Well that's me off my bike for a while

[Ganymede]

It is, in a completely non corny way, inspiring. A word used too often but in this case extremely apt.

Agree!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

This is far easier said than done but wipe the slate clean, don't compare, except with where you started on the trike. You may not feel you are making progress but from the perspective of someone watching from the outside, you are. In fact it's remarkable what you are doing in the circumstances. I seriously doubt I would have your grit in your situation. It is, in a completely non corny way, inspiring. A word used too often but in this case extremely apt.

Thank you. It is so very hard not to compare.
I have actually considered deleting all my strava data or creating a new account just to see progress...but I don't know. guess I am just having a bad time at the moment. it is so very frustrating with me still not being able to sit up and being confined to bed for the rest of the day when not on the trike, but only being able to manage so little when I am on it, sorry it feels like very little. I have been at the start again from scratch point too many times in my life now. The last one only being 3 years ago after the dog bite injury. AHAHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhh

 

[Crackle]

I have actually considered deleting all my strava data

That's a personal choice. Me, I wouldn't delete it because I have stuff going back years and I was faster years ago It's a compartmentalisation thing, which may take time. I'm not very good at this stuff but it's about who you are now, without letting go of where you want to be, if that makes any sense. A line in the sand kind of thing...

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

That's a personal choice. Me, I wouldn't delete it because I have stuff going back years and I was faster years ago It's a compartmentalisation thing, which may take time. I'm not very good at this stuff but it's about who you are now, without letting go of where you want to be, if that makes any sense. A line in the sand kind of thing...

yep _ I haven't deleted it for the same reasons... I like seeing the total mileage thing and knowing that it is there. Veloviewer allows me some of the analysis but not much. A new account could work better in some ways, but then I would have to set up all the friends again and let them know.... hard to know what to do, unless I want to generate my own stats locally on my laptop.... guess if that is the case the sooner I start the better really. then I would probably be able to to see the progress better. but I know yesterday I stopped caring about the progress and just enjoyed the ride. Today is a day off... in otherwords it was meant to be my phsyio day, but she rang me 30 mins before she was due and cancelled because she had got to the office to find someone had changed my appointment and put someone else in my place! Annoying or what!... right - back to trying to connect to my parent's computer to fix it. connecting to it is not going smoothly. my mother can not follow instructions for the life of her!

 

[Crackle]

connecting to it is not going smoothly. my mother can not follow instructions for the life of her!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

we've only been at it since 10am and this is simply generating the file to send to me (and give me the password) so I can remote control the faulty computer!
2 hours and I still don't have a password or a file!

 

[theloafer]

I stopped caring about the progress and just enjoyed the ride.

I found the same thing ..after 7 months off the bike .... I would plan a short ride that I knew and was short of my usual mileage and fairly flat , but once out on the road the legs would shout stop.. I got very disheartened and decided to turn back for home but once I had no set target legs just seemed to get a new lease of life and I just enjoyed been out first was 5 miles 2 was 11 miles 3 was 20 miles (and I have a JOGLE almost planed for this July ) you will get there young lady

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I found the same thing ..after 7 months off the bike .... I would plan a short ride that I knew and was short of my usual mileage and fairly flat , but once out on the road the legs would shout stop.. I got very disheartened and decided to turn back for home but once I had no set target legs just seemed to get a new lease of life and I just enjoyed been out first was 5 miles 2 was 11 miles 3 was 20 miles (and I have a JOGLE almost planed for this July ) you will get there young lady

this young lady is feeling like an OAP what with 2 sets of crutches, a toilet arm rest... and then looking at the rising reclining chairs and the upholstery they come in .... OAP time

 

[theloafer]

this might be of some inspiration young lady (please ignore the weight bit) it will take time and you will get there just believe

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX9FSZJu448

 

[Katherine]

Just wondering :

How did get on yesterday?
Has the physio been yet?

xxx

 

[Sara_H]

I know, but its hard... so very hard. I am effectively having to learn to ride a bike again, irrespective of the fact it is a trike. not to mention that fitness thing that is a pain in the ass... I have gone from 150 miles a week and not batting an eye lid at it, to struggling to manage a very slow and very flat 10 miles... and it hurts physically and emotionally and everything else that can be added an aalley to.!

This might not be what you want to hear but...... have you considered adding electric assist?

When I was recovering from my illness I was housebound by just being too weak to ride (and stubborn refusal to buy a car!). Buying the electric bike saved my sanity - being able to get out and ride and have something resembling normality was just fabulous. I laughed my head off the first time I rode it - was wonderful to be riding and independent again!
I only used it for about three months in the end, but it was worth every penny.

 

[ColinJ]

Electric trike assist might be an interesting possibility ...?

As for the war veteran with the bad knees ... impressive stuff!

My knees were well on the way out before illness scared me into taking my health more seriously. At the time, I was struggling to get up from a seated position and my knees hurt every time I used the stairs. After losing 4.5 stone, everything feels so much easier!

Keep up the good work, SNSSO. I am sure that you will get your range up somehow, even if that involves more surgery or motor assist.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

yep - it certainly seems to take forever!

I am waiting for a consultation with a 2nd consultant to decide on if they should fuse the vertebrae and if there were be any benefit from it. I still can't sit down and with all the attempts that they keep trying, it seems worse not better than ever before. Physio have concluded I need to slouch! yep you heard me, I need to slouch to relieve the pressure from whatever is getting trapped and the normal - you should be standing up straight sticking your arse out is actually bad for me!

I have bought the riser recliner chair - given up. I needed to get out of the bedroom and enough was enough. I had been looking at it for long enough to know when I saw a 20% Easter sale on that chair that it was genuinely 20% off because the price dropped dramatically!

Walking is not getting any easier, distance remains the same and my control of my legs is still useless. Walking also hurts something chronic - mind you so does cycling. Since going onto the 24hrs morphine I have been a lot better with pain management at least and movement is easier, but only general movement, not exercise. Exercise still needs morphine on top of the 24hr dose and cycling needs codeine as well as the morphine on top of the 24hrs dose... so this all in addition to the paracetamol and the pregabalin which seems to be good at 300mg three times a day.

It is only cycling that seems to be OK, it is easier than walking and I have managed to get it to around 2 hours in the morning about 5 times a week. I am nearly at 300 miles which is amazing really! today's ride was 15.9 miles at a staggering 7.7mph! But I guess I will get better at it and find some more speed as my weight comes off, assuming my adrenal issues don't screw life up like they did yesterday. I had an adrenal hypoglycaemic attack. Unlike a diabetic one, food/sugar is not the cure because my body can't get the glucose from the gut to the blood stream... my physio found me semi-conscious. I don't really remember yesterday afternoon...

I just keep plugging away at it. It is all I can do and hope that the 2nd consultant either has some ideas and/or agrees that fusing the vertebrae is the way forward. I know my other consultant is now trying for the waiting game which neither physio think is a good solution. They both believe I would be better off with the vertebrae fused. Not a lot I can do but wait until the next consultation happens...

 

[Stonechat]

yep - it certainly seems to take forever!

I am waiting for a consultation with a 2nd consultant to decide on if they should fuse the vertebrae and if there were be any benefit from it. I still can't sit down and with all the attempts that they keep trying, it seems worse not better than ever before. Physio have concluded I need to slouch! yep you heard me, I need to slouch to relieve the pressure from whatever is getting trapped and the normal - you should be standing up straight sticking your arse out is actually bad for me!

I have bought the riser recliner chair - given up. I needed to get out of the bedroom and enough was enough. I had been looking at it for long enough to know when I saw a 20% Easter sale on that chair that it was genuinely 20% off because the price dropped dramatically!

Walking is not getting any easier, distance remains the same and my control of my legs is still useless. Walking also hurts something chronic - mind you so does cycling. Since going onto the 24hrs morphine I have been a lot better with pain management at least and movement is easier, but only general movement, not exercise. Exercise still needs morphine on top of the 24hr dose and cycling needs codeine as well as the morphine on top of the 24hrs dose... so this all in addition to the paracetamol and the pregabalin which seems to be good at 300mg three times a day.

It is only cycling that seems to be OK, it is easier than walking and I have managed to get it to around 2 hours in the morning about 5 times a week. I am nearly at 300 miles which is amazing really! today's ride was 15.9 miles at a staggering 7.7mph! But I guess I will get better at it and find some more speed as my weight comes off, assuming my adrenal issues don't screw life up like they did yesterday. I had an adrenal hypoglycaemic attack. Unlike a diabetic one, food/sugar is not the cure because my body can't get the glucose from the gut to the blood stream... my physio found me semi-conscious. I don't really remember yesterday afternoon...

I just keep plugging away at it. It is all I can do and hope that the 2nd consultant either has some ideas and/or agrees that fusing the vertebrae is the way forward. I know my other consultant is now trying for the waiting game which neither physio think is a good solution. They both believe I would be better off with the vertebrae fused. Not a lot I can do but wait until the next consultation happens...

Hope things move ahead in whatever is the best way.

Mrs S was on Pregabalin last year, but had side effects so came off it

 

[raleighnut]

yep - it certainly seems to take forever!

I am waiting for a consultation with a 2nd consultant to decide on if they should fuse the vertebrae and if there were be any benefit from it. I still can't sit down and with all the attempts that they keep trying, it seems worse not better than ever before. Physio have concluded I need to slouch! yep you heard me, I need to slouch to relieve the pressure from whatever is getting trapped and the normal - you should be standing up straight sticking your arse out is actually bad for me!

I have bought the riser recliner chair - given up. I needed to get out of the bedroom and enough was enough. I had been looking at it for long enough to know when I saw a 20% Easter sale on that chair that it was genuinely 20% off because the price dropped dramatically!

Walking is not getting any easier, distance remains the same and my control of my legs is still useless. Walking also hurts something chronic - mind you so does cycling. Since going onto the 24hrs morphine I have been a lot better with pain management at least and movement is easier, but only general movement, not exercise. Exercise still needs morphine on top of the 24hr dose and cycling needs codeine as well as the morphine on top of the 24hrs dose... so this all in addition to the paracetamol and the pregabalin which seems to be good at 300mg three times a day.

It is only cycling that seems to be OK, it is easier than walking and I have managed to get it to around 2 hours in the morning about 5 times a week. I am nearly at 300 miles which is amazing really! today's ride was 15.9 miles at a staggering 7.7mph! But I guess I will get better at it and find some more speed as my weight comes off, assuming my adrenal issues don't screw life up like they did yesterday. I had an adrenal hypoglycaemic attack. Unlike a diabetic one, food/sugar is not the cure because my body can't get the glucose from the gut to the blood stream... my physio found me semi-conscious. I don't really remember yesterday afternoon...

I just keep plugging away at it. It is all I can do and hope that the 2nd consultant either has some ideas and/or agrees that fusing the vertebrae is the way forward. I know my other consultant is now trying for the waiting game which neither physio think is a good solution. They both believe I would be better off with the vertebrae fused. Not a lot I can do but wait until the next consultation happens...

One thing you may find is things start to move a bit quicker now we are in to a new financial year, some Consultants don't like to tell you that they are over-budget and that is why the operation is not being done yet but one of my GP's used to be quite vocal about this. He was an old-school leftwing Doctor who believed fervently in the NHS and was regularly quoted in the local papers saying "How can you put a price on healthcare" every time the Leicester Mercury did an article on ward/department closures.
He was actually a really good Doctor and a very nice fella, he still even drove the Morgan plus 4 sportscar that his father presented to him when he qualified in the late 50s (called Meg cos the first 3 letters of the reg. no were MEG)