On the mend... again!

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I have been slack sorry.  As my mother has always told me...if you don't have anything positive to say, then don't say anything at all (good one Raz!).  That's kind of how I have been feeling the last few months!  Now I can finally see the light so will do a brief update.

I saw the shoulder surgeon in London on Friday July 20th, and was booked in for surgery the following Monday July 23rd.  The bone fragment that had fractured from my greater tuberosity had completely avulsed and had become 2 large fragments of dead bone, and a large portion of bone on my humerus where the fragments had come from had died or become 'osteolytic'.  Apparently this happened due to the corrosive fluid in the joint having direct access to the fracture site - a potential complication with this type of fracture.  The surgeon felt it was best to operate fairly soon as he described it as an 'active process' - ie further bone was continuing to die.  He removed the dead (osteolytic) bone, and then reattached 2 of my rotator cuff tendons (infraspinatus and supraspinatus) back onto the bone, and then repaired my long head of biceps.  The surgery was an open repair as this was less fiddly with all that was going on inside - so I now have another large scar to add to the collection - this is to be my last one!   I am over it!

I am now out of my sling and doing really well 5 weeks post op.  It will be a long rehab process - especially since the circumference of my right arm is 6cm less than that of my left!  7 weeks until I am allowed to run and get outside on my bike....and counting!

I stayed with Jase's relies for the 5 weeks I was in London (the Johnstons).  They were absolutely fantastic to me and kept me fully entertained too!  I got to watch some of the Olympics while I was there - the road TT went straight past their front door.  I spent a good hour out on the road with chalk (much to the amusement of the entire street - until finally they joined in!) writing a large 'KIWI'.  Took a while with just my left hand!  Some kids came and helped me colour it in which was good, and a police car even stopped to tell me that my sign was the best! Stoked!  I also made a sign for the man himself...Fabian Cancellara.  Jase came up the following weekend and laughed at my sign and told me it looked like a 5 year old had made it - gutted!  I had even glued some pictures of him (Fabian that is - not Jase!) on it - but art was never really my strong point.... I did only have my left hand!

I have been back in Prague for the last week - it sure is alot hotter here than in London.  I was lucky to miss the hottest day of the year (39.5 degrees!).  Jase said it was unbearable in the office with no air con or even a fan to cool down!

Jase has his holidays coming up, so we have booked a trip to the Canary Islands - yay!  I can't wait to see the sea again.  We will be there for 2 weeks.  I have already planned to buy some flippers so I can swim - although the surgeon has permitted me to try breastroke and dog paddle by then!

Not too much more to report for now.  Hope the weather is starting to warm up back home.
J