Adventures of the Antirider Rider

I never noticed these tennis license plates until the day I start my tennis class.  Isn’t that funny how it always works that way?  Now of course I see them everywhere! They have four courts but our class only takes up one. Miles Smith is our teacher. Jason practices his forehand. Each week, someone has [...]

Tony’s Ice cream does NOT do it for me like it used to.  We make a pit stop at the Shake Shack for some milkshakes and Castaway on the TV in the background.  In case you didn’t know, I work with a volleyball / soccer ball that says Wilson on it.  It’s not in my [...]

Some people love showing off!  Quoting Mark Nice work… The dr was very proud of himself.  Possibly worst he’d ever repaired. That is one serious scar. Heal up fast Mark!  The road to recovery gets shorter with each passing day.  We’re all waiting on you to get better so we can ride go karts at [...]

It’s amazing how the bike suffered almost no damage except a slightly bent in left foot peg. The rider Mark did not fare as well.  It’s not often I see him sporting a button down shirt.  However I know all too well the pain of trying to put a shirt on over your head with [...]

Mark is such a copy cat.  He wanted to join my broken collar bone club but was too proud to ask so he goes and does this: If you’re wondering what a normal collarbone should look like, I couldn’t tell you because it doesn’t appear that they x-ray these things until they’re broken.  However, if [...]

Here’s the journey of my broken leg. November 7, 2009 (day of accident) – At an emergency room in Tennessee, I find it’s a clean break of the tibia. November 18, 2009 (1.5 weeks) – After being in a big purple cast, they check it again.  No shifting means no surgery. December 9, 2009 (1 [...]

The time has come for the pink cast to go away. The nurse brings in the SAW.   Here is the nurse cutting off my short leg cast. Snip snip. Voila!  My leg reappears but now it’s smaller.    Hasta la pasta! The bone is still not healed but the halo is glowing around the [...]

If you’ve been following the cast countdown, you know that I got my short cast recently.  If you ever wonder how they cut off a cast, here’s your chance to watch.  Evidently, the blade vibrates (not rotates) so it can’t cut you.  When she was done cutting the cast off, the cotton sock was still [...]

Life as a handicapped person with a full leg cast is interesting and inconvenient to say the least.  First of all, the crutches are an all new skill.  I use the crutches exclusively at home but for those who have visited chez moi, you know my mansion is fairly compact.  After all, I can sit [...]

I got the verdict that I won’t need surgery on my broken leg which is great news!  The doctor says that my bones haven’t shifted so keeping immobilized in the cast will do the job.  The countdown has started as I will move into my lower leg cast (knee below) on December 9th!  After that, [...]

Yep, that’s me in the handicap spot. They fit me with a wheelchair which I use on longer outings. Now the adventures are not on two wheels but two crutches.  My first shower is a most interesting experience.  I am using the plastic bag and duct tape method.  It starts off with two newspaper bags [...]

With so much swelling after the accident, I had to wait for home to see my local ortho doctor for the real stuff. It looks okay but it really isn’t. I get the bad news that the cast has to immobilize the joint above the break (the knee) and below (the ankle). Bill gives me [...]

Dear Faithful Blog Reader, It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt at the ADVrider Fuzzy Beaver Rally. The morning started with a cold but pleasant ride up to the overlook.  As I’m coming down the mountain, something doesn’t feel right.  The only thing that changed is David put some air in my tires.  [...]

It’s definitely about picking your poison when it comes to taking the meds.  Yes, the pain goes away temporarily but in it’s place is a haze of sadness, drowsiness, and nausea that never subsides.  Although I could get some rest, my awake moments (if you could call it that) were hardly enjoyable.  I broke down [...]