"The 33"-Road Bike Racing - I think I am out for a while

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hpAhVRfGTE/Swmc-0kSWlI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/hkYiGFFGdzI/s1600/xray.left.elbow.jpg

yep.

ahhhhh, yep -
that is miserable, best of luck healing up

Elbow?

Heal fast!

Yep, thats a left elbow

I'm no doctor, but I think the little ball part is supposed to be in the little socket part.

How'd you do it?

group ride. forced to go grass surfing. ended up in a ditch.

Wow. Man. That's awful. I hope you get back riding before you know it.

feck. enjoy the one-handed trainer

ow ow ow ow ow

The arm bones connected to the...oops no it's not...

Will they try to just pop it back in like they do shoulders?

Essentially. They gave me some hardcore drugs. They found a balance of two IV drugs which made me super relaxed, the 3rd brought me out of it. I honestly dont remember much of it. Of course this was after 7 hours of triage, ambulance transports, multiple hospitals and ER's...fun times.

Now I am sitting here in a soft cast. CT scan tomorrow. Then off to the ortho somewhere. Surgery to follow I am guessing. But elbow does not look like the xray anymore.

Kai- You can finish the song. Just stutter a bit through the arm part till I find out more.

Take the swim out but leave the bike...on a trainer of course. Heal fast!

Essentially. They gave me some hardcore drugs. They found a balance of two IV drugs which made me super relaxed, the 3rd brought me out of it. I honestly dont remember much of it. Of course this was after 7 hours of triage, ambulance transports, multiple hospitals and ER's...fun times.

Now I am sitting here in a soft cast. CT scan tomorrow. Then off to the ortho somewhere. Surgery to follow I am guessing. But elbow does not look like the xray anymore.

Kai- You can finish the song. Just stutter a bit through the arm part till I find out more.

Morphine's the weirdest feeling drug.

I just felt an eerie cool feeling as the drug entered my veins. Then I felt a shudder and before I knew it, my entire body felt like that initial entry.

was not morphine, I declined it at the ER

Hello,

That makes me pucker just thinking about it -- the x-ray, well, I only need to see it once.

Best of luck with your recovery. Hope it is rapid.

Pity. ;)

As they say, "Morphine is what they give dying people".

Then "House" came in, ordered a bone marrow test, hot coffee enema, colonoscopy(sp), and said "this is what you get for posting this on BF you whiner, htfu and ride".

Essentially. They gave me some hardcore drugs. They found a balance of two IV drugs which made me super relaxed, the 3rd brought me out of it. I honestly dont remember much of it. Of course this was after 7 hours of triage, ambulance transports, multiple hospitals and ER's...fun times.

Now I am sitting here in a soft cast. CT scan tomorrow. Then off to the ortho somewhere. Surgery to follow I am guessing. But elbow does not look like the xray anymore.

Kai- You can finish the song. Just stutter a bit through the arm part till I find out more.

damn
I hope you feel better
It looks like a dislocation but Im guessing there is something alot more serious going on there than just that.

ouch.

heal up fast SB!

Man, that sucks. Stupid inertia. Hope you get back on the trainer soon and have a speedy recovery.

Couldnt be a better time for that to happen (not that any time is good). You will be back on the trainer in a few weeks and on the road in 5 to 8. Been there done that with the elbow :)

Good luck and enjoy the pain meds

Ouch. Heal quickly.

well... might need surgery. I have some bone floating around in there but not a lot, pretty clean dislocation. To much swelling to tell much of anything. I think I will go for a second opinion tomorrow.

choice #1- do nothing and leave the bone fragments
#2- remove the bone fragments
#3- screw bone back into place

Choice #4 find a talented specialist that works with athletes and let him make the best recommendation.

You say that like an orthopedic surgeon isn’t enough of a specialist…

In some cases, particularly overuse injuries or nagging complaints, I’m a big supporter of finding sports medicine specialists. However, in this case we are already talking about a specialist; the part effected and the mechanism of injury aren’t sport specific; and I’m pretty sure riding a bike doesn’t make you any better at treating elbow injuries.

You say that like an orthopedic surgeon isn’t enough of a specialist…

In some cases, particularly overuse injuries or nagging complaints, I’m a big supporter of finding sports medicine specialists. However, in this case we are already talking about a specialist; the part effected and the mechanism of injury aren’t sport specific; and I’m pretty sure riding a bike doesn’t make you any better at treating elbow injuries.

Agreed but find an Ortho doctor that specializes in sports related injuries and rehab, IMO that is better than an Ortho doc that rebuilds geriatric patients...just sayin

You say that like an orthopedic surgeon isn’t enough of a specialist…

In some cases, particularly overuse injuries or nagging complaints, I’m a big supporter of finding sports medicine specialists. However, in this case we are already talking about a specialist; the part effected and the mechanism of injury aren’t sport specific; and I’m pretty sure riding a bike doesn’t make you any better at treating elbow injuries.

I'm with Greg. The needs of athletes are very different from the needs of "civilians".

Dont worry. Im headed to Placid tomorrow to see the ortho the works with the Olympic athletes for a second opinion. I am guessing he knows athletes :-P

"I can do at least 2 watts per kilo more than a normal adult; I deserve special treatment!"

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/5700021/

well... might need surgery. I have some bone floating around in there but not a lot, pretty clean dislocation. To much swelling to tell much of anything. I think I will go for a second opinion tomorrow.

choice #1- do nothing and leave the bone fragments
#2- remove the bone fragments
#3- screw bone back into place

Sorry about your crash. Pardon my ignorance, but how do you use a screw to keep a hinge together? Other than ligaments, how exactly do those two (er, three) bones stay together?

Elbow is back together. My 'hinge' is ok. The elbow joint is mostly just two bones, 3rd is a small part of the joint. CT scan showed it is all back together. Problem is I chipped my bone. So the chip is floating around, on outside of elbow, not very important part of bone, (not part of the joint).

So... does anyone have advice for training in a sling? Rollers will be tough...

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/5700021/

awesome

"would your family be offended if i wore a mask like the asian people wear?"