My Tour de France

[Vipul]

33km/h average?

On a good day thats my climbing speed

[Chuck]

Hey mate how's it going on the injury front ? Going off BJ you haven't been on the bike for a while.

[toolonglegs]

Not going good...waiting to get my spinal injection.I don't even look at my bikes anymore .

[Chuck]

..waiting to get my spinal injection.

That doesn't sound good. I hope some better news is just around the corner

[cavebear2]

Hi Ian,

I'm concerned about your situation.... any updates for us?

Regards
Perry

[toolonglegs]

Hey Perry...it's all over in the "Nuts" thread in cycling health.
But as it stands at the moment I am getting some cortisone injections into the lumbar area of my spine on Monday 23rd August.If that doesn't work I will push for the same but higher up in conjunction with Maignes Syndrome (that is what my symptoms come closest to).
So hopefully by mid late next week I will feel some improvement if the Rhumeotologist is right...at the moment I have put on 10kgs in 3 months (BAD) and really can't do any exercise at all.
Cheers for thinking of me!.

[twizzle]

Hey Perry...it's all over in the "Nuts" thread in cycling health.
But as it stands at the moment I am getting some cortisone injections into the lumbar area of my spine on Monday 23rd August.If that doesn't work I will push for the same but higher up in conjunction with Maignes Syndrome (that is what my symptoms come closest to).
So hopefully by mid late next week I will feel some improvement if the Rhumeotologist is right...at the moment I have put on 10kgs in 3 months (BAD) and really can't do any exercise at all.
Cheers for thinking of me!.

I've only put on 4kg over winter, mainly due to illness. But I've still been riding occasionally, so I have no excuse.

My fingers are crossed for you, TLL.

[toolonglegs]

I started back on CK today funnily enough...only actually put on 8kgs but I haven't done any exercise at all for 3 months now.Tried to go for a walk last night but I was in major pain within 2km's .Oh well...tommorow fingers crossed...I have all the needles and drugs in my grubby little hands...looking forward to some agony tommorow .

[ft_critical]

I started back on CK today funnily enough...only actually put on 8kgs but I haven't done any exercise at all for 3 months now.Tried to go for a walk last night but I was in major pain within 2km's .Oh well...tommorow fingers crossed...I have all the needles and drugs in my grubby little hands...looking forward to some agony tommorow .

Good luck for tomorrow.

[toolonglegs]

Cheers mate...fingers crossed.

[Apple]

I started back on CK today funnily enough...only actually put on 8kgs but I haven't done any exercise at all for 3 months now.Tried to go for a walk last night but I was in major pain within 2km's .Oh well...tommorow fingers crossed...I have all the needles and drugs in my grubby little hands...looking forward to some agony tommorow .

It takes time toolonglegs, I know I have had the same. Look after yourself and just walk when you can. This is the worst pain, as I said before I didn’t have the same disc as you but got the pain in my periformes and down the leg, you have it in your nuts. Maybe the mrs can rub them gently in the evening, it will help

[toolonglegs]

It doesn't

I am not too bothered by the groin pain anymore...it is just referred pain from somewhere else...it is the pains in the lower back and thighs that bugs me the most.

[Apple]

It doesn't


.

You mean the rub doesnt help or the pain is not as bad, most guys will have the rub anyway, pain or no pain

[toolonglegs]

I don't mind good pain.

[Apple]

Nut pain could never be good. Could it

[MichaelB]

Good luck TLL. Hopefully all gets better after today.

[toolonglegs]

Don't come here much anymore ...hopefully plenty next year!.Club has two new sponsors...a small brewery and one of the best restaurants in the region .

[foo on patrol]

Oh well, go and support your new sponsors till then.

[mikesbytes]

Your be back one day TLL

[toolonglegs]

Ok there hasn't been much action here of late (and there isn't going to be any soon either )...but my 3 year tour de france is about to come to an end...June 2011 I will be back in Sydney .

[foo on patrol]

Is that good or bad for you?

Surely you could find a better place to come back to, than Siteney.

[toolonglegs]

We had 5 options...
1. Stay...I haven't really found much work...and the well paid contract of my better half is finishing...unless we take option 2.
2. Move to Argentina and permanent contract...it might be the safest south american country but it is still south america and we have small children.
3. Go to London...great for my work and I love it...but not so great for the kids.
4. Go to NZ...great lifestyle...not so much work...but may happen in the future.
5. All expenses paid relocation to Sydney...who knows how that will work out.

I think 5 is the best option for now.

[foo on patrol]

Yeah, probably right there!

[caffeine]

Yup, once you're relocated to Sydney it becomes much less hassle to move to Melbourne.

[toolonglegs]

as much as I like Melbourne there just isn't enough work there.This has always been my problem.If I lived in Paris I would be working now.I need to live in the media capitals of a country.