Monday, 9th August 2010 – Women’s Day. I broke my bum
18 Aug 2010 Leave a Comment
in Words Tags: ass, Bike, Bum, Ischium break, Pain, pelvic fracture, Recovery
I broke my bum.
I’m the first in my group of friends to have a real pain-in-the ass!
To be technical, I broke the right hand side Ischium (the sit-down bone) and with that the pubis bone broke at right angles to the vertical bum-bone break. As with most things that are circular, like the human pelvic girdle, many pelvis fractures are multiple.
Mine is a ‘stable’ fracture, not that I’m feeling very stable, but it does mean I don’t need surgery. All I need to do is limit how much weight I can put onto my right leg. I must spend the majority of time in bed or using crutches and am looking at a 6-8 week recovery time.
What a pain-in-the bum!
What happened?
We were around 22km into the 110km Sungardens Carousel Classic cycle race doing around 33km/hr. We had a good pace and a nice peloton, but the chickypoo in front of me was erratic. Her speed was not consistent and she didn’t keep her line…….. I should have known better. NOW I DO!!
All I remember is seeing her slow and swerve for something ahead and my front wheel hitting her back wheel. I didn’t even have time to think “oh bugger” before the tar and I were intimately acquainted.
For the record:- Race number CL 955 (take a dive) and my bike also got badly injured.
