Re: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >I'm trying to get caught up... >Sorry to hear about the get off. Hopefully you'll be back in ship >shape very soon. > >I was out on the bicycle earlier today, a 5 mile buzz to the next >town and back. Nothing much, but pleasant. > >Get one of those voice recognition things to do your typing for >you... ;-) No need, I'm on the mend. I can use my hand for typing now. I can even curl my fingers into a loose fist! Woo hoo! Ironically, since this mess originated in a bicycle crash, the only exercise I've been able to do so far this week is on the stationary bike -- even swimming hurt my injured ribcage too much. But I'm going to try again today. Maybe even a short run. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
I'm trying to get caught up... Sorry to hear about the get off. Hopefully you'll be back in ship shape very soon. I was out on the bicycle earlier today, a 5 mile buzz to the next town and back. Nothing much, but pleasant. Get one of those voice recognition things to do your typing for you... ;-) Godfrey On Jul 29, 2007, at 5:16 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Went down hard in the rain on Thursday. Started raining part way > through the ride and lost the front wheel without warning (isn't that > always the way with low-side crashes -- not that it's possible to > high-side a bicycle as far as I know...) > > Anyway, no really bad injuries. Chipped the end of the 5th metacarpal > on my left hand (and bruised virtually every muscle in the hand). > Lotsa > road rash on the left knee. Bruised hip & shoulder. VERY battered (but > not broken) ribs. 8 stitches on forehead over left eye. Helmet > probably > saved me from serious head injuries. It's in the trash now. > > So I spent Thursday afternoon in the emergency room & didn't climb > LaPlata on Friday (weather would have scuttled that anyway.) > > Back in the Burgh now and doing quite well. Hope to be able to resume > running in a few days and biking as soon as my hand's out of the > splint/cast. > > So you won't hear much from me for a bit: This one-handed typing > sucks! > ;-) > > Knarf: PHONE me for computer help. It'd take me hours to type stuff > out! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
From: Rick Womer > OUCH! > > (Beer helps the pain!) Not really, but ... who cares - it's an excuse for drinking beer! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
Mark Roberts wrote: >ann sanfedele wrote: > >>Mark Roberts wrote: >> >>>Anyway, no really bad injuries. Chipped the end of the 5th metacarpal >>>on my left hand >>> >>can't rememeber if you are left or right handed - I guess right, if >> >> >you > > >>consider a left >>hand injury minor :) at least it wasn't your shutter-button hand. >> >>>(and bruised virtually every muscle in the hand). >>> >>Cyclist observed trying to break a fall with his hand... >> >> > >Not a chance. It happened so fast even my supernaturally-fast reflexes > couldn't respond that quickly. I was in a fast left turn when the >front found a slick spot so the first things to hit were my left knee >and hand, followed by left hip, left shoulder and the left side of my >head. > > UCH! >>I'm sure Doc is taking good care of you and good to hear the >>injuries are not any worse - >> >> > >Doc Lisa and a friend who's a former EMT were the first ones to reach >me after the crash, so I was in good hands from the beginning :) Lisa's >looking forward to removing my stitches tomorrow > Some people have weird ideas of fun :) >and she took my x-rays >to one of her orthopedic friends who confirmed that my fiberglass >splint is pretty much optional: to be used for comfort and protection. >I'm on the comeback trail now! > maybe stay OFFF a trail for the moment?? :) Your one fingered typing beats my 10 finger typing xo, a -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
ann sanfedele wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: > >>Anyway, no really bad injuries. Chipped the end of the 5th metacarpal >>on my left hand >> >can't rememeber if you are left or right handed - I guess right, if you >consider a left >hand injury minor :) at least it wasn't your shutter-button hand. > >>(and bruised virtually every muscle in the hand). >> >Cyclist observed trying to break a fall with his hand... Not a chance. It happened so fast even my supernaturally-fast reflexes couldn't respond that quickly. I was in a fast left turn when the front found a slick spot so the first things to hit were my left knee and hand, followed by left hip, left shoulder and the left side of my head. >I'm sure Doc is taking good care of you and good to hear the >injuries are not any worse - Doc Lisa and a friend who's a former EMT were the first ones to reach me after the crash, so I was in good hands from the beginning :) Lisa's looking forward to removing my stitches tomorrow and she took my x-rays to one of her orthopedic friends who confirmed that my fiberglass splint is pretty much optional: to be used for comfort and protection. I'm on the comeback trail now! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: RE: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
Mark, Glad to hear you are healing and back home. Head wounds bleed a lot. Sure looked like good photo opportunities out there. Regards, Bob S. On 7/30/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob W wrote: > > >Har! Bad luck - I hope it all gets better very soon. Were you mountain > >biking or road biking? Sounds like mountain to me. > > Riding a mountain bike, but on an asphalt road (bike path, really, but > just as hard as a road when you hit it). > > >It may encourage you to hear that I started jogging again on Saturday, > >and did 30 minutes of squash drills on Sunday, 4 weeks after breaking > >my wrist, with no ill effects. > > My tiny chip off the metacarpal is so small that they had to send the > x-ray out to a specialist just to be sure it really existed. Not in the > same league as your break. I'll be running as soon as my bruised ribs > permit: Give it a couple of days. I'm supposed to be running with a > team in a 5k in a couple of weeks. Should be possible (I was hoping to > benefit from extra red blood cells gained at altitude, but I ended up > spilling them all over the ground...) > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
Mark Roberts wrote: > My tiny chip off the metacarpal is so small that they had to send the > x-ray out to a specialist just to be sure it really existed. Not in the > same league as your break. I'll be running as soon as my bruised ribs > permit: Give it a couple of days. I'm supposed to be running with a > team in a 5k in a couple of weeks. Should be possible (I was hoping to > benefit from extra red blood cells gained at altitude, but I ended up > spilling them all over the ground...) > Michael Rasmussen can hook you up. Give him a call. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
Mark Roberts wrote: > > >Anyway, no really bad injuries. Chipped the end of the 5th metacarpal >on my left hand > can't rememeber if you are left or right handed - I guess right, if you consider a left hand injury minor :) at least it wasn't your shutter-button hand. >(and bruised virtually every muscle in the hand). > Cyclist observed trying to break a fall with his hand... > Lotsa >road rash on the left knee. Bruised hip & shoulder. VERY battered (but >not broken) ribs. 8 stitches on forehead over left eye. Helmet probably >saved me from serious head injuries. It's in the trash now. > photo to follow? >Back in the Burgh now and doing quite well. Hope to be able to resume >running in a few days and biking as soon as my hand's out of the >splint/cast. > >So you won't hear much from me for a bit: This one-handed typing sucks! >;-) > >Knarf: PHONE me for computer help. It'd take me hours to type stuff out! > > > No need to respond to this - although if you are sitting on your butt and just want to gab you know my number :) I'm sure Doc is taking good care of you and good to hear the injuries are not any worse - xo, annsan - back on list more or less > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
> > From: "David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/07/30 Mon AM 11:52:01 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Subject: Re: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado) > > Ouch. Sounds nasty, but glad your ok. > > Maybe i';ll just avoid my ride to day then. > > :-) > > Dave(who should really be looking at getting a helmut) Brooks Don't buy secondhand. Get a Newton. > > On 7/29/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Went down hard in the rain on Thursday. Started raining part way > > through the ride and lost the front wheel without warning (isn't that > > always the way with low-side crashes -- not that it's possible to > > high-side a bicycle as far as I know...) > > > > Anyway, no really bad injuries. Chipped the end of the 5th metacarpal > > on my left hand (and bruised virtually every muscle in the hand). Lotsa > > road rash on the left knee. Bruised hip & shoulder. VERY battered (but > > not broken) ribs. 8 stitches on forehead over left eye. Helmet probably > > saved me from serious head injuries. It's in the trash now. > > > > So I spent Thursday afternoon in the emergency room & didn't climb > > LaPlata on Friday (weather would have scuttled that anyway.) > > > > Back in the Burgh now and doing quite well. Hope to be able to resume > > running in a few days and biking as soon as my hand's out of the > > splint/cast. > > > > So you won't hear much from me for a bit: This one-handed typing sucks! > > ;-) > > > > Knarf: PHONE me for computer help. It'd take me hours to type stuff out! > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > Equine Photography > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > Ontario Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: RE: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
Bob W wrote: >Har! Bad luck - I hope it all gets better very soon. Were you mountain >biking or road biking? Sounds like mountain to me. Riding a mountain bike, but on an asphalt road (bike path, really, but just as hard as a road when you hit it). >It may encourage you to hear that I started jogging again on Saturday, >and did 30 minutes of squash drills on Sunday, 4 weeks after breaking >my wrist, with no ill effects. My tiny chip off the metacarpal is so small that they had to send the x-ray out to a specialist just to be sure it really existed. Not in the same league as your break. I'll be running as soon as my bruised ribs permit: Give it a couple of days. I'm supposed to be running with a team in a 5k in a couple of weeks. Should be possible (I was hoping to benefit from extra red blood cells gained at altitude, but I ended up spilling them all over the ground...) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
"So does Glenlivet..." My favorite Sorry to hear about this. I worry whenever Debbie goes out on that bicycle. We wear so much protective gear on the MCs and then she goes off on that bicycle with just a helmet. Of course, I'm just a runner but a tripped on the trail a few years ago. I tore up my knee pretty badly so I probably shouldn't complain. In case you need it, "Naturally Speaking" is a pretty good voice recognition package . Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
Ouch. Sounds nasty, but glad your ok. Maybe i';ll just avoid my ride to day then. :-) Dave(who should really be looking at getting a helmut) Brooks On 7/29/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Went down hard in the rain on Thursday. Started raining part way > through the ride and lost the front wheel without warning (isn't that > always the way with low-side crashes -- not that it's possible to > high-side a bicycle as far as I know...) > > Anyway, no really bad injuries. Chipped the end of the 5th metacarpal > on my left hand (and bruised virtually every muscle in the hand). Lotsa > road rash on the left knee. Bruised hip & shoulder. VERY battered (but > not broken) ribs. 8 stitches on forehead over left eye. Helmet probably > saved me from serious head injuries. It's in the trash now. > > So I spent Thursday afternoon in the emergency room & didn't climb > LaPlata on Friday (weather would have scuttled that anyway.) > > Back in the Burgh now and doing quite well. Hope to be able to resume > running in a few days and biking as soon as my hand's out of the > splint/cast. > > So you won't hear much from me for a bit: This one-handed typing sucks! > ;-) > > Knarf: PHONE me for computer help. It'd take me hours to type stuff out! > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
> > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/07/30 Mon AM 12:16:41 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado) > > Went down hard in the rain on Thursday. Started raining part way > through the ride and lost the front wheel without warning (isn't that > always the way with low-side crashes -- not that it's possible to > high-side a bicycle as far as I know...) Try a road that (you don't know) is icy Does the wheels a power of no good. Heal well. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
On 29/7/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >Back in the Burgh now and doing quite well. Hope to be able to resume >running in a few days and biking as soon as my hand's out of the >splint/cast. Ouch. Hope you heel nicely (sic ;-)... -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
Har! Bad luck - I hope it all gets better very soon. Were you mountain biking or road biking? Sounds like mountain to me. It may encourage you to hear that I started jogging again on Saturday, and did 30 minutes of squash drills on Sunday, 4 weeks after breaking my wrist, with no ill effects. Let's hope you're not in the sling/cast very long. The muscle wastage on my left arm is quite shocking, and the arm is now very noticeably smaller that the right. I can barely lift anything with it - even a cup of tea is a struggle - and I have no grip strength whatsoever, so I'll be glad when I'm able to go to the gym and start lifting. The physio's going well though and I'm starting to restore movement quite well. Agree about the one-handed typing! Try Ctrl-Alt-Del. It hurts. -- Bob > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mark Roberts > Sent: 30 July 2007 01:17 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update > from Colorado) > > Went down hard in the rain on Thursday. Started raining part way > through the ride and lost the front wheel without warning (isn't that > always the way with low-side crashes -- not that it's possible to > high-side a bicycle as far as I know...) > > Anyway, no really bad injuries. Chipped the end of the 5th metacarpal > on my left hand (and bruised virtually every muscle in the > hand). Lotsa > road rash on the left knee. Bruised hip & shoulder. VERY > battered (but > not broken) ribs. 8 stitches on forehead over left eye. > Helmet probably > saved me from serious head injuries. It's in the trash now. > > So I spent Thursday afternoon in the emergency room & didn't climb > LaPlata on Friday (weather would have scuttled that anyway.) > > Back in the Burgh now and doing quite well. Hope to be able to resume > running in a few days and biking as soon as my hand's out of the > splint/cast. > > So you won't hear much from me for a bit: This one-handed > typing sucks! > ;-) > > Knarf: PHONE me for computer help. It'd take me hours to type > stuff out! > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
On Jul 30, 2007, at 1:49 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > OUCH! > > (Beer helps the pain!) I've started carrying a small first aid kit when I'm riding. I'm thinking about including some chocolate. One packet of sympathy chocolate and another packet of harden-up chocolate. Choose whichever suits the injury :) My knee+shin pads arrived last week so my legs should hopefully start getting *less* scarred... - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
Rick Womer wrote: >OUCH! > >(Beer helps the pain!) So does Glenlivet... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
OUCH! (Beer helps the pain!) Rick --- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Went down hard in the rain on Thursday. Started > raining part way > through the ride and lost the front wheel without > warning (isn't that > always the way with low-side crashes -- not that > it's possible to > high-side a bicycle as far as I know...) > > Anyway, no really bad injuries. Chipped the end of > the 5th metacarpal > on my left hand (and bruised virtually every muscle > in the hand). Lotsa > road rash on the left knee. Bruised hip & shoulder. > VERY battered (but > not broken) ribs. 8 stitches on forehead over left > eye. Helmet probably > saved me from serious head injuries. It's in the > trash now. > > So I spent Thursday afternoon in the emergency room > & didn't climb > LaPlata on Friday (weather would have scuttled that > anyway.) > > Back in the Burgh now and doing quite well. Hope to > be able to resume > running in a few days and biking as soon as my > hand's out of the > splint/cast. > > So you won't hear much from me for a bit: This > one-handed typing sucks! > ;-) > > Knarf: PHONE me for computer help. It'd take me > hours to type stuff out! > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
So sorry to hear about the crash. Hope that you mend quickly and can get back to full activity. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, July 29, 2007, 5:16:41 PM, you wrote: MR> Went down hard in the rain on Thursday. Started raining part way MR> through the ride and lost the front wheel without warning (isn't that MR> always the way with low-side crashes -- not that it's possible to MR> high-side a bicycle as far as I know...) MR> Anyway, no really bad injuries. Chipped the end of the 5th metacarpal MR> on my left hand (and bruised virtually every muscle in the hand). Lotsa MR> road rash on the left knee. Bruised hip & shoulder. VERY battered (but MR> not broken) ribs. 8 stitches on forehead over left eye. Helmet probably MR> saved me from serious head injuries. It's in the trash now. MR> So I spent Thursday afternoon in the emergency room & didn't climb MR> LaPlata on Friday (weather would have scuttled that anyway.) MR> Back in the Burgh now and doing quite well. Hope to be able to resume MR> running in a few days and biking as soon as my hand's out of the MR> splint/cast. MR> So you won't hear much from me for a bit: This one-handed typing sucks! MR> ;-) MR> Knarf: PHONE me for computer help. It'd take me hours to type stuff out! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
Went down hard in the rain on Thursday. Started raining part way through the ride and lost the front wheel without warning (isn't that always the way with low-side crashes -- not that it's possible to high-side a bicycle as far as I know...) Anyway, no really bad injuries. Chipped the end of the 5th metacarpal on my left hand (and bruised virtually every muscle in the hand). Lotsa road rash on the left knee. Bruised hip & shoulder. VERY battered (but not broken) ribs. 8 stitches on forehead over left eye. Helmet probably saved me from serious head injuries. It's in the trash now. So I spent Thursday afternoon in the emergency room & didn't climb LaPlata on Friday (weather would have scuttled that anyway.) Back in the Burgh now and doing quite well. Hope to be able to resume running in a few days and biking as soon as my hand's out of the splint/cast. So you won't hear much from me for a bit: This one-handed typing sucks! ;-) Knarf: PHONE me for computer help. It'd take me hours to type stuff out! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
