09-03-2018, 09:39 AM
(09-03-2018, 07:46 AM)PowerDubs_imp Wrote:(09-03-2018, 06:40 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: I understand. At 68 I'm not bouncing back from my little off, as easy as it was, like I expected to. It is a bit depressing. I quit taking any pain meds, and the dull ache in my left arm (the broken one) kept me awake until 6 am. Tonight I'm taking a pill lol. Weird laying there in the dark not being able to sleep, just staring at the darkness feeling the ache of something not quite right. My right knee is still giving me fits as well. I go to ortho doc for arm exam Friday. May request an MRI on the knee.
If you have pains, it's best to get them checked out and KNOW it's normal trauma, and not something bad trauma.
Men's Fall Trip coming up Oct 8. Not sure I will be ready.
How do you even get back on the bike now aware of how quickly, painful, and possibly permanently something can happen?
I was always aware a crash could happen which is why I always wore the most armor I could- and I still got messed up pretty bad at low speed and no contact with anything.
Now that it has happened, my perspective fundamentals have changed completely.
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I don't know much about your history, but is this really your first real accident?
perhaps it's different if you get your first big accident early vs. late. My first serious go round was about 6 months in, and i was hurt relatively bad. The bike got replaced faster than I healed, and I was back on the highway before the bandages came off. I knew i could get hurt, and i had no idea how badly until that happened to me, but it never once entered my mind that "riding" was the reason it happened to me. my choice of vehicle wasn't at fault for what happened to me. it was the driver that pulled out in front of me. it was my stupid rear end for kissing pavement in a polo shirt. it was my lack of experience that didn't do me any favors in the way I reacted to being cut off like that. having had it happen was almost liberating. when I got back on for the first time i told myself that if i felt anxious or spooked or unsteady i'd just park it and give it up, maybe go back to scooters or something, but i didn't feel any of that. i just felt like it was good to be back.
i guess i'm saying that if your feelings of anxiety don't leave you when you get back on, then you know what's best. but don't make that decision without getting back on.