The Shits. Duke still has not passed his kidney stone and is in a lot of pain from it. It is makin him very Bearish... and I can't blame him for that. Since Tuesday a week ago, we have been to the ER 3 times, to his doc twice and the hospital once for the ultrasound, which the ultrasounder didn't know why she was doing it, so it appears that will ( Read more... )

Thanks to everyone for their good thoughts, they're really appreciated. It appears that Duke has passed the kidney stone. It broke up and the pieces are very small. That part of him is feelin better, but migraine popped up it ugly head and so now he is dealin with that ( Read more... )

I saw my doc on Friday mornin. He said that by medical definition I didn't have a concussion. That definition means loss of consciousness. Some in the medical field hedge on that, but he didn't elaborate. He checked me over and his conclusion was "you'll heal on your own, there's nothing I need to do for you." I asked about the headache. It could ( Read more... )

Thanks to everyone for the good thoughts. I was glad that I could ride home with most of my confidence intact. That bodes well for my restored confidence when I next an able to ride ( Read more... )

It was my own damn fault. I was turning left off of the highway, the turn was tighter that I thought with an steep embankment off to the right, I hit some gravel, but really it was hitting the brake that did it. Down I went ( Read more... )

I've been after Duke ta teach me ta ride his trike. Last Sunday he suggested it. I've been around bikes most of my adult life, so neither one of us thought ta go over the basics. I took off fast - too fast and went up at a 45 degree angle, I must have let off on the throttle, but I came down and ran inta the neighbor's tree ( Read more... )