She continues to look better!

Yes I am a very calm person. I don’t panic because if I do I can’t think straight or analyze so I force myself to stay in the now. Stuff is stuff, I had no clue where they took everything & didn’t care until I was well. Then they told me where it was so I was fine with it. Yes Dodi will take a while to heal. The broken arm will ache along with all the bumps she received. I found my ribs to hurt for 2 months. My eye not so. I didn’t take painkillers as they made me vomit. My eye took longer to heal as I could not look right without losing some vision so I didn’t drive for 6 months. And walking was slow for a month, hence my electric bike got me out & about. My friend forced me to walk adding a mile every other day which helped too. Surgery on my thumb as I tore ligament so that was 6 months later. So tell Dodi not to rush and be patient. Go slow so you heal properly! 4 days is still so soon after accident. I was laying in bed for 6 days! It will be months so think long term. I am fortunate to have worked in hospital so I have more knowledge of my injuries so I didn’t think I was in a life threatening situation hence no sense phoning home as nobody could help anyhow. So I am glad you have such nice honest people helping you out, so kudos to them! And you will need a nice rest once you get home so you can de-stress! Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are to get! So good luck & I pray for negative Covid tests for you both so you can get home ASAP!!!

I think there is a limit on how long we could be hung out to dry here, if positive, because I read the regulation as negative PCR within 72 hours or positive test over 14 days previous. That is weird in itself, because a positive test in (say) 2020 would not make you safer than 3 recent Pfizers. Dunno. (And neither does Bonnie Henry).

Ellen, in your original blog and in this description, you sound impressively matter of fact. It's an admirable personality trait. By contrast, the situation with Dodie just entering the Emergency, but with all our gear potentially out in the street made me absolutely wild.

Thanks for the back story, which I was just able to read to Dodie. Where you point out that being older she she expect to take longer to heal was good, because now she keeps asking why she still does not feel well (about four days into the recovery).

My email is ellenlee1313@gmail.com so if you need to know more info I can tell you. I just didn't want a lot of that stuff published as I didn't think it necessary, hahaha! my misfortune! And remember Dodie is older than I so she will take longer to heal. Don't rush. I had my radiologist go over the CT scan with me so I knew I didn't need surgery even though my ophthalmologist sent me to Vancouver to see the eye surgeon for opinion. I have a bit of double vision but only if I look up high which is not normal to do.

Oh boy!! Fingers crossed all goes well and you will be snug and warm in your own home soon!

Oh dear, poor Dodie! Yes another variant magically appears when we thought it was all over, no end to this damned virus!!! As long as you kept your masks on & took precautions, you should be fine. I don't think this variant found it's way to Cancun yet. So for your questions: A salvage company picked up my stuff. I had a money belt which had my passport so they took that off my waist when they took me into the ambulance & put that in the rear panniers that they collected off the road. My insurance information was also in there. They kept asking if I wanted to make a phone call home but I refused every time. I knew it wasn't serious injuries after the CT scan so I could manage & I was alert enough to understand. The concussion only lasted 4 days & I made myself walk a bit everyday to help with the dizziness. I made sure I stayed in bed to heal the concussion. My insurance company was Securiglobe (Ontario/Quebec company) & I was insured through Aetna & Berkley. I called them with hospital phone (no SIM card on cell phone) to let them know but they didn't do much. I just paid the bill after 5 days in hospital around $12,000 Euro on my Mastercard and I was reimbursed when I returned home. The bike damage, salvage cost, change of flight were not included of course, only medical. The hospital ambulance took me to the opthamologist hospital & return trip the next day. Then a driver, after 5 days in hospital, took me down up to the salvage company to retrieve my gear but not the bike, she couldn't transport it even with it folded. Then we went to the hotel. So I got the hotel to phone for me and I met the salvage company driver at the airport to get my bike back. Westjet bagged my bike for me as I got wheelchair service, thanks to Keren! I flew out of Paris. I have a travel agent, Keren, in Calgary & emailed her so she changed my flight. I have been with her since 2002 as I prefer to deal with her than the airlines. She has helped me so many times & I rely on her on all my trips. No headaches calling airlines & put on hold etc...hassle free!!!

Dodie's helmet worked, but now we are reading of claimed better tech : MIPS and Wavecell. Gotta get ready for the next big hit??!!

Ah, so you know Max? What a great guy!

We have been on your island not so long ago, should have come to bug you!

Yes, being a lone cyclist requires extra caution. It's even more so for climbers, though I have read at least one account of where a climbing partner had to abandon his mate, though still alive. I seem to recall the guy eventually actually crawled out on his own.

We are just getting ready to go to the PCR test site. It will actually be our only time in actual Cancun (though not on the beach).

Sure, thanks!

Dodie is still pretty shocky and dizzy. She has to depend on me a lot. Your situation was much more difficult. In your tale it does not say who collected your gear from the road, found your ID, health insurance,etc. I am interested in these critical details.

When we left, Westjet had a printed notice posted all about this, and I checked out the Mex. Govt website at the time. It swore there was no paper health form, but in fact everyone on the plane was handed one and that's how it went. But for departure the QR may help, so we'll have it. They say you can not fill out the form before 12 hours of departure, so I'm just chilling here!

In Europe the assist cuts out at 25 kph but nothing stops you from careening down a mountain!