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Cloud 9 wrote:
Oh Man! Hope it isn't as serious as it looks in the pics. get better.
Have to know how it happened, too.
Even after all this time, I'm still not sure.:?
I'd stopped at a coffee/burger van at the top of a pass called "Rest and Be Thankful", just north of Loch Lomond.
After a coffee and a bacon roll, and a final (as it turned out) cigarette, I set off down the other side. Rounding a bend, I was confronted by a car. My immediate thought was "what's that doing there?":shock:, followed by the realisation that it was merely driving along, minding it's own business, and ideally, I would be on the other side of the road.:?
Then it all got a bit noisy. And hurty.
Paramedics were excellent:claps:, and the one hour drive to hospital went by in no time. I was a bit annoyed at having my £1200 riding suit cut to ribbons with scissors, but now I know it was the sensible thing to do. I'm upset my bungy jump tee-shirt went the same way, as I'm not 100% sure I'm going to earn another one soon.
I had a week at Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, followed by an 11 hour journey to the Royal London Hospital Whitechapel, by ambulance.
This is the hospital where Dr Treves looked after the Elephant Man, so they weren't shocked by my ugly mug.
After a week they screwed and plated and generally mended my femur, but I had to go back in September for a graft from my hip to fill a 2" gap in the bone about a third of the way up the thigh.
I'm due back on March 21st, to check that it's okay to put weight through my right leg
raying:, then I should be good to go, once I manage to get this knee to bend fully. :weightlifter:
Prognosis is currently for no long term issues, which is, frankly, amazing.
I'm not sure whether to thank my surgeons, or sacrifice a goat in their name.:bow:
Perhaps I'll sacrifice a steak instead.
Once I'm back on the road:action:, on the CB13, the plan is to sell the GL15 and the CBX, and get me a new GL18.
I'm just not sure whether I want a 2010 or a 2012 version.
As an additional bonus, I've not had a cigarette for nearly nine months, and I've lost <does sums> around 60 pounds in weight.
