Already have my 2nd opinion doc picked out... living in the Hershey area has its advantages... a pretty deep well of highly-qualified ortho people.

While the healing is not fast enough for my patience level, and I'm sick of constant pain, I do think it was the right call to wait it out a while... but I'm sure I'll be pretty annoyed at having an additional block of recovery time. I'll be wishing I had just pushed to be aggressive with the repair right at the start. If this had happened in May, there's no way I would have let it go... fact is, I love cold weather riding... I've missed my favorite part of the year, and we still don't have snow/ice on the ground. Grrrrrrr.....

Good thoughts, HG... I know it could have been far, far worse... the car swerved and didn't run over my head, for starters.... and didn't hit anyone else, either... and pretty fortunate that my everything else was still in one piece, despite the bruises and scrapes.

Oh, and bonus! My bike was fine except for torqued wheels and scraped bartape, and I was able replace the smashed buckle on my shoe :-) .... new helmet to replace the cracked one, some shiny new bartape (and a beautiful new Selle Italia saddle as my consolation prize to myself), and I'll be good to go as soon as I can.

Will see you in August :-)