Yesterday was my 11 week post-op follow up. Doc decided my bones looked strong enough to release me for weight bearing and for riding as long as I'm comfortable holding the bike up. Yay for forward progress!
After my last visit I was planning on bad news - things didn't go well at that one and I needed to have all my ducks in a row before I was caught holding a big bag of "nope" again. Thankfully, it looks like I can avoid using plan B this time, but it's still there if I need it.
In an effort to find the silver lining, this means I won't be trying to race a brand new bike with zero seat time. Instead, my leg will have some time to regain at least a tiny bit of muscle and I'll have several opportunities for seat time on the bike before I try to race it in just over a month.
Doc made a point of telling me "you do realize you're on the fast end of things, right?" Well, actually, no, I wasn't feeling that way, but it's hard to say, too, because I'm not sure how bad my breaks were compared to other people who've recovered faster. I've seen some worse than mine that took a lot longer to heal, but they exploded their bones.
As of today I'm still using crutches - mostly because I don't want to over strain things, and I'm faster on two crutches if I need to get somewhere quickly. If I can take my time I'm using one crutch, and have my cane with me for the weekend. Not feeling up to walking without assistance though.
PT starts next week, and if I can ride the street bike to work, I'll be back at the gym as of next week as well. Yay for forward progress and being past the waiting period! I know this is going to suck, and it's going to hurt like a bitch, but at least it's progress :)
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