Recovery is a bitch!

So as many of you know I have been off due to an unfortunate incident at Manly Dam over the October long weekend which resulted in a nasty break at the Radial Head of my elbow. After Surgery inserting plates and screws to help set the bones in place I have been back to get assessments on how my bones heal....

As it seems I am healing "as good as can be expected" came from the surgeons mouth...might i mention that he has a striking resemblance to Dr Spengler from the Ghostbusters (both Mel and I now find it hard to look him in the eye without a rye smile).....

Back to the blog..... I expected to hear "your healing well and will be back on the bike in no time!"....aahhh well no.
After much discussion with the 'expert' i found out that my time on the bike in the next 3-4 months may be limited if not at all....it seems i did a proper job on my arm and another fall anytime soon and i may have serious problems...like having to have the head of the radius removed all together and a metal insert to replace it...i know what some of you are thinking "We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better...stronger...faster." Obviously this is we want but i don't think thats the extent i want to go to right now.

So I am looking at another definite 8 weeks off any bike apart from a wind trainer.. at which time i get more x-rays and a CT scan to determine how well my bones are healing.

So in 8 weeks we'll know if i can hit the roadie up for some training or not....

For now I am offering my services as CAMERA BITCH for rides in and around the Sydney area, rides where i can walk in and out of the terrain from suburbia take a few pics and head out while you all ride you merry hearts out. So keep an eye out on trail sometime soon we might meet again through the other end of a lens.

Cheers all
Sam