There were still 4 roadraces on my calendar, for October and November, but complications following my accident recovery, i.e. onset of serious shoulder pain and respiratory issues are calling me to stop riding the bike again.. I had returned back to work 2 weeks ago and been commuting daily by bike, slowly and carefully in order to not strain lung and shoulder. Seven weeks post accident I am now taking ipuprofen 400mg three times a day but it kind of feels useless, there hasn't been any notable improvement for two weeks, now. My lung feels ok, though comparing this week's spirometry data with data from 2 years ago shows evidence of a 30% volumetric decline, a real shocker. According to my respiratory doctor I first need to get fully healed up and then we will be getting to the bottom of this and rebuild properly for the next season. According to my shoulder specialist he will need to use steroid injection if the inflammation doesn't show any improvement in the next week or so. Just pulled out off the remaining races I was registered for.
END OF 2014