Sounds like you're getting past it all. Hope all's completely well soon! Jack
--- On Sun, 2/13/11, frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> > Subject: OT - Update on the Injury Front > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <PDML@pdml.net> > Date: Sunday, February 13, 2011, 1:31 PM > Some of you may recall that back in > December I broke a bone in my left > hand. Well, that's healed quite nicely, thanks to > weekly visits for > physio and flexibility exercises that were diligently > performed > several times per day at home. Although it's stiff in > the morning, it > soon feels pretty much normal, except that I notice a > slight lack of > strength at times (it's about 90%, quite normal for this > duration > after the injury, according to the therapist). > > So, a three weeks ago I get the green light to get back on > the bike, > and the next day I notice a somewhat acute (but bearable) > pain where I > know the Achilles tendon to be. I continue to ride, > hoping I can > "work through it" and it might go away. > > Alas, after three days of "working through it", I realize > that > although it's not getting worse, it's also not getting > better, so off > to the hospital I go. Sure enough, it's Achilles > tendinosis (the new > word for Achilles tendinitis). Not bad, just inflamed > (and swollen as > hell), due to getting back on the bike too quickly after 6 > weeks off. > I went for a follow-up last weekend, and they told me to > stay off the > bike for another two weeks (meaning that, hopefully, next > week will be > my last doing the courier thing on-foot-and-transit). > Luckily it > doesn't hurt at all to walk. > > Lots of icing and stretching exercises, and this week it's > feeling the > best it has since the occurance, plus the swelling it > almost gone. > > I guess that age is catching up to me somewhat, eh? > > ;-) > > The good part is that I'm getting lots of pictures while > walking and > transiting. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri > Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
