I'm facing neck surgery, it seems, a dual laminectomy. I don't know the date or how long my recovery will be at this stage, but it may affect my participation. On the one hand, I'm marvelling at the fact that they can replace two damaged intervertebral disks with synthetic ones, on the other, I'm screaming inside my head, "NO NO NO NO NO!"
I'm assured the recovery is quick but, given I'm in my 60s, I keep running up against, "...but why would you want to keep cycling?" Ah, because it ads life to my days as well as days to my life! While my neurosurgeon hasn't expressly said anything, I sensed a kind of eye-roll when I asked him how soon I'd be back on the bike.
Hopefully the surgery will be soon and the recovery as quick as promised or after October. Fingers crossed...