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05-23-06, 08:24 PM
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My first ride after a laparoscopic hernia surgery last Wednesday felt great got my self up to a little over 27mph on a "fairly" flat 11 mile route. No big hills for me yet.
What have you had done surgically and what was your recovery like getting back to the bike?
I am looking at racing around the middle of June.
What have you had done surgically and what was your recovery like getting back to the bike?
I am looking at racing around the middle of June.
05-25-06, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by CPcyclist
My first ride after a laparoscopic hernia surgery last Wednesday felt great got my self up to a little over 27mph on a "fairly" flat 11 mile route. No big hills for me yet.
What have you had done surgically and what was your recovery like getting back to the bike?
I am looking at racing around the middle of June.
What have you had done surgically and what was your recovery like getting back to the bike?
I am looking at racing around the middle of June.
05-25-06, 08:52 AM
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Glad to hear you're back on your bike so soon. Last fall I shattered my femur in a mountain bike crash. I had a plate and screws put in. I had a good doctor apparently, because I was back on the bike in 10 weeks, and now 7 months later I'm racing again, and feeling even stronger than I was last year.
05-25-06, 08:56 AM
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I spent a week with a chest tube in last April for a collapsed lung. 1 month off the bike, no exercise what so ever. It took about 2 weeks of progressive effort before I felt right again.
Follow the doc's orders and let yourself heal right. Don't push it.
Follow the doc's orders and let yourself heal right. Don't push it.
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05-25-06, 09:29 AM
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Here's my status report and here's what caused the injury.
I hope to be on the bike in four weeks time.
The season is over before I'll be able to do any racing though.
I hope to be on the bike in four weeks time.
The season is over before I'll be able to do any racing though.
05-25-06, 09:39 AM
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Open heart surgery to repair my mitral valve this past Nov. 18. I am now back up to 38 mile rides averaging just under 20mph. Started riding my trainer 4 weeks after surgery.
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Wow. CP, hope you're back to full strength soon. You going to be around for the HHH in June (riding or volunteering)?
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I has Arthroscopic surgery to fix my meniscus last July. I am allergic to ALL anti-inflamatory meds, so it took me three weeks to get on the bike and go for a measly 20 mile ride. I solo'd Ride for the Roses in October and came back to Bozeman to have my Orthopedist tell me that I need to go under the knife again on the same leg.
Because I was racing at a young age, my bones grew out instead of up. I was predicted to be 6'2" tall, but here I stand at 5'9.5". My fibular head was too big and getting in the way of the ligament that runs from the hamstring to the tibia. November 3rd of last year I go under again and he saws 1.25cm off of my tibia after opening my leg up a good 4.5 inches. A walked out of that surgery against the nurses will and went to work two days later. I developed a patellar tracking problem because my VMO had atrophied so much from having two surgeries on the same leg.
It's May, and I am in better shape than I have ever been. I attribute that to my competitive attitude. It was early January when I started training for this season. I have never started that early in my entire cycling career. The leg that was cut up feels better than the untouched leg on any given day despite the weather. My left leg may be stronger, but the right leg developed gobs of endurance somehow and can outdo the left leg any day. A competitive group ride that I do on Mondays has become a joke, and it feels great!
Neat scars to boot!
Because I was racing at a young age, my bones grew out instead of up. I was predicted to be 6'2" tall, but here I stand at 5'9.5". My fibular head was too big and getting in the way of the ligament that runs from the hamstring to the tibia. November 3rd of last year I go under again and he saws 1.25cm off of my tibia after opening my leg up a good 4.5 inches. A walked out of that surgery against the nurses will and went to work two days later. I developed a patellar tracking problem because my VMO had atrophied so much from having two surgeries on the same leg.
It's May, and I am in better shape than I have ever been. I attribute that to my competitive attitude. It was early January when I started training for this season. I have never started that early in my entire cycling career. The leg that was cut up feels better than the untouched leg on any given day despite the weather. My left leg may be stronger, but the right leg developed gobs of endurance somehow and can outdo the left leg any day. A competitive group ride that I do on Mondays has become a joke, and it feels great!
Neat scars to boot!
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