I went for my orthopedic visit today. The results of my Cat Scan looked good. Both bones are still alive, and both look 100% healed. My scaphoid has a small divit in it, it may fill in it may not. This could end up being a "stress riser" in bike terms.
I am scheduled to have another Cat Scan on my right elbow on wednesday because my ortho thinks there may be a bone or cartiledge fragment floating around in there as I keep getting a really load pop and occasionally it gets stuck and I can't move it. He x-rayed it today and it looks like there could be a piece of the tip of my elbow missing. So, if there is debri in there, I will have to have another surgery to clean it out. Luckily it would be a scoped surgery and not nearly invasive.
So as if all this wasn't crappy enough, ON TO THE BAD NEWS!!! (yes it gets worse). Well, we sat down and timelined where to go from here. My orthopedic thinks that my wrist won't be able to start supporting any type of weight for at least another two months. He doesn't want me on a bike until mid march. And then it's road bikes or XC but only on gravel. He thinks by late spring I can ride XC. He told be he would rather me do nothing for the next 8 months but knows that is very unrealistic. He also told me he doesn't think it would be a good idea to trail ride/dh/freeride/urban/dirt jump or ride my moto for at least another YEAR!!!
He thinks if I do anything more than ride XC I risk the schaphoid degenerating and dying which would lead to a collapsed wrist and eventually a fully fused palm and wrist. He says the risk for the scaphoid dying doesn't really go away until the bone has been viable for at least a year. He also thinks it will take at least a year to regain the rest of my range of motion.
So I'm pretty much screwed. Does anyone have any suggestions for new sport to take up?? Right now it's looking like pro checkers for me. God I love my life right now.
I am scheduled to have another Cat Scan on my right elbow on wednesday because my ortho thinks there may be a bone or cartiledge fragment floating around in there as I keep getting a really load pop and occasionally it gets stuck and I can't move it. He x-rayed it today and it looks like there could be a piece of the tip of my elbow missing. So, if there is debri in there, I will have to have another surgery to clean it out. Luckily it would be a scoped surgery and not nearly invasive.
So as if all this wasn't crappy enough, ON TO THE BAD NEWS!!! (yes it gets worse). Well, we sat down and timelined where to go from here. My orthopedic thinks that my wrist won't be able to start supporting any type of weight for at least another two months. He doesn't want me on a bike until mid march. And then it's road bikes or XC but only on gravel. He thinks by late spring I can ride XC. He told be he would rather me do nothing for the next 8 months but knows that is very unrealistic. He also told me he doesn't think it would be a good idea to trail ride/dh/freeride/urban/dirt jump or ride my moto for at least another YEAR!!!
He thinks if I do anything more than ride XC I risk the schaphoid degenerating and dying which would lead to a collapsed wrist and eventually a fully fused palm and wrist. He says the risk for the scaphoid dying doesn't really go away until the bone has been viable for at least a year. He also thinks it will take at least a year to regain the rest of my range of motion.
So I'm pretty much screwed. Does anyone have any suggestions for new sport to take up?? Right now it's looking like pro checkers for me. God I love my life right now.
I'd just do what he say's as much as it sucks. Remember its better to be out of DH for a year than a lifetime.
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