Hey John, good luck with your recovery. I'm sure you will get back to where you were before. I think the three most important things for us are patience, patience, patience! For me it's like a tight rope walk, trying to work hard enough to make progress but not going past that line. The biggest problem being that still think of what I'm now doing as easy but sometimes my body just isn't ready for it. The first time I had a really good ride on the bike, it left me hurting and wondering for a week. Last week I hiked for 2 1/2 hours Monday then, on Tuesday, I went out for a 1 1/2 hour on the bike and was sore on Wednesday, but at least i knew what I did wrong this time.
I know that I can run again. When I'm walking in the woods, I practice fake running, going through the motion of running but at a walking pace and I work on ellipticalal trainer three times a week. I can start running again May 7.
Your concern about surgical approach is like the constant argumentment on Slowtwitch about tubulars and clinchers now that we have all carbon clinchers. Mcminn originally had problems with the anterior approach and moved to posterior. Over the past twenty years other surgeons have had success with the other approaches to the point now that most agree that the surgical approach makes no difference. Check out the leading surgeons comments on surgical approach from the
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Again, good luck with your recovery. I'll see you at the races!