Only twats ride with worn cleats

Can they not do a waxing?

MrsO is in for a treat.

You should get them to give you a full back, sack and crack wax Clive and give Mrs O a proper treat.

Hope the shaving goes well Clive and your back on your bike soon.

I'm going to change my cleats on friday!

my cleats were so worn they never kept me attached to the pedals. gripfill sorted that out and I even have 2 degrees float either way due to the flexi nature of the stuff.......Really hi recommmmendation

lol...... my house is almost held together with gripfill!

Clive... good luck with the recovery

After all that they didn't shave my arse but I do appear to be becoming an object of curiosity among the nurses who all seem eager to have a gander at my left buttock and its window on the world. I had an unpleasant day of leaking yesterday. Each day they seem to experiment with a different dressing and most seem inadequate to staunch the still impressive flow of fluid. The nurses are, however, concerned over the nature and texxture of the fluid and swab tests are being done to ensure that I am not infected once more. They are also very keen to pack the wound as tightly as possible. Yesterday evening the nurse showed her chum a small addition cavity and together they rammed more packing into it. The consequence is that, although the whole wound area is strangely numb while the dressing is done, overnight I have been in considerable pain. Pain is another issue. I have been trying to avoid or minimise my use of pain killers. Drousiness during the day and the long term nature of the problem make me reluctant to drug myself constantly. Last night, hwoever, the pain was too much and after a couple of hours of sleeplessness I took a dose. This morning I am knackered drousy and still in pain. Oh well. Dressing change tonight. Seeing the surgeon tomorrow. I am not leaking yet.

Clive, I'm seriously lost for words to tell you how much I hope you recover soon. I've been off the bike for a couple of months, but you? When will it end?
Heal soon.

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• pushes porridge to one side*
  as he wants to eat a bowl of clive's puss gruel instead
  

Best wishes again, regarding painkillers, I am impressed with your attempt to minimize intake - I was on oramorph/tramadol/brufen/paracetemol & voltarol for almost two months and was still in pain most of the time - I found certain combination worked better than others and to try to get to a mix that worked during the day, I had a spreadsheet as a reminder of what to take a when.... for me if I couldn't sleep or was woken by pain, I found that oramorph or tramadol helped you get back to sleep & in the morning I didnt feel too drousy.

Yes, when will it end? This seems like a completely unexplored area of medicine. I can't even begin to imagine how frustrating this must be. Isn't there some world-renowned specialist around whom you could see who would want to see you owing to the extraordinary nature of this wound? Has anyone had anything like this before?

An internet search of Morel Lavallee lesions shows that they are most commonly associated with motorcyclists and cyclists wjho are the types of people who willl hit tarmac at speed. One point I now recall from the orriginal accident is that my elbow was bear, in a short sleeved jersey, and shredded. My should was unharmed although my jersey was shredded and my shorts were completely undamaged although my buttock bought it. If my shorts had acted like my jersey I might not have suffered any worse injury than roadrash.

yeah, someone like House. I know he is a fictional character, but there must be doctors like that and the legend of you're ruined bum cheek must be enough to drum up some interest.

An internet search of Morel Lavallee lesions shows that they are most commonly associated with motorcyclists and cyclists wjho are the types of people who willl hit tarmac at speed. One point I now recall from the orriginal accident is that my elbow was bear, in a short sleeved jersey, and shredded. My should was unharmed although my jersey was shredded and my shorts were completely undamaged although my buttock bought it. If my shorts had acted like my jersey I might not have suffered any worse injury than roadrash.

this sounds like a long winded way of trying to get people to ride with their bums out.

clive. if you're not using your painkillers.
cough
sell them
cough

dibs

Is your cock still giving you trouble Damo?

2nd.

I have just got home from work and rammed as many painkillers down my throat as I could reasonably expect to swallow without an ensuing stomach-pumping. Fucking hell. Yesterday when they dressed the wound they appear to have touched off a nerve. I thought that it would be better once the wound was re-dressed today but despite the nurse attempting to be gentle, I have searing pains from the wound going up my back and I can barely walk. I only have enough painkillers to get me through to my appointment with the surgeon at 6:00 tomorrow evening, at which time I will politely ask for a significant additional quantity and quality. From what the nurses have been saying I might also find myself chewing on antibiotics once again. I hardly slept last night. I have a really heavy meeting first thing tomorrow and a large complex new case to deal with tomorrow as well. I am becoming just a little frustrated. I am also the size of a very large balloon, you know the ones they used to stop dive bombers - barrage balloons, that's the ones - and need to stop eating completely. Oh the joys of life.

The painkillers are mine - all mine.

Fucking hell, Clive. Get well soon.

bloody hell clive.

clive, you need a break. In various ways.

I've just remembered about a friend of mine in Glasgow who had a similar wound to you: he had a hole an inch deep in his lower back that required numerous operations, the hole had to be packed with dressing & reapplied daily; it was quite horrible and also quite worryingly close to his spine. It dragged on for ages - maybe years - until it finally healed fully.

All this came from - an ingrowing hair. Seriously. It's just as ridiculous.

thinking of you Clive.

Thanks (although the mention of "years" makes me somewhat trepidatious) I am very tired, in quite a lot of pain, and very nervous. Hopefully the surgeon will allay some of my fears tomorrow. I really don't want to be a raspberry.

get well soon clive.
i do think some time off would sort you out. work isn't as important as life.