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Terri Alberti
from Paradise, California | Signed on: Wed 30 Jul 2008 10:10:57 PM MST
Saul,
My dad suffered a TBI on June 17, 2008. A friend recommended your book. So I started reading it durring the darkest time of my life! I SO could relate to what your parents went through, and what you went through too. My dad is still recovering, a little behind your timeline........but he is recovering! I have sat with my dad and read to him some of your book, one day I told him "dad, this book is about a young man who was training for the Tour De France, and had a bike reck, he suffered simmular injuries as you, and he's back on his bike!" then I said, "who knows, maybe someday you'll ride in the Tour de France"
You should of seen my dads big smile!! (only his second one since the accident). Then he said "your silly!"
You have been an inspiration when I needed it most! Bless You! |
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Jack Raisin
from London, United Kingdom | Signed on: Sun 27 Jul 2008 03:46:46 PM MST
Hello!
It's great to see i'm not the only Raisin out there!
Keep up the fantastic work |
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Greg
from Chattanooga | Signed on: Sat 26 Jul 2008 09:10:10 PM MST
Saul it was great to meet you tonight at Tony's i hope you enjoyed your meal and i hope to come ride with you all very soon. I have really enjoyed everything that cycling has given to me and cant wait to share that with others who feel the same way. |
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Mark Boothroyd
from Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada | Signed on: Mon 21 Jul 2008 10:14:37 AM MST
Saul. It was a pleasure and a thrill to meet you at L'etape. You're encouragement at the feed zone helped me get up the tourmalet. Best wishes for all your future endeavours |
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Ramon Osorio
from Mexico | Signed on: Wed 16 Jul 2008 08:44:40 AM MST
Saul, congrats on your first tirtahlon!!!!!!! |
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Stephen Bialkowski
from France - Utah | Signed on: Mon 14 Jul 2008 12:03:15 PM MST
Hi Saul. It was amazing meeting you in Pau for the l'Etape du Tour. Your story brought a lot of emotional things to light for me. I will be dealing with my son's accident in a new way now.
You've inspired me to take a closer look at how things are with him.
Almost finished with your book. Will do so by the time I return to the states.
And those Stinger Honey Chews you let me try are great. Now I just have to find more!
Bonne chance. Au bientot. |
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Adam from Australia
from London | Signed on: Sat 12 Jul 2008 07:31:03 AM MST
Gidday Saul - we met at the Hotel Le Bourbon in Pau last week around the time of the Etape du Tour.
Thanks for the new prototype GUs they got me up the Tourmalet and the Hautacam!
I wish I had read your book before we met, but I am so glad that I now better understand the story of your accident and recovery. I read the first few chapters before the Etape and the rest afterwards on our trip to Mont Ventoux and Alpe D'Huez.
It was a great pleasure to meet you, my best wishes for the future with your riding and your foundation. You are an inspiration. |
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Duane Grove
from Covina, CA | Signed on: Fri 11 Jul 2008 07:02:50 PM MST
WOW! Truly an inspiration |
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Rev Fr David J Laute
from Toledo Ohio | Signed on: Sat 05 Jul 2008 04:30:03 PM MST
I met you and your lovely bride outside a church in Italy. As promised I bought your bok for my cyclist friend here in Toledo. May God bless you especially for your work with the kids!
Fatyher Dave |
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Jonathan Lazarus
from Anderson, South Carolina | Signed on: Fri 04 Jul 2008 09:15:56 AM MST
Saul,
I just finished reading your book and was brought to tears by your courage and will to live and thrive. You have inspired me as I am sure so many others to persevere through life's many challenges with diligence and character. Keep fighting my friend!
Jonathan Lazarus |
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Jeff Smith
from Reston, VA | Signed on: Mon 30 Jun 2008 06:22:06 AM MST
Saul,
I wanted to pass along my personal thanks for getting involved with our (Evolution Cycling) Reston Town Center Grand Prix yesterday. I was fortunate enough to win the signed copy of your book in the donation raffle. Keep up the good fight and thanks for helping out with "Doc". |
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natasha
from boston, ma | Signed on: Tue 24 Jun 2008 06:04:29 PM MST
 Saul, some challenges we choose and some challenges choose us. I am inspired by your ability and perseverence to forge ahead despite your accident. Congrats on the tri. They are addicting aren't they?. Keep fightin the good fight....natasha |
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Jon Hansen
from Salt Lake City, UT | Signed on: Sun 22 Jun 2008 05:09:05 PM MST
Hi Saul,
Thanks for riding with me for a few miles up Big Cottonwood Canyon today and thank you for sharing your story with me too. It was a pleasure to meet you and I hope to see again out on th road. The book looks very interesting, I'll definitely have to read it. I viewed your interview with Bob Roll and I now remember seeing it on Versus last summer.Good luck and I hope to see you in The Tour soon.
Jon
jon.robin@hotmail.com |
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Ian Franklin
from Stratford-upon-Avon, UK | Signed on: Sun 22 Jun 2008 03:53:23 AM MST
Hey Saul: Just finished your book. Thanks for writing that and providing some insight into brain injury and all the associated trauma. I have been a publisher in this field and I am now retired. I have been a cyclist for 40+ years and I love the sport so much. Next year we are moving to France - curiously near Angers (Saumur). If you come this way I'd love to ride out with you! I wish I could see you in the pro peloton again - you are truly a wonderful human being. Thanks for the inspiration. |
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Brenda Smart
from Monterey County, California | Signed on: Sat 21 Jun 2008 09:41:30 AM MST
I feel compelled to write you because I am currently reading your book Tour De Life. The reason I feel compelled is because I am also recovering from a traumatic brain injury which I also sustained in a bicycling accident.
A bit about me: I am not a cycling professional like you are. While cycling my friends who I was riding with are not sure why I fell that night/evening. Maybe an animal darted out in front of me. I also was in a coma for about 6 weeks. I also was thought to be paralyzed on my right side. I currently feel tingly (like its fallen asleep) on the right side of my body. I am currently undergoing therapy for my mobility. I am also riding a recumbent stationary bicycle for exercise so, like you, I hope to be on my bike again. I am currently receiving a slight return of my memory and an ability to understand and enjoy what I am reading.
Enough about me! YOU are the reason for this writing. I wanted to thank you for your words of hope and inspiration. Regardless of what Lance Armstrong says, you are NOT a jerk (ha!). You are a hero. I also want to send fond greetings to your parents and fiancee. I know through my own trials how wonderful my husband and parents continue to be.
Sincerely,
PS. If you are ever in my neck of the woods (Monterey county, California) please feel free to look me up.
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Julianne Burkhardt
from Helena, Montana | Signed on: Sat 21 Jun 2008 08:50:47 AM MST
Saul--a local rider was hit by a car last thurs-he crushed his tailbone and lumbar spine and has significant internal injuries. He is one of my best long time friends. Great rider too. I know it would mean the world to him to hear from you. His name is Rob Cameron. HIs email is rob_litespeed@yahoo.com. He is at the Miami Valley Hospital Trauma center in Dayton Ohio. Thanks!! Julianne Team Great Divide, Helena Montana |
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Mitch Ferro
from South Riding, VA | Signed on: Wed 18 Jun 2008 01:40:10 PM MST
Oops, I meant went down in a crit on Sunday, not this afternoon. He has started to regain some consciousness but has suffered damage. Please contact me if possible at mitchferro at gmail dot com .. THANKS!
- Mitch |
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Mitch
from South Riding, VA | Signed on: Wed 18 Jun 2008 01:38:19 PM MST
Hi Saul -
We had a local rider -- great racer, club president, doctor, husband, father, and all-around super super guy -- go down this afternoon in a crit and suffer a head injury. Could you contact me at mitchferro at gmail dot com? Might want to team with you to perhaps do something that would help him and your foundation.
Thx,
- Mitch |
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Giancarlo Bianchi
from Miami, FL | Signed on: Mon 16 Jun 2008 12:48:30 PM MST
Saul! Hey I saw you this past weekend going up Immigration canyon, I was going up and you were coming down. I wish I could have caught you at the top it would have been great to meet you in person and get a picture. Anyways, man keep up the great work! Wish you the best!
ps. do you still have those custom defeet socks you had made for sell? Let me know, brunch43@hotmail.com, thanks man.
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Jon
from WA | Signed on: Wed 11 Jun 2008 03:29:40 PM MST
Saul-Thanks for posting on Ryan\'s page who is still at Sheperds. He is a friend of mine, and now after reading your book I know what a long and hard process he is going through. Now my only question is where do I get my Raisin Hell Bracelet? |
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Donna Hardin
from Dalton | Signed on: Thu 05 Jun 2008 07:26:43 PM MST
Hey Saul,
Hope everything is going well. A friend at church told me about his friend Mark Johnston having a bike accident last weekend here in Dalton. He is at Erlanger in Chattanooga with head injuries. I told him I would let you know. You are such an encouragement and inspiration to others. May God bless you and Aleeza. Hope to see you soon.
Love,
Donna |
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Jason Sloan
from Calhoun, Ga | Signed on: Thu 05 Jun 2008 07:16:18 PM MST
Saul,
George News from Dalton is my daughter's swim coach and he is racing in the "Escape from Alcatraz" tri this Sunday thought we could cheer the hometown boy on!
Jason |
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Vickie Gipson
from Boston Georgia | Signed on: Fri 30 May 2008 11:41:23 AM MST
Wish you all the luck in the world. My son (17 yrs old at the time) suffered from Post Sonsussion Syndrome from a football injury and attempted suicide by shooting himself with a 32 cal pistol in the right temporal lobe. We are now trying to find things for him to do to improve nad contiue his life. You are an inspiraton. May God Bless You!!
rgipson@windstream.net |
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Anthony
from Nice | Signed on: Thu 29 May 2008 11:34:13 AM MST
Hello Saul, I'am Anthony, we ride together one time in 2005 with Axel and Remmert, and I'am a friend of Mike. Congratulation for your courage after your crash! Good ride, ans see you later on the road! |
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Brian
from Aurora Colorado | Signed on: Wed 28 May 2008 06:43:00 PM MST
Saul, I'm going to do my first triathlon in August. Did you do a sprint? I'm doing a sprint. If so, what was your time for each segment plus total. Ya know I want to beat it!!!!
Thanks from fellow-TBI,
Brian the 'Horse' |
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Grandma
from Dalton | Signed on: Wed 28 May 2008 01:33:26 PM MST
Hello........Wish you were here........Love Grandma |
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Roger Corey
from Iron Mtn. MI. | Signed on: Wed 28 May 2008 07:19:01 AM MST
My son is at UCSD Med. and I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for inspiring him and for the picture, gloves, and bracelet. I am going to donate to your cause.
Thanks again,
R. Corey |
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luc van den broeck
from evergem, belgium | Signed on: Tue 27 May 2008 12:40:39 PM MST
Saul, I am reading your book with tears in my eyes. You are a wonderful person and I am sure you will find your way. Every one appreciates and admires you.
Keep going ! |
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MIchael Watson
from Milledgeville, GA | Signed on: Fri 23 May 2008 05:56:48 AM MST
Congrats on doing a tri. CREDIT-AGRICOLE IS AWESOME!!!  |
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Jim W
from Air Force Academy, CO | Signed on: Thu 22 May 2008 08:44:40 PM MST
Saul, Just finished your book and am passing it off to the cadets to read. Inspirational is an understatement. Take care and remember, if you are ever in the Colorado Springs area...give me a ring!
jim |
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