Oh, this is great! I got on the bike and started riding again, this past Saturday. I used to run out of air; this time, I'm out of muscle after a couple of miles. Like I said, great! The problems are gettin on, and especially getting off. I can no longer stomp the left pedal, take a couple of quick stutter steps, and swing my leg over the seat. No more, not for a while, anyway. I lean the bike way over to get a leg over the top tube. Getting off is worse. I fall so often that I just keep riding - at least till there's something about curb high for a little assistance.

So? I had several fractures of the pelvis this past April and this is a big deal. Three weeks spent mostly flat on the back got me a weight loss of 25 pounds, which would have been great if it were the fat going away. It wasn't. The good news is that the weight is staying down, and the fat isn't increasing.