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05-04-14, 09:49 AM
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Sorry I guess I did not read your post carefully enough.
05-04-14, 10:49 AM
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...not to worry. No one takes me seriously here, anyway. #just_along_for_the_ride
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05-04-14, 10:59 AM
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...not to worry. No one takes me seriously here, anyway. #just_along_for_the_ride
05-04-14, 11:03 AM
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This actually brings up a personal subject I would very much like to hear the opinions of fellow addicts incorporated.
As you all know I am 60 and had my right hip replaced 5 years ago. My orthopod says my left hip is shot and needs replaced. The pain has been quite severe , at times causing my leg to give out at times almost causing a fall. I have been riding and like many of you, have difficulty making any ride an easy ride. The odd thing is that I'm pain free 2o minutes into the ride but later suffer from the effort. The doc says any time I want it done is good, that I pass muster, and until I get it done, ride as far and hard as I choose to. He also advised to put it off until I really need it due to my relative youth, likely longevity and future need for replacements.
This past week I have done no riding due to work and found my legs actually feeling much better with little to no pain.
Thus the question- get it done now so I can get back to riding or give up riding for a couple of years until symptoms require it in the future.
What would YOU do?
As you all know I am 60 and had my right hip replaced 5 years ago. My orthopod says my left hip is shot and needs replaced. The pain has been quite severe , at times causing my leg to give out at times almost causing a fall. I have been riding and like many of you, have difficulty making any ride an easy ride. The odd thing is that I'm pain free 2o minutes into the ride but later suffer from the effort. The doc says any time I want it done is good, that I pass muster, and until I get it done, ride as far and hard as I choose to. He also advised to put it off until I really need it due to my relative youth, likely longevity and future need for replacements.
This past week I have done no riding due to work and found my legs actually feeling much better with little to no pain.
Thus the question- get it done now so I can get back to riding or give up riding for a couple of years until symptoms require it in the future.
What would YOU do?
Anterior approach ftw.
05-04-14, 11:05 AM
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05-04-14, 11:56 AM
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Agreed, do it when you don't ride much. My family are tennis players, they did their rotator cuff surgery in the winter so they were ready for the summer league.
My very very limited experience, guilt is usually passive aggressive, which is hurtful. Not loving to me.
My very very limited experience, guilt is usually passive aggressive, which is hurtful. Not loving to me.
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05-04-14, 12:01 PM
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05-04-14, 12:28 PM
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Casually Deliberate
Wow. You never called me that before in the forums. You must be seriously missing me or something.
05-04-14, 12:45 PM
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Casually Deliberate
My uncle had just turned 61 on Thanksgiving four years ago. He went down to the basement to get a serving platter. On the way back up the stairs, he hit his head, had a small stroke, and they had to remove part of his skull to relieve the pressure. That was the last day he was home. He went from the hospital to an adult foster home then back to the hospital then to a different foster home where he remains to this day. He was a CPA who ran his own business, drove a Lexus, headed to the coast or Mexico or BVI if/when he felt like it, and lived in a house he'd paid for himself that included a state of the art home theater. Now, he's looking at another maybe 25 years of a permanent catheter and being told by someone else when to eat, sleep, wake up, and go to the bathroom. He keeps trying to start uprisings: encouraging the other residents to refuse to eat unless their food is perfect and chanting something about one of the workers that includes the word that rhymes with "witch". And this is his life. And he keeps asking people "Am I really going to spend the rest of my life in this bed or the dining room?" Yep. I bet he'd much rather have driven the Lexus into the side of a log truck and been done with it.
05-04-14, 01:27 PM
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My uncle had just turned 61 on Thanksgiving four years ago. He went down to the basement to get a serving platter. On the way back up the stairs, he hit his head, had a small stroke, and they had to remove part of his skull to relieve the pressure. That was the last day he was home. He went from the hospital to an adult foster home then back to the hospital then to a different foster home where he remains to this day. He was a CPA who ran his own business, drove a Lexus, headed to the coast or Mexico or BVI if/when he felt like it, and lived in a house he'd paid for himself that included a state of the art home theater. Now, he's looking at another maybe 25 years of a permanent catheter and being told by someone else when to eat, sleep, wake up, and go to the bathroom. He keeps trying to start uprisings: encouraging the other residents to refuse to eat unless their food is perfect and chanting something about one of the workers that includes the word that rhymes with "witch". And this is his life. And he keeps asking people "Am I really going to spend the rest of my life in this bed or the dining room?" Yep. I bet he'd much rather have driven the Lexus into the side of a log truck and been done with it.
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05-04-14, 01:28 PM
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05-04-14, 01:29 PM
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05-04-14, 01:51 PM
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So it is
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05-04-14, 02:51 PM
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Short (30 miles) but good ride. Breezy and crisp spring day.
I really need to change my chain and clean the bike, but feeling rather lazy. Maybe mañana.
(bad joke alert!!)... Speaking of mañana, what do you call a cyclist this month who is overdue for a shower??
...the STINKO de Mayo.
I really need to change my chain and clean the bike, but feeling rather lazy. Maybe mañana.
(bad joke alert!!)... Speaking of mañana, what do you call a cyclist this month who is overdue for a shower??
...the STINKO de Mayo.
05-04-14, 03:08 PM
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....for those of you still interested in pro bike racing (and I suspect the number is shrinking faster than Lance Armstrong's remaining testicle),
the Tour of California starts right here in the Big tomato next weekend. Wild times and podium girls all around !!
https://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com...ity-sacramento
....for those of you still interested in pro bike racing (and I suspect the number is shrinking faster than Lance Armstrong's remaining testicle),
the Tour of California starts right here in the Big tomato next weekend. Wild times and podium girls all around !!
https://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com...ity-sacramento
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05-04-14, 03:09 PM
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05-04-14, 03:12 PM
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....for those of you still interested in pro bike racing (and I suspect the number is shrinking faster than Lance Armstrong's remaining testicle),
the Tour of California starts right here in the Big tomato next weekend. Wild times and podium girls all around !!
AMGEN Tour of California :: Sacramento
....for those of you still interested in pro bike racing (and I suspect the number is shrinking faster than Lance Armstrong's remaining testicle),
the Tour of California starts right here in the Big tomato next weekend. Wild times and podium girls all around !!
AMGEN Tour of California :: Sacramento
05-04-14, 03:16 PM
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May 11, 2014 - Overall Stage Start
The 2014 Amgen Tour of California will begin and finish at the steps of the State Capital on L Street. As the route heads north out of the city, it will hug the east bank of the Sacramento River. After passing through Pleasant Grove and a Sprint in Lincoln, the racers will head into one of the race's favorite towns...Auburn. Here the race will contest the second sprint of Stage 1. After a fast decent to the American River, the peloton will be confronted with a difficult climb up Hwy 49 and the third Sprint of the day in the town of Cool.
The riders then head south and west for a fast and flat run back into Sacramento. Once the race passes back through the start/finish line and what is sure to be a large and loud crowd, the race leaders will see three laps to go. The circuit finish in Sacramento has delivered some of the most thrilling finishes in the race's history. This year will be no different. The winner of this stage will be on his own in the defense of the yellow jersey at the time trial on Stage 2
The 2014 Amgen Tour of California will begin and finish at the steps of the State Capital on L Street. As the route heads north out of the city, it will hug the east bank of the Sacramento River. After passing through Pleasant Grove and a Sprint in Lincoln, the racers will head into one of the race's favorite towns...Auburn. Here the race will contest the second sprint of Stage 1. After a fast decent to the American River, the peloton will be confronted with a difficult climb up Hwy 49 and the third Sprint of the day in the town of Cool.
The riders then head south and west for a fast and flat run back into Sacramento. Once the race passes back through the start/finish line and what is sure to be a large and loud crowd, the race leaders will see three laps to go. The circuit finish in Sacramento has delivered some of the most thrilling finishes in the race's history. This year will be no different. The winner of this stage will be on his own in the defense of the yellow jersey at the time trial on Stage 2
...the descent into the American River Canyon and climb back out at Auburn is one of the hairier ups and downs locally.
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05-04-14, 03:19 PM
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05-04-14, 03:21 PM
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I hope this zen helps. Zen helps everything:
A samurai once asked Zen Master Hakuin where he would go after he died. Hakuin answered "How am I supposed to know?"
"How do you know? You're a Zen master!" exclaimed the samurai.
"Yes, but not a dead one", Hakuin answered
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05-04-14, 03:31 PM
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05-04-14, 03:37 PM
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My uncle had just turned 61 on Thanksgiving four years ago. He went down to the basement to get a serving platter. On the way back up the stairs, he hit his head, had a small stroke, and they had to remove part of his skull to relieve the pressure. That was the last day he was home. He went from the hospital to an adult foster home then back to the hospital then to a different foster home where he remains to this day. He was a CPA who ran his own business, drove a Lexus, headed to the coast or Mexico or BVI if/when he felt like it, and lived in a house he'd paid for himself that included a state of the art home theater. Now, he's looking at another maybe 25 years of a permanent catheter and being told by someone else when to eat, sleep, wake up, and go to the bathroom. He keeps trying to start uprisings: encouraging the other residents to refuse to eat unless their food is perfect and chanting something about one of the workers that includes the word that rhymes with "witch". And this is his life. And he keeps asking people "Am I really going to spend the rest of my life in this bed or the dining room?" Yep. I bet he'd much rather have driven the Lexus into the side of a log truck and been done with it.
05-04-14, 04:05 PM
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