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01-13-2005, 01:11 PM

So the big question is: why wait for March? If you've hung up the
cycling gear for winter, what better time to do this 'maintenance'.
I am kicking myself for not doing it last summer when I was sidelined
with a broken hand; now I have to sit it out .. though the winter rains
have made it more amenable to be on the sidelines :-)

- rick

01-13-2005, 01:11 PM

So the big question is: why wait for March? If you've hung up the
cycling gear for winter, what better time to do this 'maintenance'.
I am kicking myself for not doing it last summer when I was sidelined
with a broken hand; now I have to sit it out .. though the winter rains
have made it more amenable to be on the sidelines :-)

- rick

01-13-2005, 02:56 PM

I was back on the bike in two days without undue discomfort. i asked
the doc to be extra gentle, and basically wore a bag of frozen peas in
my pants for the first 24 hours. I was running in 3, and did the mt.
taylor quadrathlon at two weeks.

01-13-2005, 02:56 PM

I was back on the bike in two days without undue discomfort. i asked
the doc to be extra gentle, and basically wore a bag of frozen peas in
my pants for the first 24 hours. I was running in 3, and did the mt.
taylor quadrathlon at two weeks.

01-13-2005, 02:56 PM

I was back on the bike in two days without undue discomfort. i asked
the doc to be extra gentle, and basically wore a bag of frozen peas in
my pants for the first 24 hours. I was running in 3, and did the mt.
taylor quadrathlon at two weeks.

01-13-2005, 03:01 PM

....thinking back, the best advice I got was to take a couple ibuprofen
PRIOR to procedure, and then a couple more after to forestall
inflamation.

d

01-13-2005, 03:01 PM

....thinking back, the best advice I got was to take a couple ibuprofen
PRIOR to procedure, and then a couple more after to forestall
inflamation.

d

01-13-2005, 03:01 PM

....thinking back, the best advice I got was to take a couple ibuprofen
PRIOR to procedure, and then a couple more after to forestall
inflamation.

d

01-15-2005, 01:42 PM

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 23:38:55 -0500, "Bob from Conshy"
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>Scheduled to take one for the team in mid March...just about when the
>weather will break in the spring. Dr. said to expect to wait a week before
>resuming exercise but said it might take significantly longer for cycling.
>Can anyone confirm or deny this?

Went out today, just a few hours short of 8 days post-procedure.
Could not have done it yesterday, and the 10 miles or so was about all
I could handle, but it feels as if I can start picking it back up now.

BTW, to be the contrarian to what someone else suggested, do not take
any NSAIDs before the procedure. NSAIDs like Ibuprofen, Naproxen,
etc., tend to thin the blood and some doctors will not operate if you
have taken NSAIDs too soon before they cut. I took one Tylenol about
3 hours post-procedure, and a couple more in the next couple of days.
Did not need any ice or other drugs, though this will vary from person
to person.

- rick

01-15-2005, 01:42 PM

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 23:38:55 -0500, "Bob from Conshy"
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>Scheduled to take one for the team in mid March...just about when the
>weather will break in the spring. Dr. said to expect to wait a week before
>resuming exercise but said it might take significantly longer for cycling.
>Can anyone confirm or deny this?

Went out today, just a few hours short of 8 days post-procedure.
Could not have done it yesterday, and the 10 miles or so was about all
I could handle, but it feels as if I can start picking it back up now.

BTW, to be the contrarian to what someone else suggested, do not take
any NSAIDs before the procedure. NSAIDs like Ibuprofen, Naproxen,
etc., tend to thin the blood and some doctors will not operate if you
have taken NSAIDs too soon before they cut. I took one Tylenol about
3 hours post-procedure, and a couple more in the next couple of days.
Did not need any ice or other drugs, though this will vary from person
to person.

- rick