A Request for Positive thoughts & prayers
10-07-11 | 10:35 PM
#27
feros ferio
Joined: Jul 2000
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From: www.ci.encinitas.ca.us
Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
As one of the flimsiest bones in the body, the clavicle is made to be broken. I did a double fracture of the left clavicle in 1976, in my one-and-only close encounter w/ a motor vehicle (left cross). I was in a butterfly compression strap for 3 weeks and back on the bike shortly thereafter. The only aftereffect is a pair of palpable bone calluses. On very rare occasions, these cause mild discomfort under the shoulder belt when I drive. It's too late to second-guess your orthopedist now, but it never hurts to challenge whether surgery is really necessary.
Best wishes for a rapid, thorough, and uneventful recovery.
Best wishes for a rapid, thorough, and uneventful recovery.
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
