I was going to title this post "A Bump in the Road", but then I saw that I had already used that title for a bump in the road I had three years ago: https://thegoodroads.blogspot.com/2017/01/a-bump-in-road.html.
This time the Good Roads are going to be without me for awhile because of another leg issue......a broken left femur.
The way this happened is so stupid I've been reluctant to make a post about it, but most accidents are a result of somebody doing something stupid. I just hate when it's me.
It was a typical nooby mistake where I killed the engine when starting out from a stop and while making a turn. The stopped rear wheel instantly makes the bike fall in the direction it is already leaning and down you go. I had just been thinking within an hour before this happened about how I had over 63,000 miles without dropping the bike. If that isn't bad karma I don't know what is. One other time in the past 10 years or so I had a drop in an almost identical situation on my Ninja 650, but in that case I got my leg out but just couldn't hold the bike up. This time the bike fell on me with my left leg pinned under it.
I actually continued on for about another 150 miles on the ride with my buddies and didn't feel too bad as long as I was sitting on the bike, but walking into and out of the restaurant at lunch was pretty painful.
The next three days I seemed to be getting better and I quit using a cane and even used my backpack leaf blower to blow the driveway and then went for about a 50 mile ride.
The day after that I couldn't walk. We went to urgent care where an x-ray showed a "non displacement" fracture high up on the femur. That kind of fracture and the location of it meant I didn't need a cast, but I still needed to be non weight bearing on my left leg for four to six weeks. So I've been on crutches for about ten days and dealing with all the hassle that entails. Without Carolyn to help me I would be in a real world of difficulty.
2020 is developing into a year to just get over it. The pandemic has caused me to miss my Spring ride with Jenny in addition to all the depressing news and things you have to do to stay safe from the virus. Now this broken leg is going to make me miss some good riding weather and also a planned ride with Brian for three days this coming weekend. But wait, it gets worse. Three days ago I had to get a root canal (not joking), and for the last week forest fires up and down the West Coast have made the air quality the worst in the world.
There is still a lot to be positive about, though. I will recover from the broken leg, we are not adversely affected financially by the virus, and it is right now raining and beginning to clear up the air and damp down the fires. Oh, and the root canal is halfway completed.
