Hipsters

[The Spaceman_imp]

On November 6, 2012, I had a minor crash on my VStrom 1000 that turned out to be not so minor. Even though the crash basically consisted of me and the bike falling over, I broke the top of my femur (the big "ball" at the top of the bone) off. An ambulance ride to the hospital, surgery to put 3 big pins into the bones, 5 months of no riding. I finally started riding again shortly after I got the CB last March, and I was doing ok until about 3 months ago. Then the pins started coming out, the end of the bone died, and I developed a horrible limp because the joint was collapsing leaving my left leg almost an inch shorter than the right.

January 27, 2014, I went into the hospital and had one of the leading hip replacement surgeons do his thing. Two days later I was walked out of the hospital with a cane. The past two weeks I've been getting better virtually on a daily basis. I cut the lawn Saturday. I'm now walking with almost no limp, and I expect by the end of this week I'll be cane-free.

TODAY I RODE MY CB AGAIN!! It's about 65 degrees and sunny out, so I just had to get on that bike. I only went a couple miles, but damn it felt great. And I got to try my brand-new Nolan N104, which is an awesome lid.

What an amazing time we live in. To think I could be in such terrible shape only a few weeks ago, and now it looks like I'll recover to being virtually as fit as I was before the accident, is a gift from God.

I can't wait to show up for the Sunday ride with the South Florida Rider's Club. They're going to cuss when they see me ride up!