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I can resist anything except temptation
Jan 5^th, 2008, 6:26pm

I decided it was just too nice out today to stay indoors. Since I had felt fine for a 20 minute ride on my stationary bike yesterday, I decided to break out the Nimbus for a real ride, today. I just started at my driveway, and rode the neighborhood, ending up with 9.8 miles at a blazing 12.9 mph average. It was great to be riding again.

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robert.j rbent member Posts: 429	Re: I can resist anything except temptation Reply #1 - Jan 5^th, 2008, 6:49pm Hey Bud: Way to go! Glad you're feeling well enough to get in a few miles.
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aikigreg Moderator recumbent ninja Posts: 3685	Re: I can resist anything except temptation Reply #2 - Jan 5^th, 2008, 7:41pm you suck. Nice work, bro!
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Opus the Poet Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 1353	Re: I can resist anything except temptation Reply #3 - Jan 6^th, 2008, 4:56pm Good to see somebody is riding from the cripple corps I just go out to the garage and stare at the Stratus with its new fork and wheel and sigh about the broken dropout. Will try again to find some 1/8" plate to make the new dropouts for it and the cruiser... Opus
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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: I can resist anything except temptation Reply #4 - Jan 6^th, 2008, 6:39pm Isn't the human body amazing?? However, watch the difference between indoor trainer and outdoor Nimbus -- specifically, jolts and shocks from the road!! I know I was sensitized to the bumps after my eye surgery in the spring... Don't shake loose any stitches or anything. Glad you're breathing well!
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aikigreg Moderator recumbent ninja Posts: 3685	Re: I can resist anything except temptation Reply #5 - Jan 6^th, 2008, 7:19pm HE already has his staples out. I don't get mine off till the 16th. In the meantime, I'm trying to find a handcycle to rent for a few weeks...
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Re: I can resist anything except temptation
Reply #6 - Jan 6^th, 2008, 8:10pm

Quote from aikigreg on Jan 6^th, 2008, 7:19pm:

*HE* already has his staples out. I don't get mine off till the 16th. In the meantime, I'm trying to find a handcycle to rent for a few weeks...

Contact my pal Bill Nash, at muzition@aol.com He's got a handcycle that's gathering dust that he wants to sell, and I'd bet he'll loan it to you... It's a good "off-road" bike -- it's got knobby tires!!! Grin

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aikigreg Moderator recumbent ninja Posts: 3685	Re: I can resist anything except temptation Reply #7 - Jan 7^th, 2008, 7:51pm Thanks, Master P. Email sent!
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Reply #8 - Jan 8^th, 2008, 10:14am

Bud,

Glad to hear you are healing so quickly and with so little pain. I was telling your story to a friend of mine and she informed me that she too had a lobe of a lung removed. (Whats a lobe here and there eh?) She said it was an extremely painful surgery and recovery. You really are doing great. You posted your mph ave. and its as fast as my overall average for the last two years! By the way, have you lost weight? You may turn out like Lance, lighter and stronger after the surgeries (and tons of training). Keep up the good work!

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Re: I can resist anything except temptation
Reply #9 - Jan 8^th, 2008, 5:03pm

Quote from Richard on Jan 8^th, 2008, 10:14am:

Bud,

Glad to hear you are healing so quickly and with so little pain. I was telling your story to a friend of mine and she informed me that she too had a lobe of a lung removed. (Whats a lobe here and there eh?) She said it was an extremely painful surgery and recovery. You really are doing great. You posted your mph ave. and its as fast as my overall average for the last two years! By the way, have you lost weight? You may turn out like Lance, lighter and stronger after the surgeries (and tons of training). Keep up the good work!

Richard

Yes, I can testify to the fact that it's very painful surgery. A 10 inch incision between your ribs is just no fun, any way you slice it (pun intended). All the severed muscles and nerves cause strange pain, numbness, and twitches. Stepping outside even gives me chills up and down the incision. Coughing is excruciating pain for a number of days, and you end up with enough fluid in your lungs, you can't keep from coughing some.

My weight seems to have leveled off at 181, 6 pounds less than I weighed before the surgery, 4 pounds less than my lowest summer weight. I've been doing short, easy neighborhood rides on the Nimbus, every day since Saturday. Activity is important during recovery, and I like riding better than walking. The riding position on the Nimbus works very well for keeping pain from being a problem.

I have no idea how long it will take me to get my strength back. I'll be going back to work on January 18th, but I'm not supposed to do any lifting until February 1st. I plan on just riding easy for a while, and not pushing it until I'm a lot further along in the healing process.

Thanks, everyone, for the encouragement and well wishes.

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Kwijybow Five Star Member mostly a commuter Posts: 1026	Re: I can resist anything except temptation Reply #10 - Jan 8^th, 2008, 9:38pm Great to hear the recovery is going well despite the pain. Your an inspiration Bud! Take Care, Nelson.
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Killer Bee Five Star Member CA2.0 proto type Posts: 1308	Re: I can resist anything except temptation Reply #11 - Jan 8^th, 2008, 11:30pm Quote from Kwijybow on Jan 8^th, 2008, 9:38pm: Great to hear the recovery is going well despite the pain. Your an inspiration Bud! Take Care, Nelson. Well said Nelson. Bud(and Greg),get well soon. You(and Greg) are in our thoughts every ride(wishing you could be with us).
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