Neil get well

praying for your recovery. Get well soon

Neil

Get well soon!

I think about going down every time I go out on my bicycle.

Best wishes.

Nick

P. S. maybe the old steam engines and ALCOs were wise to stay out of the roads......???!?!

Pedal bike or motor

Pedal bike or motor bike?
Either way, get better!

Get well Neil

Hope you have a speedy recovery.

Randy

Get well

Aloha Neil, Aloha.

Speedy Recovery, Neil

Hope that shoulder heals quickly, and correctly.  BTW was there any damage to your bicycle to indicate what may have been the cause?

Warmest Regards,

Neil

We miss you buddy!

Please let us know how you are when you are up to it.

Speedy recovery

Hopefully it doesn't slow you down for long.

From Belgium

Just hope you have a fast recovery.

Marc

Saying a prayer for your

Saying a prayer for your recovery.  Get well soon!

Thanks guys

OK, ya’ll got me choked up. 

A while back I posted the question of there were many bicyclists (cyclists) online and found that is one more thing a lot of us have in common. Do me a favor and don’t follow this lead!

I commute about 17 miles to work 2, 3, and sometimes 4 times a week. Saturday is a group ride where 4-12 of us go out and tackle the volcanos. These can be 30-60 miles or more. I’ve only once before fallen and broken ribs. Another time a van stopped in front of me while I was training for a time trial and went from 30 mph straight to the hospital. 

This time I remember my bike sliding out from under me. It had been raining but the roads were mostly dry except for where (I believe) the fall happened. My bike computer suggests that I fell and got back up and went another 1/4 mike or so before I found a safe spot to pull off the road. From there a police officer found me and followed the ambulance to the ER. A friend picked up my bike, a carbon fiber frame with aluminum wheels, and said it looked fine. Strange. I don’t remember any of this. 

For the next week the hospital had my lung inflated and draining since the ribs created punctures.  A week ago Wednesday I was released and taken off the opioids. I slept for the next two days! Since then recovery has been steady of slow. The doctors are all impressed and my blood pressure is good and heart rate low. Today the Othopedic surgeon suggested that surgery on the broken clavicle wait since my range of motion is good and the medication be changes to muscle relaxers. 

In the meantime I have been enjoying reading of everyone’s progress and know summer is slow for model builders like us as other things become important. My wife want to see me get on a stationary bike to blow off some steam (god bless her for being such a great nurse, companion, and champion of my rights in front of the doctors. Well she  is an attorney). 

Thanks Rob and everyone for your thoughts and prayers. Back to our regularly scheduled trains. 

Sorry to hear of your accident and happy you are doing so well!

Continue healing quickly!

OnThe Mend

Neil, Glad you are recovering and on the mend. Posts by you and Rob In my blog have been very helpful as I stagger around in this hobby.  So, you must keep up with your posts on MRH to all of us, despite your injuries.  We would be lost without your advise and teachings. 

Welcome back

Very glad to see that you're back with us Neil!  Praying for your full and speedy recovery.

Get well!

I hope you have plenty of good reading material! When I'm in hospital, or bed ridden, reading material is a must! If it weren't for that pesky ocean in the way, I'd be bringing you books!

Get well SOON Neil

Thought you might like a photo my dad took when we were in Washington State a couple years back.

Something from home. 

Getting good vibes in Hawaii!

Thanks Bud!

Steve - You are too kind. Glad to share what I know. What I don’t I make up - er - ask!

Joe - You are an inspiration and I want to get back to the railroad. Why did I build it so high?

Richard - Been reading “A Full Life” by Jimmy Carter. A greater man that I ever knew. 

Ivflats - I miss the Puget Sound, especially this time of year. That is a classic shot too. Thanks. 

Speedy recovery...

And maybe slower cycling for a while.

A wife who can run interference with the hospital is a godsend. Thank her for taking good care of our friend.

pqe

Yikes! Sorry to hear of your

Yikes! Sorry to hear of your accident. I'm glad you're on the mend and wish you a full and speedy recovery!

Time to

stop shirking and get back to that garden railway.  All the best mate.

You Klutz!

Get Well

I am hoping for your speedy recovery. 

Richard

Healing prayers being sent

Healing prayers being sent Neil's way.

Best wishes

Life has it's up's and down's. But you had to take it literally and to an extreme.

Get well soon and mend well.