Dear fellow cycling commuters,*

This my first opportunity to correspond with the Forums since my accident June 1 and I am grateful for all the posts to this thread wishing me well. In particular I want to thank dnuezzomueller for his opening post, and also mtalinm, both for their *gracious subsequent comments, and welcome and enjoyable hospital visits.

My basic injuries are fractures of the sacrum requiring orthopedic pinning and a soft tissue gluteal wound requiring three surgical procedures. I left the acute care hospital after about four weeks and this is my first full week in a rehab hospital, and I may be discharged from the rehab hospital this week. Then I'll be recovering at home.*

Besides*not suffering a severe neurologic trauma I have some fortunate circumstances that are helping the recovery process:
-great and compassionate medial care here in Boston, and a private room in rehab
-close-by supportive family (my wife is a nurse), friends, and workplace
-access to high tech materials like an iPad and speech recognition to give me activities throughout the day.

So while the accident was a bad thing, I can really say it's not been horrible. My future plans for cycling are unclear, but think a reasonable goal is riding *a stationary cycle for the rest of the year to recoup some fitness. I can commute to work by subway and train. One current intermediate goal is to allow me to sit comfortably at a keyboard for long periods since my job requires I sit at desk and keyboard.

Finally, I've avoided thinking much about person, who hit me, but two trusted lawyer friends have offered to help me resolve those issues. So while I'm not cycling for *a while, reading and posting to the Forums continues as an enjoyable daily activity.

Sincerely

Jim from Boston