SO I had been planning on going to Inzane as it was the perfect location for me as it wasn't to far away and could spend more time with ya'll.... plus I know there were some roads in the area I would get to see for the first time..
So I paid registration for Me n Dad and booked a room a couple of months before.....
But Last year I burned up the clutch during a flat tire event ( tried to move the bike in 5th), So I needed to replace clutch guts and replace the plugged tire....
So got all the parts and drained the oil on Tues 5-24-16 to get started....
Took my Nieces to Cedar Point in Ohio the next day and planned the weekend to get the work done in plenty of time for Inzane....
During the day riding Coasters ( we had the Fast Passes and rode about 15 rides in 5-6 hours) and stuff a 50 year old man should probably no longer do.. And it was a hot day.. about 3PM I felt hot, dizzy, nausea, shaky and told the everyone I need to go home.... So we got in the car and another person had to drive as I did not feel well enough to drive.... started to get the chills on the way home and got into bed as soon as I got there.
Next day, I started to have to visit the bathroom about every half hour... I won't go into detail, but lets just say I had little control over the issue....
After about 5 days of nonstop fun.. I went to Urgent Care and they said I had a virus, and needed to ride it out a few more days... 4 days later, still not stopping, so I went to my Dr and he took blood and "samples" and said if it did not get better or got worse, go to the ER....
Well 2 days later, June 5th, i went to the ER with severe cramping, still liquid adventures in the bathroom, fever, etc.... Of course when you have severe bowel distress they want to do a CT and make you drink 32oz of contrast liquid AND then want to hold it in for an hour.... needless to say I almost made a boo boo in the CT suite..
I was then admitted and put on IV fluids and Antibiotics for several days.. the general diagnosis was "Severe Colitis".. after 5 days of test -including a sigmoidoscopy and a biopsy- things got better and I was released after 6 miserable days in The Hospital..... They never did have a definitive cause other that "bacterial infection".....
So I got home, went to bed for 14 hours... got up the next day took a long shower, and shave for the first time in 5 weeks.... and looked in the mirror and said to myself "who the f#$k is that?!?!?" I had lost over 25lbs in the last 2 weeks of near constant going to the bathroom ( You know the "D" word)... And most of it was muscle and in my face, arms, legs, but of course the beer gut was still partially there... I would not recommend this a s a way to lose some weight....
Weak as kitten i spent the week finally eating solid food for the first time in 3 weeks- bland diet.. no dairy, raw veggies, of anything with flavor.. will still be on this limited diet for the next few weeks.. Also was told no travel for the next few weeks...
So instead of fixing the bike and going to Inzane I spent it at home getting back to partiall normality..
It wasn't until Fathers Day, that Dad came down and helped me remove Rear tire and get bad clutch out of the Bike.... I took both to a local dealer that would mount the new car tire and replace all the guts in the clutch pack ( he's had it for a week and I pick it up Today- busy and slow...LOL)
So right now this is what my Fat girl looks like...
So hopefully I can get her back on the road this week and not miss much more of the season.. actually I finally feel strong enough to hold her up...
Sorry for the long story, but just wanted all to know why I didn't show up....And that I regret missing one heel of a good time by the sound of all the reports...
B
