Yup, its a broken rib

And a contusion on my left elbow and a mild sprain on my right wrist. Yesterday was 'have-a-nice-trip' day on Vicodin. Hey, I even watched a NASCAR race for the first time in my life. When you are on Vicodin, it seemed interesting!

This morning, some of the Vicodin side effects are showing up (nausea in particular) so I think I will cut the dose in half for the next couple of cycles. The instructions allow me to do that.

MaryR has been very helpful. First, she took me to ER on Friday night and brought me back. And, stopped in a couple of times on Saturday with food! Most appreciated. The key thing is that I need to wrap/compress the elbow contusion and that is virtually impossible to do that on yourself--at least for me it is. So MaryR has also done nurse duty by properly wrapping my elbow. Thank you!

All I can say about this whole thing is "Wear your helmet!!" My fall was basically caused by the front brake grabbing and on a bike, that can put you head over the handlebars--which is exactly what it did to me. I managed to do this in front of neighbors out walking their dogs. In fact, I was slowing down to stop and talk to them when it happened.

We didn't quite have the conversation I expected to have given I landed on my head with my bike on top of me. At first I was very concerned because I could not breath--had the wind knocked out of me. I then realized another neighbor had come out of his house--I managed to pull this stunt in front of the Doctor's house. He was firing questions at me and I know he was trying to determine if a call to 911 was necessary. Thanks to the Doc for making that assessment.

Anyway, I walked home while the original neighbor I had wanted to talk to walked my bike home. I called Ingrid who had one more client for the evening and MaryR. MaryR was able to come over and take me to the ER.

The rest is straightforward. X-ray confirmed a broken rib on the left side. Observations confirmed a contusion of the left elbow. Mild sprain of the right hand and a number of minor abrasions. The biggest issue is the Vicodin simply puts me in a parallel universe...Happy, Happy!

That's all for now!

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