Nasty. Mine hasn't had any medical intervention - fractured the wing, hip socket and ramus. Left leg is playing silly buggers, lost a bit of strength in it and I've got constant twinges as I'm not currently using it properly (supposed to be none weight bearing). Sitting is uncomfortable so need to await further CT Scans before I'm getting on the turbo. I'm on anti-coagulant injections, but due to having been on them 3 weeks now, I'm bruising badly at the injection sites and it's getting sore. I rarely ever bruise.

 

[DeVlaeminck]

I've come across too - I've actually been here before and may still be under a different identity but I've no longer access to that email and can't remember what my username was/is.

 

[Pinno718]

Yay! ^

 

[Pross]

Maybe there should be a lurkers' thread, where the lighting is very dim, and you can sneak in and out and we'll never know who it was...

Anyway, hoping everyone gets out alive and joins us here eventually.

Would need someone there who never comments but hits 'like' at every right wing or outdated view because they don't have a voice.