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[Michelle]

Make sure you check out December's issue - not only do we have Kim's column (Kim, you made me cringe going on about needles & dentists), but we also have Nicole's article about the ISDE - another harrowing experience.

Both articles are definitely well worth the read. - Congratulations Nicole both on the article and the event. Don't forget to spread the word around about next year's LOI so the AMA won't have a leg to stand on about not enough women entering the qualifiers.
Michelle

 

[LoriKTM]

Thanks for the alert, Michelle!

 

[CJ Rider]

Actually, thanks for the link. 'Hadn't seen that magazine before. (I know, I gotta peek out from under this rock every once in a while.) Kim is hillarious! Great article, Nicole!

 

[firecracker22]

Good articles, Nicole and Kim! I like offroad.com. Kim, you're up to your usual standards--all the guys in the shop were reading over my shoulder to see what I was laughing at. Good job. Did you get Vicodin or Percoset? Which is more fun? I'm 5 weeks out and been done with crutches for at least a week and a half, and only slow now on stairs instead of one at a time. I get to drive a clutch again this weekend.

 

[Desert Diva]

Thanks for all the kind words kids! What? You don't like the HIGH PITCHED sound of the dentist drill Michelle?? And Nicole already knows I thought her article was great. Ya know -- there's more of you out there that write, I know there is, and ORC is always looking for good articles . . .

As for surgery -- they gave me Percocet firecracker -- but they're BRUTAL here. I was in in physical thereapy less than 24 hours after surgery, and I only used my crutches for the first 5 days. (Look, if you saw me on crutches you'd realize I'm far more dangerous ON them.) But it pays off. Being just a teensy bit stubborn and having gone through it before helped alot too.

So, that's my story minus all the cuss words.

Kim

 

[firecracker22]

Wow, you're not kidding they're brutal. I just sat there and enjoyed my drug-induced dreamy state for 4 days, and started my PT at day 5. I ditched one crutch at a week and a half and got yelled at by my therapist so it was back to two for a while, but I quit using them again soon. She just didn't want me to walk on it wrong and teach myself bad habits or walk funny. (not that I don't walk funny anyway).