The ER team determined I had broken both bones in my R wrist (really lower arm, BTW I am L handed).
The ulna fracture was insignificant; mostly a bone chip.
The radius was a diagonal break and the ER team could not set it, so surgery here we come.
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| it is what it is |
On Wednesday 3/6/19 I had surgery on the wrist where they place a titanium plate with screws to stabilize the radius. This was new to me as all my other cycling injuries were to my L side.
Lynn made it to Yuma on Thursday
I was released on Friday and Lynn made arrangements to fly home via Phoenix on Saturday.
On the drive to Phoenix we stopped at Dateland which was to be one of my overnight stops. Dateland is really only a truck stop with dates.
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| Dateland truck stop |
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| get well cards from my fellow Coasters |
I would like to thank all those who sent me condolences, esp my old college buddy Ron Boose.
Ron contacted almost immediately and was ready to pick me up and do whatever was needed. Old college friends last forever!!
U-M will take over my care; it will be 4-6+ weeks for the bone to heal and then rehab.
I hope to be back on my bike by May (once I put it back together); plus Lynn's new Project One Domane is ready at the bike shop and I can not let her ride without me. :-) It wasn't until mid June that the ortho's let me road ride again and they would not let me swim until May. Boy did my conditioning suck once I started swimming and riding again.
Lynn and I will spend a week long ride along the Dordogne river in France this summer; from Bordeaux to Sarlat. We may try to get another week long ride this year time permitting.
So it's time to sit in my chair and watch basketball until my eyeballs burnout.
Later
Rick
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