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Enjoying a nice cup of coffee at home! We are in a recession, sorry Starbucks.

Finally! The cast is off. I now have a splint and rehab twice a week. My wrist is very stiff, so it’s going to take some work!?

The Good News is that the arm is healing very well! The Bad News is that I have to wear the X-Fix for four more weeks??!  Dr. Lourie was very happy with the way that the “big” bone came back together.   I was surprised when I saw the X-ray that he did not have to use a “plate”!   The screws in my wrist will come out and I should have a full recovery.   Brooke was there for the visit so that she could hear straight from the doctor exactly what things I was allowed to do… I guess she knows me pretty well?  I tested her in the car on the way home when I said, “I think I can ride my rollers with the arm!”

Here is a slide show—it shows the x-fix and blood and gore-beware!

RD9, originally uploaded by ronswilliams123.

I have been up and down lately. I am not one for patience or inaction? My
DR..wife keeps telling me to slow down and take it easy. Taking it easy is
not as “EASY” as it sounds. I also called my coach, jim lehman, and he had
the same advice take it easy and finish watching “Entourage!” I am taking
it easy until my follow up with Dr. Lourie on the 14th.

I am at 73% today. Did 30mins on the stairmaster and 1 hrs spin on the
trainer.

Enjoy a clip from the “ARM!”

IMG00064.jpg, originally uploaded by ronswilliams123.

Finally getting out and exploring auburn and lee county…..plenty of dirt roads!!!

I am getting settled in in Auburn, AL! I hope to make this the cycling capital of Alabama. The roads are great for riding and Auburn University provides great scenery.

I know that it has been some time since I have last posted. I guess I needed some time to get my thoughts in order. The last few days have been a blast traveling around China with Brooke and company. We have experienced a lot of things that not everyone gets to do, so for that I am very thankful. It was my bicycle that bought me back from cancer, and it is my bicycle that has helped me ride through life. I am not sure where my bicycle will take me next but I am sure it will be an adventure. Brooke and I hit the ground running when we get back home… Well we don’t actually have a home anymore since the movers are coming on Monday to move us to Auburn, Alabama. I guess you could said that the Williams family is starting a new chapter in more ways than one. I need to figure out what’s next for me and my life with the bicycle… Brooke is starting her career as the best doctor ever, we are starting a new life in Auburn, and I need to get my Southwire life back on track! Just writing this today is making me emotional; I did not do what I set out to do here in China. But as I step back and think, I feel that maybe I have done what I set out to do! My goal has always been to promote the ability of disabled athletes through elite sport. By my competing in the Paralympic Games I hope that I will inspire a future “Ron Williams.” Maybe a “poor sick child” from Camp Sunshine will see what I have done and decide that he or she too can accomplish great things. I am so thankful for my purpose in this life and I will continue to help others ” Make a Plan and Plan to Make it!!”

Now that my eyes are filled with tears……….I am out.

PS. Rob thanks for this comment:

Dawg,

So, the race didn’t turn out like you wanted it to, but As Teddy Roosevelt once said…

“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” Teddy Roosevelt

Nuff said.

Dawg