Thursday, September 13, 2007

Body is telling me it is time to quit

So for the past couple of weeks my body has been not so subtlety telling me that my trip needs to end soon. In Romania I discovered that i have Bursitis which is when the Bursa Sack on the tip of the elbow fills with fluid. Basically, my elbow has turned into a mini water-balloon full of blood and fluid. In the Balkans I got food poisoning either from some bad meat or bad olive oil, and even developed a pretty decent fever. Finally after sleeping next to a cow barn about 4000 ft up Furka Pass in Switzerland (where my feet nearly froze), I actually damaged my right hand a bit descending the pass the next morning (see I was able to hold the engine with my left hand to keep it warn as I was riding down the mountain, but I had to keep my right hand on the handle bar in order to control the bike). Ten days later my right thumb is still a bit numb from but feeling has been returning slowly. I did mange to avoid rolling into any cow Paddies while I slept that night!!!


My new Croation Doctor friend has given me an extra syringe to Drain my elbow again, which I think I will do in the next few days. Lets hope I don't jab the nerve that runs along the side of the elbow!!!

Videos
With weather like this I probably should have expected my hands going numb
http://vimeo.com/307952
http://vimeo.com/307977