Subject: AC Joint Separation - How Long Were You Out? Hi -- curious if anyone on here can share there experiences with AC joint separation? About a month ago I hit a pothole and went over my handlebars headed downhill at about 30mph. Needless to say the result was not good! I broke my collar bone and have a 3rd degree separation of my AC joint. Had surgery a week and a half ago to put in a titanium plate to secure the fracture, and some sort of suture and anchor mechanism to secure the ac joint. Well, bad new at the dr. today was that the suture to hold the AC joint had failed and they need to do another surgery tomorrow to put in another device to try to secure the AC joint. So.... that was a long preamble, but I'm really curious to hear others' experiences with this type of injury. Specifically, if you had surgery for an AC joint separation, how long was it until you were training again? I'm training for an Ironman in October, and I'm really worried that this will set me back too far. Thanks for any advice! Heather |