I am so depressed....

[Ivan]

I really want to ride again. I am sick of sitting here on the couch watching all the nice days go by. I think I am getting clinically depressed, and I can't have any more opiates.

Grrrrrr.

[Wildkat]

I know it's a bummer... John went through the same thing during his recovery and I know some of the others here have too...
Hopefully, you'll be up and about pretty soon...


Here's something I ran across... oldy but a goody...

Know any of them?


Riverdance

[DGXSER]

OMG....I have never seen that before, that is some really funny stuff right there!!!

Ivan, Sorry to hear your feellin the struggle. Look at it this way, your here to feel it. May not seem like alot of consolation right now, but could have been MUCH worse!! Rent the movie Wild Hogs....it will be almost like riding!

[foreda]

Depressed

Maybe I can design a "Virtual XS" .. You could ride it from your easy chair, bed, or the head.. You could do burnouts, wheelies and all the stupid stuff that we would never do for real. Easy on gas, never have to buy tires or work on it!! OMG

[Cobia]

foreda,
You stole my thoughts!! Fantasies sometimes work......

[Ivan]

I am doing better now.

The wife took me out to Arbys tonight and we drug main a while and made fun of all the Chrome Kings.

[Montreux_Blue]

Like DGXSER said, could be worse. Just be glad that your still here to have your wife and kids wait on you hand and foot! You'll be back on a bike soon, not real soon but............ I'll keep your spot warm up in the front of the pack with Tod and Russ. This video will cheer you up if you like cats. http://www.boomclips.com/videos.aspx.../Funny_videos/

[b.walker5]

Hang in there buddy, It gets better. It's six months since I came off and broke my leg, havent been back on the bike yet but I went skiing today. Almost as good as riding, almost, but it proved beyond a doubt that the legs healed and the moment the sun shines the bike comes out.

I found that throwing things at the cat relieved my depression.

[TopCatGr58]

I really want to ride again. I am sick of sitting here on the couch watching all the nice days go by. I think I am getting clinically depressed, and I can't have any more opiates.

Grrrrrr.

Hey Ivan,

The newer anti-depressants are not Opiate based, like Prozac, or Welbutrin, so you might ask your doctor about something like that?

If you'll PM me your snail mail addy, I've got a DVD that I made a few years ago about a Rally I attended in Northern Ga that I'd be happy to burn a copy and send you. It has actual riding footage running the twisties in Deal's Gap and such, with a killer soundtrack as well.
T.C.

[XJOK2PLAY]

Hang tough, Ivan! Many here are thinkin' about you, and pulling for ya every day! A lot of prayer has gone up for you, too.

(I know, cause I'm one of 'em who is!)

Not too much longer 'til Talihina... and even if you & the bike aren't fully healed by then, you & SWMBO can come in the cage, hang out, and tell tall tales w/ the rest of us!!

I can only imagine how bad it sucks right now...

Like everyone keeps telling me w/ my current situation... there will be life afterwards, (even though right now it doesn't seem like it.) We just gotta get there to see & claim it.

Keep your chin up... and just remember... in a couple of months you'll finally get to meet me in person... and THAT in itself should make it all worth it!

LOL HeHeHe....

Hang tough, Buddy!

[xs11jack]

Hang in there young man!

You have a lot of miles ahead of you yet. Think of this a small breather, before getting back at it. Ask your doc. about the antidepressents that TopCat suggested. As Redgreen says, we are pulling for you, we are all in this together.
Jack

[trbig]

Ask your doc. about the antidepressents that TopCat suggested.

And if not... Arrrrr... you'll be walkin' the plank with the good ol' Cap'n Morgan, matey!

Tod

[Ivan]

Eh, I was talkin about opiates such as percocet and vicodin.

I have "borderline personality disorder" and "atypical depression" whic ultimately means that the chemical composition in my brain doesn't work like that of the "typical" person. Last time I took antidepressants I disarmed a sherrif's deputy and threatened to show him the short road to pergatory.

I saw a psychiatrist and he put me on xanax (another fine opiate) and told me not to worry so much about drinking heavily, since depressants actually help people in this condition. Go figure.

Whenever I am allowed back in the house, I'll pm you guys with my address. I would love to see the riding video. Seems the only stuff about bikes on TV is with Vtwin "customs" that all look like the same bike with different **** slapped on it, or its FIM and punk stunt fanboys. Nothing about actually riding and feeling the pull in the twisties.

[fredintoon]

Improving the odds

I really want to ride again. I am sick of sitting here on the couch watching all the nice days go by. I think I am getting clinically depressed, and I can't have any more opiates. Grrrrrr.

Hi Ivan,
all you gotta do is lay there and wait for your body to mend itself.
Us poor bastards in Saskatchewan have to go bikeless from mid-October when the snow flies to mid April when it melts off the road again.
Every effin' year!
Can't afford to move to a better climate unless I win a lottery and that's ten times less likely than being struck by lightning.
(You may entertain yourself with a mental image of a fat old man dancing about on a bare hill in a thunderstorm waving a golf club at the sky and screaming "I want better odds, dammit!")
Get well soon, eh?

[Wildkat]

You may entertain yourself with a mental image of a fat old man dancing about on a bare hill in a thunderstorm waving a golf club at the sky and screaming "I want better odds, dammit!"

lol
I don't know if it will work for Ivan... but I know it will keep me entertained for awhile...




Hope today is a good one for you Ivan