my latest drama…
looking colourful after a couple of days!
…turns out my ‘bruised’ shoulder was a bit more serious than I first thought. When the adrenaline from racing had worn off it was really painful, and with no improvement 2 days later I had to pay another visit to the hospital. By then I was fairly certain it was broken and could only hope it wouldn’t take too long to heal.
An x-ray confirmed I fractured my collar bone, “nothing serious” the doctor told me, “only 3-4 weeks to heal”. ONLY?! He fixed me up with a big, dramatic looking strap so that I can’t move my arm too much (a friend told me it looks like a straight jacket they give people in a mental asylum – thanks Juha!) and I’ve to go for a check up next week. I suppose it could be worse but after the knee problem I’m really not in the mood for another injury. At least I can say I rode over half a race with a broken bone, and I know I wasn’t making excuses for being slow!
The full frustration of not being able to ride hasn’t quite set in yet – it was so painful all the time for the first few days that biking was the last thing I wanted to do. But now its much less sore, the sun is out, its the weekend…I’ve ordered a turbo trainer so as soon as that arrives I can get back into fun training sessions, but this weekend I think its hiking in the mountains. Nice enough but not the same, I’m too much of an adrenaline junkie these days!
ps. thanks to Ciarán for pimping my website!
