[Magdalen] Another bicycle question

[Jay Weigel]

My brother the doctor had to give up running years ago when his knees
wouldn't take it any more. He took up cycling instead and sometimes
clocks as much as 200 miles a week. He says he is going to have to have
knee replacements eventually but is putting that off as long as possible
because he "doesn't have time." (He is still working full time and very
active)

On Saturday, January 3, 2015, Charles Wohlers <charles.wohlers at verizon.net>
wrote:

> Since my own accident in mid-October and subsequent surgery on my knee,
> things have been improving steadily (TBTG!). I can now bend my knee by over
> 90 degrees - initially it had to be perfectly straight, meaning I had to
> sit in the back seat of the car (and, needless to say, couldn't drive), and
> my dear wife had to put on my sock & shoe & tie said shoe. No longer. I am
> hoping, though for complete recovery, although the doctor has warned me
> that, if my knee doesn't get "more bendy", it may end up permanently stiff.
> As you say, it is what it is.
>
> Hopefully, when hiking season resumes in late May, I will be able to be
> out there.
>
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: James Oppenheimer-Crawford
> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2015 9:22 PM
> To: Magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Another bicycle question
>
> When I got the compression fracture in my back (undiagnosed osteoporosis) I
> went through a recovery period where I was not to lift anything heavier
> than twenty five pounds. It was altogether expected that I would never be
> able to do any heavy lifting ever again.  I'm not an athlete, and heavy
> lifting isn't much of a part of my identity as a musician. However, the
> loss of that function tore me apart. Fortunately the limitations were
> temporary, as it turns out, but we didn't know that then...  Oh yeah, any
> loss of that type can be terribly devastating. It takes a period of time
> for a person to deal with it, and then of course, it is what it is.
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
>
> On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 5:42 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Google news can explain this better than I can,
>> but he had a bicycle accident last year in Central Park,
>> and now has a titanium elbow, which isn't as good as
>> his original (I *get* that ... my titanium knee isn't a
>> perfect replacement for the old knee).
>>
>> But he's a singer, not a guitarist, isn't he? Doesn't he
>> just strum his guitar along with the real guitarist in
>> his band?
>> -M
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I heard the tail end of something on the radio yesterday stating that >
>> the
>> > result of a bicycle accident, Bono said he may never play guitar again.
>> > I
>> > hadn't heard anything about this; has anyone else?
>>
>>
>