Nassahegan, CT: 8/24/08

o3jeff said:

Greg, did you have a chance to look at your deraleur to see what the problem was?

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severine said:

I really had no pain last Sunday other than on my head where I received the final indignation. :lol: But the next day, I started having chest pains... freaked out a little as it was near my heart. It eased up by Thursday so I went for the ride anyway, and Saturday morning I felt fine so I did a hard run (max heart rate was 193). But after that, it went downhill fast. To the point where Saturday night, I had trouble just talking even. Sitting, walking, bending over to pick things up - everything aggravated it. So much for our date night and overnight without the kids. Even though I knew the end result would be rest and pain meds whether I had bruised ribs (no visible bruises, BTW) or fracture, I figured I'd better get it checked out this morning - just in case. And while it wasted a couple hours of our time this morning (and I'm sorry I wasn't able to send Brian along for the ride after all ), at least I know what I'm up against. Though I was a little freaked out that they did an EKG in addition to the x-ray. In the end, I was advised to do deep breathing 4x day to prevent pneumonia, and they gave me Vicodin. Not sure if I can keep taking it, though, as it made me really nauseous tonight.

Anyway, I guess the crash really was worse than it felt. I was really embarrassed at the time but I kind of wish Steve had gotten video of it. It must have been something to see! Especially if JP was still concerned about my well-being!

Hopefully, the pain will ease up again soon so I can resume riding. Sucks not being able to do anything.

Sounds like you guys had an awesome ride today! Can't wait to try it someday!!

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