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I know that many of you already know about my accident, but by way of easy reference for those who don’t:
On 30 October last year, I was road riding around Yorkshire when, on a descent into Hebden Bridge, I crashed into a stone wall at 40 km/h, and had to be airlifted to Leeds Infirmary. In the crash, I broke the base of my skull, two cervical vertebrae, one thoracic vertebra, a number of ribs, and punctured a lung.
The people involved in saving me, and the many who cared for me (including folk off STW!), were incredible.
Well, I just wanted to say that, as of Wednesday this past week, I have officially been signed off. My most recent MRI shows some minor permanent nerve damage that I will experience in my left arm, but beyond that, I am entirely good to go.
My target now is to lose all the bloody weight I have put on (10 kgs worth), and get completely fit again; but I now have no more excuse.
Thanks to everyone who helped, everyone who visited, and everyone who sent their good wishes.
SaxonRider is go.
Awesome 👍
Excellent news SR. Please come back to Yorkshire!
Yes SR! 👊
Best of luck with the recovery riding.
Boom great news.
Time to buy another new bike then...
great start to a Sunday
Good luck with your fitness and weight loss plans, you seem a lot more focused on this than I was after my rta, the realisation of what I had become took over two years following the end of my Mon-Fri stayovers at the Salisbury NHS Wessex Rehab Centre.
If I knew then what I know now, I would have bought a smart turbo to compliment outdoor rides.
Great news.
Top stuff 😁
Great news and good luck with your fitness journey.
Good news and good luck with getting back in saddle, remember to enjoy it. I had a few years off due to 8njury and it was tough till I remembered why I was riding!!
Great to hear, make haste slowly with the recovery
This is great news. 🙂
Excellent 👍
Congratulations!
Sounds like a similar accident to Chris Froome....
Great news 🙂
All me! me! me! with you, isn’t it? Any consideration for the poor wall? Sitting there, admiring the quality of its pointing and it’s fine collection of lichen then BANG! Vicious assault by a Lycra clad hooligan (copyright,daily mail)
On a serious note, well done and having nursed a partner who did something similar, I have loads of respect for you getting back on the bike.
Great news mate. Speaking as someone who had to get back into shape after a forced break it feels great to get back to who you/we were prior to injury/illness.
Excellent news. Hope you’ll enjoy peddling even more now.
Great news! 👍 You can start a race with Chris Froome as to who will get to race fitness the fastest!!
Nice one SaxonRider. Take it easy at first, eh?
Hearty congrats SR and well done on your recovery.
Give us a shout if you're back in the area (Hebden-ish), we'll get the kettle on.
Great to read this OP.
Good to hear you're recovered - best wishes for getting on your bike again and losing the paunch!
Shwiiiiing!
Great news, perfect excuse for a new bike?
Isn't it strange, I've never met you but every time I go up mytholm steeps on the way to some off road, I mentally tick "saxonriders wall"...
Good luck with the rehab and your future cycling!
Nice one.
Only 10 kg though!?
I put that much on over Christmas alone.
😏
Top Banana OP, glad to hear you are back on the road to the top!
Crack on!
Good news, hope the recovery proceeds apace!
Great news! Not sure what you've got planned fitness wise, but I recommend getting a FitBit (or similar). I had a high tibial osteotomy in Oct 2017 and my wife bought me a FitBit as an aid to getting fit again post op. Amazing the weight you lose from just walking and pushing the step count!
Great to hear!
Good news SR!! Glad you can now get back out
Well done Saxon.
I just had my first ride on Saturday after a 6 week break.
This is the longest I have been off the bike in about 15 yrs and although it has been hard, I have had time to plan a lot of exciting stuff for next year. Now I just need to build up again slowly through the dark months and look forward to 2020.
Set yourself some easy targets to get you going.
Good luck and most importantly ..ENJOY IT 🙂
My target now is to lose all the bloody weight I have put on
First step - respond to texts asking you to come out riding 🙂
First step – respond to texts asking you to come out riding
Sorry about that. 🙁 I can't even remember now what I was doing the day you sent me that.
In any case, the lines are open!
good that you're back... enjoy getting out there again !
Fitness comes back faster than mental fitness. Great news but go easy first - and ride the scene of the accident (with care). Been there, have the plate and scars to remind me.
Fark me, I thought I was badly off sitting here with a fractured c7 after a Volvo/cycle interface. How'd you do all that then big boy?
In any case, the lines are open!
Saturday most likely - will be riding lunchtimes this week as I'm at home. Just found a very pleasant road route down by Nash where the Wetlands reserve is.
Just fou the original thread. Blimey 😲
Cant keep a good man down. Good news saxonrider
Good on you Saxon 👍
I'm carrying an extra 10kg as well, mine is due to being a lazy tw*t 🙃
Good luck with the continuing recovery.
A great thread to read and it brought a smile to my face.
Fantastic news Saxon and you'll lose that 10kg in no time bud!
Thats great news, first id heard of it as been away for a bit due to health issues and not riding.
Nowhere near what youve been through but I too feel well enough to start getting fit again, and ive had my first ride in 18 months this weekend.
Great to see you back out and good luck with your continued recovery and weight loss