May 31, 2013 at 03:02 AM
Got back in BK last night after spending 11 days in the hospital. It feels good to be back home and on the road to recovery. Thanks for helping me through this nasty injury and keeping my spirits up guys.
Injury: Sprains, Strains, Breaks & Insurance
May 31, 2013 at 12:35 PM
Welcome home Vlad.
May 31, 2013 at 12:51 PM
Hooooray! Welcome back, buddy.
May 31, 2013 at 02:44 PM
Welcome back Vlad!
Just heard today via the Grapevine that Erin Korff has a similar (probably worse) injury - earned hitting a patch of grease on the road while turning.
You guys should consider a subteam for recovery.
May 31, 2013 at 05:30 PM
I was going to thank you for keeping our spirits up. Any more photos of the hospital or your elbow? Any tales of hobnobbing with sheiks? What about sponge baths?vlad said:Got back in BK last night after spending 11 days in the hospital. It feels good to be back home and on the road to recovery. Thanks for helping me through this nasty injury and keeping my spirits up guys.
May 31, 2013 at 05:30 PM
Friend request sent
May 31, 2013 at 10:23 PM
@mugwump, wait until you see the surgical scar and the ridiculous open wound (looks like I got bit by a giant sabertooth gopher). I could take a picture the next time I change the dressing if you'd like, but be warned that it's fucking disgusting.
May 31, 2013 at 11:51 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu13UrF3UDU
Jun 01, 2013 at 12:35 AM
Gory pics please!
Jun 01, 2013 at 03:40 PM
Here you go Owens you sick fuck
Jun 01, 2013 at 06:34 PM
CAN NOT BE UNSEEN.
Best tattoo ever.
Jun 01, 2013 at 08:56 PM
Lisa says "Get the wound vac back on that."
Heal up soon bud.
Jun 01, 2013 at 09:44 PM
ok pics so it did happen. Vlad isn't faking it. You on the trainer or what? 
Jun 02, 2013 at 02:31 AM
I'm still gaining strength and mobility in my left hand (and arm to a lesser degree). While it seems to be getting stronger every day, set up and tear down of the trainer is still a week or two away. I'd like to hit the stationary bikes at the YMCA this week to keep it simple and give the legs something to do.
The doctor said that I should now start bending my arm for 5 minutes a day in between dressing changes. I can move it about 10 degrees before it gets stiff and I feel crazy kinds of pressure and resistance. Weird. I'm hoping it loosens up over the next week or two. The plaster splint should be gone by then and I'll be starting serious PT and OT.
Looking forward to recovery and getting back out there with you guys.
The doctor said that I should now start bending my arm for 5 minutes a day in between dressing changes. I can move it about 10 degrees before it gets stiff and I feel crazy kinds of pressure and resistance. Weird. I'm hoping it loosens up over the next week or two. The plaster splint should be gone by then and I'll be starting serious PT and OT.
Looking forward to recovery and getting back out there with you guys.
Jun 02, 2013 at 04:08 AM
I hear the new 2014 models are sweet...
Jun 03, 2013 at 02:32 PM
that's a serious scar! something for the grandkids no doubt!
Jun 04, 2013 at 09:24 PM
Jun 04, 2013 at 10:21 PM
Vlad, ignore Lisa. "Wound vacs" are for pussies.
Seriously though, why is there a hole in your arm?
The article says I need to reach out to you. Do you want to come in the car this Sunday with Ryan and me to The MA state Championships? We're going anyway and I think we can squeeze you in the rental car. You can work the feed zone. As you only have one working arm, we'll need to stagger bottle hand-ups, so Ryan and I will chose beforehand which one of us will be in the field and which in the grupetto.
Jun 05, 2013 at 02:14 AM
I've wondered about that hole in Vlad's arm, too. Kind of worried he picked up an infection in the hospital. I picked up one such infection,and it opened up a hole or two on my legs.
Jun 05, 2013 at 02:28 AM
Degloving injury
Jun 05, 2013 at 03:17 PM
@Adam, thanks for the invite but I've got my sights set on spectating at the Red Hook Crit and White Plains Crit this weekend. Good luck! I think you and Ryan can seriously mess with those guys. I suggest letting the locals do all the work. It's their state championship. It matters more to them. Tell them that.
@mugwump, that hole is there from the crash. The first surgery I had was basically to scrub and disinfect it. Then they spent the rest of the week pumping me full of antibiotics. It was an open fracture, which means that hole went down to the shattered bone. If that got infected, I would be in deep doo doo.
So far no sign of infection. I'm crossing my fingers that it stays that way as the hole closes up. Maybe another week or so. Will be a good day when it comes.
@mugwump, that hole is there from the crash. The first surgery I had was basically to scrub and disinfect it. Then they spent the rest of the week pumping me full of antibiotics. It was an open fracture, which means that hole went down to the shattered bone. If that got infected, I would be in deep doo doo.
So far no sign of infection. I'm crossing my fingers that it stays that way as the hole closes up. Maybe another week or so. Will be a good day when it comes.
Jun 05, 2013 at 04:02 PM
Good GOD. Is there a way to hide a thread? Degloving injury? Open fracture? I can't be reading this shit. It's making my knees feel tickly and weak and I kind of feel like I might piss my pants.
Jun 06, 2013 at 03:20 AM
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Jun 10, 2013 at 01:26 PM
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Jun 27, 2013 at 08:40 PM
I wanted to post a followup to my knee shenanigans from earlier. I ended up taking close to eight weeks completely off the bike after the "best" off season I'd ever had.
I returned to training gingerly; 10 hours in April, 23 in May, 24 this far in June...
Today I did a field test and did better than at any time in 2012. Obviously your mileage may vary but keep this tale in your brain banks when the old terror of "oh god I've taken so much time off I'll never be fast again" comes a knocking.
Sometimes rest is an amazing thing.
Peace.
Jun 28, 2013 at 09:13 PM
nice one jules.
now, onto my taint. went long today and now its agony; never suffered it this bad before... i think maybe it's to do with the heat / perspiration. i can barely sit. some questions:
1) what's the best course of action here? vaseline and a few hours' standing?
2) does anyone want to come rub it better?
Jun 28, 2013 at 09:15 PM
I wash it clean and then keep it moist with vasoline. But if you've broken skin I do neosporin. Don't sit in nice things. It hurts.
Jun 28, 2013 at 09:25 PM
Do you use chamois cream? I'm almost sure that it has some kind of antibiotic creme in it and this probably will help you out.
For an acute problem (although you haven't really described it to us) I can tell you that Desitin is a miracle ointment. Almost like those Sci-Fi movies where the creature waves their hand over a wound and makes it heal in real time. Desitin totally repels water also and makes you smell like a new born.
And don't use dirty bike clothes.
For an acute problem (although you haven't really described it to us) I can tell you that Desitin is a miracle ointment. Almost like those Sci-Fi movies where the creature waves their hand over a wound and makes it heal in real time. Desitin totally repels water also and makes you smell like a new born.
And don't use dirty bike clothes.
Jun 28, 2013 at 09:26 PM
Mark
In general there are a few rules of thumb for care & feeding of the taint-ular region but they all revolve around keeping & getting the area clean:
- use chamois cream (most have some kind of anti
- never ride dirty bibs
- GET OUT OF YOUR DIRTY KIT ASAP (bummer for the post-race hangout) sitting around in sweaty bibs is begging for trouble
Jun 28, 2013 at 09:54 PM
All of the above, especially chamois creme that has some antibacterial action. I like the DZ Nuts with tea tree oil, as stupid as the name is.