I just can’t believe it. Why now? Why when I am so close to my attaining dream does it all seem as though it’s going to come crashing down? After all the preparation, planning, and hard work. Perhaps it was all just a dream after all…
I thought I had planned everything correctly and covered all the bases. Now within the last few weeks before my departure date is here a potentially serious knee problem has surfaced.
The last few bike rides I have done were accompanied by a very discomforting pain in the interior of my right knee. In the past I had had intermittent knee pains that were never more than a minor annoyance and so I mostly ignored them. But now within the last few weeks they have been growing more painful and occurring at progressively lower milages.
I have since taken my bike to a professional trainer and he has identified and corrected the problem with my bike that has affected my knee. However I fear that I may have permanently damaged the cartilage. At this point I just want to see a doctor and get some sort of confirmation on the status of my knee, but I have no doctor or insurance.
So far it has been 5 days since I have last ridden my bike and it still does not feel quite up to par. I just don’t know, if since my bike is adjusted correctly now, whether my knee can handle cycling across the continent…
I just can’t believe this is…
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