well not quite…at least not yet. Not officially.
Visited the retinal doctor yesterday morn and apparently everything is healing well. Still a few stitches left that need to loosen themselves free. (Can you really stitch the eye? I don’t even want to know.)
(As an aside: I had a stitch or two come free last weekend Saturday - woke up and blood around (not inside) the outside of eye. Placed a call to the doctor: “Oh don’t worry about that. It’s just a stitch coming loose. It must have popped a blood vessel. You’ll be fine.”
“What!? Oh sure like that’s just normal. It happens every day right?” I mumbled. )
At any rate, the Dr’s don’t suggest anything too strenuous within a month of surgery. He gave me another week and a half before I can do anything.
Not to bore anyone, but the last month has been arduous to say the least. I know it sounds lame (what a loser) yeah, but you ride and ride for years, and before you realize it, this cycling thing has engulfed, well not engulfed, but just becomes a big part of who you are, what you do, gives you a sense of purpose, if that makes any sense. You don’t ride for a few days and it’s like something’s missing. Something’s wrong, not right, lost.
So in the coming weeks I’ll slowly make my way back on the bike. I’ll keep it light and indoors, making sure there’s no headaches or blood rushing to the head (as has happened recently when going up stairs or moving around). Depending on how that goes I’ll take it from there. No heavy 300+ watts intervals or anything. Slowly make my way back. No riding in groups for now.
Thanks to all that have written emails and offered help and checked-up on me. Much appreciated. Really. We’ve got a nice team here. A nice caring bunch.
dávila