UPDATE:
Its 2pm and I've just returned from Dr Ebert Orellana Jordan office. I called at 8:45 am on the recommendation of Lonely planet and my hotel. At 9:30am his assistant arrived to escort me to the X-ray clinic and then to the Doctors office. After examining my hand and the xrays the Dr believes it is either a severe strain or a torn tendon...the intital treatment will be the same...strapping and intense anti-inflmatories for a week. The cost for everything is a whopping US$50 - I am very impressed with the Doctor and the medical care I have recieved.
If I am lucky it will heal and I may even be back riding my bike in 10-12 days :)(perhaps with a half cast). If I am unlucky i may be getting a MRI here in La Paz and be looking for a specialist in NZ or USA :(
As climbing is not an option I am thinking of flying to the eastern edge of Bolivia to visit the more remote and virgin parts of the upper Amazon...not a bad second choice! :)
All the best and cheers,
Neal
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Hi All,
I am back in La Paz after riding 200km back from Lake Titikaka...the first day was in Peru ...neat to cross over and back 70 km later.
I wish I had use of both hands and time to post pics...it was an amazing journey...scary sleeping at the border town...but it went very well.
Sadly I may have pretty badly re-injured my wrist and fear i broke properly this time.It happenned during the descent down to La Paz after 120km of tough riding...I´ll know more later today. i have an x-ray this morning so expect to see me in a cast soon! :) If its possible I´ll keep riding (a man can hope) if not, I´ll look into doing some serious trekking and possibly explore some of the very cool jungle options east of the Andes.
I am glad it not too serious and that I am in La Paz....not having to mime "broken wrist - need doctor in some remote villiage" :)
I'll try and update after I find out how much of a gimp I am going to be ;)
I hope everybody is well!
Cheers,
Neal
6 comments:
Dang Neal! Sorry to hear about your wrist. Hopefully, you can continue on once you get a cast on. Glad it happened on the ride back to town and not to far out in the middle of no where. Good luck at the doctor!
OK... so just try telling me that you weren’t trying to ride a llama!!
Very sorry to hear about the wrist. Quite lucky really. If you could choose a place in Bolivia to have an injury then 'riding down into La Paz' would have to be it. (And in a country where they grow anesthetic!)
All the best for a speedy recovery - I'm sure you'll find some interesting detours.
If you want to talk anytime, just email me your phone number and I'll call you on Skype.
Neal, tell me that's not the same hand you mangled up at Pine Log..I wish you a speedy recovery and safe travels.
Hi...thanks for your good wishes!
Chip...hey mate! I think we may have done similar things to our wrists...you may want to wrap it and take some anti-inflamatory's.like me you may run the risk of re-injury...and that kinda sucks ;) I hope you, Micheala and Alex are doing great!
Alan...all is good here, I have no phone here but I will try and call you before i head west to the jungle, I leave Thurs morning. I look forward to chatting. I hope everybody in NZ are well!
Lisa, yep...I kinda reaggravated that injury whille trying to save my bike and myself from being run over. I will continue to work on my bike skills...not to be fast but to stay injury free. i hope you and Chris are doing great!
Cheers,
Neal
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