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08-07-03, 01:40 PM
Hey everyone,
If anyone actually noticed that I haven't been on the boards for a while, there are a number of reasons for that. I've just been generally busy and I just returned from a vacation to Las Vegas. However, the main reason that I haven't been here is niether of those, but rather that I can't bike at all right now, so I don't have anything to say. To answer your question, I can't bike because I broke my arm about two weeks ago.
I was up to bat at my baseball game in a very good league against a very good team. It was a 3-1 count with 1 out and no one on when the pitch came sailing inside way off the plate. I attempted to get out of the way, but it smacked me right in the arm where it's the weakest leaving me with a break of my ulna shaft. I actually got lucky because I had removed my hand from my bat. If I hadn't, the orthopedist said the pinching and the hard contact probably would have shattered my bone in several places and I would have needed surgery.
As it is, however, I've been in cast and sling for 2 weeks and still have another 3 weeks to go. What adds insult to injury is that it's my right arm which is my dominant arm, so I'm very limited in what I can do. In Vegas, we stayed at the Mandalay Bay which has some of the nicest pools in the world, but I couldn't use them. I also can't bike for these 5 weeks which is a killer, especially since my father, brother and I were going to have fun and be "Team Gran Fondo" on a ride through the Amish country that I will have to sit out as well.
Anyways, that's just my story and even though I can't bike I'm sure I'll stick around the boards during this time to have some fun.
Shane
If anyone actually noticed that I haven't been on the boards for a while, there are a number of reasons for that. I've just been generally busy and I just returned from a vacation to Las Vegas. However, the main reason that I haven't been here is niether of those, but rather that I can't bike at all right now, so I don't have anything to say. To answer your question, I can't bike because I broke my arm about two weeks ago.
I was up to bat at my baseball game in a very good league against a very good team. It was a 3-1 count with 1 out and no one on when the pitch came sailing inside way off the plate. I attempted to get out of the way, but it smacked me right in the arm where it's the weakest leaving me with a break of my ulna shaft. I actually got lucky because I had removed my hand from my bat. If I hadn't, the orthopedist said the pinching and the hard contact probably would have shattered my bone in several places and I would have needed surgery.
As it is, however, I've been in cast and sling for 2 weeks and still have another 3 weeks to go. What adds insult to injury is that it's my right arm which is my dominant arm, so I'm very limited in what I can do. In Vegas, we stayed at the Mandalay Bay which has some of the nicest pools in the world, but I couldn't use them. I also can't bike for these 5 weeks which is a killer, especially since my father, brother and I were going to have fun and be "Team Gran Fondo" on a ride through the Amish country that I will have to sit out as well.
Anyways, that's just my story and even though I can't bike I'm sure I'll stick around the boards during this time to have some fun.
Shane