Frank, Getting older is a bitch, but the alternative isn't pretty! Get well. Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 3:31 PM, frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
