Last two handed typing for a bit

The pre-surgery people called to tell me what to do and what not to do for tomorrow.  Not much has changed.  The Covid level has gone down considerably around here so I feel like the timing is good and I don't feel like I'm sucking resources that the hospital needs.  Actually I'm contributing to the hospital bottom line.  This kind of thing is a money maker for them.  Controllable, predictable, efficient and the pay out is routine.  I do not expect it to cost me anything.  Between my veteran insurance and Medicare it should be covered.

I had a nice bike ride yesterday.  It is a rainy day.  I'd normally not care but I don't want to take a chance and have a slippery wheel knock me off my game.  So yesterday will be my last ride for a bit. One of the reasons I'm getting the shoulder fixed is that upper body is critical to my cycling.  Since I'm not a waif like the TdeF riders, I've got some pressure on my wrists and arms and shoulders holding up my torso as I ride.  No way around it, I'm just a big boy.  It is not too much of a problem but my left shoulder ends up hurting a lot.  I've got pieces of bone floating around and a joint that is bone on bone so we're going to fix all that.  My guess is six months before I'm 100% but I should be able to ride again after three.  They say I can do a stationary bike within a couple of weeks (seems a little soon but I'll be restless) but they don't want me falling.  So I'll be walking more.  Zoe will be happy.

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