Originally Posted by
BobbyG
I was off the bike for 3 weeks this summer with my first bout of Covid which was rougher than I expected, plus a longer recovery than I would have thought. All of which made me feel much older than 60.
But sixteen days ago I had surgery to repair a small inguinal hernia (which did not keep me off the bike).
Three days ago the surgeon said I could get back on the bike.
Yesterday I took a short spin around the neighborhood to see how it felt.
Today, I resumed biking to work with no discomfort or irritation.
All of which makes me feel much younger than 60.
Kudos to the surgeon!
Sorry that the bout with COVID was worse than expected, glad you're over it and on to better things.
I actually crashed about a week and a half ago. I hit an edge of a driveway at an extreme angle and down I went. So embarrassing, as I have been at this for a long time and I KNOW to avoid that mistake, but I was cycling with others in an unfamiliar area and was distracted by the entrance to a bike path.
Thought I got lucky, as nothing seemed broken, and didn't even get a lot of road rash out of it. But oy, felt that broken rib the next day when I coughed. Broken ribs suck.
It's feeling better, so I'm walking the hood, and I think I might even try a short spin in the hood today and see how the pork ribs feel. Life is good.
Well, good enough.
