Heading down the road…. the road to recovery… A LONG ONE!
So, as most of you will know if you’ve been following my recent escapades, I had a crash…. blah blah blah…. anyway, it’s been 5 weeks, yes, you read it correctly!! 5 WEEKS!! (i’m just as shocked writing that as you might be reading it! ) since I went bouncing along the road on my head.
Today, I went for an ultrasound scan on my shoulder. This to me felt like D-day. I walked the 1.6 miles from my house to Salford Hope Hospital, headphones on, music loud, hoping to drown out any thoughts I had of what news was coming my way. It was sunny and warm so that made the journey pleasant, I suppose.
I arrived at the hospital and navigated my way through the long temporary corridors through crowds of people all with their own illnesses and ailments, following the signs to the nearest reception desk. Once there, I was directed towards another long winding corridor, but first, I had to have my caffeine fix. I made my way to the news agents, picked up a copy of MCN and a can of Monster – Two necessities in a waiting room. I had reading material AND caffeine. SORTED! So anyway, I’m heading slightly off topic… back to the corridor…. I followed the signs for the purple zone. I was heading to RADIOLOGY. The temporary corridor seemed to go on forever, I asked a lady if I was heading in the right direction and she told me I wasn’t too far so I continued, I got the the end of the corridor and arrived at the Radiology Dept’s reception desk. I was given some barcoded stickers with my details on to hand in at another reception desk further down the hall…. I’m sure they do it on purpose to delay the bad news. – I’d rather just get it over and done with!! I handed in my stickers and then was directed to a small seating area. I sat down and began reading. I waited about 10 minutes, seeing as though my haste had got me there early. I was eventually called in to the room where I was asked to sit down, remove my hoody and t-shirt in preparation for the scan.
The specialist arrived and explained the procedure. I asked a whole heap of questions about my injuries. The main thing I want to know is WILL I BE BACK TO 100% HEALTH??
The lady covered my shoulder in a gel substance and spent about 15 minutes moving my arm in to uncomfortable positions in order to get a good look at my injuries. After doing this, the diagnosis was that I HAVE torn the muscle in my shoulder and it WILL need surgery in order to repair it. I asked her if I would be able to –
1. Ride again
2. Weight train again
3.Do any kind of physical work again.
– to all 3 questions, her answer was that there shouldn’t be any reason for me not to be able to do these things but, unfortunately, I will be out of action for at least several months. I should be back to at least 95% of my full capacity once I’m healed from my operation. Although this news is infuriating as it means I will miss out on nearly all the things I love doing for a while, it isn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I just have to take it easy for a few months and in time, I will heal, enabling me to come back FITTER and STRONGER!
Looking at the positive, it gives me chance for some down time and also has motivated me to train harder once I’m back to full health. It will be a long road to recovery but I guess, at least, I’m alive….?
I really hope that reading these posts, people are made more aware of the fact that bikers ARE on the road. We are NOT all idiots, we have families & friends. We are educated, have career aspirations and are part of the community. Just because we choose to wear leather and ride motorcycles, this doesn’t mean that we’re brainless! Wearing the leather keeps us safe, riding with clubs means we hang-out with our friends, we look out for each other. If we don’t, WHO WILL??!!
SHINY SIDE UP – RUBBER SIDE DOWN.
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