Originally Posted by Rick@OCRR

Hi Everyone,

Just got back from the doctor's. He said it was most likely a pinched nerve in my lower back that threw the body off (to the right). Defintely not a stroke, not an inner-ear problem.

He ordered a blood test (done), an X-Ray of my lower back (done), a CAT scan and a bone density test (to be scheduled by Kaiser Permanente in the not too distant future).

So overall, I'm happy. Still sucks DNF'ing on the double, but aside from that I'm happy. Rode 32 miles, mostly flat, with my wife on Tues. evening (on my Ti-GT) - no problems. Rode 24 miles on the club ride Thur. evening (on the Calfee) - much faster, actually hammered a lot of it in the drops, no problem.

Well, a little lower back pain when I got off the bike, but not while I was riding. My next double is March 27th (Solvang), so it should be all good by then. Oh, and the doctor said I could ride, but no doubles until he gets the results back from the tests noted above.

Rick / OCRR