It's time to start digging up those Squirrelled Nuts!!!!

barnstar2077

Sea_Shell said:

The sun's out and so are the loungers.

Fridge full of yummy things to eat and drink.

Happy days.😎

Haha, I came off my bike on Friday the 13th and smashed the two bones of my lower  leg.  I need surgery on Thursday by a knee specialist, the surgeon here said it was beyond his abilities..  Happy days indeed! :  )

bluenose1

barnstar2077 said:

Sea_Shell said:

The sun's out and so are the loungers.

Fridge full of yummy things to eat and drink.

Happy days.😎

Haha, I came off my bike on Friday the 13th and smashed the two bones of my lower  leg.  I need surgery on Thursday by a knee specialist, the surgeon here said it was beyond his abilities..  Happy days indeed! :  )

Oh no, hope all goes well. Can imagine that was painful!!!   I fell off my bike about 10 years ago, hurt my shoulder, nothing too bad, but just have a slight fear on a bike and  lost the confidence I had. 

Hope the recovery time isn’t too long, you never know what is around the corner…. 

cobson

barnstar2077 said:

Haha, I came off my bike on Friday the 13th and smashed the two bones of my lower  leg.  I need surgery on Thursday by a knee specialist, the surgeon here said it was beyond his abilities..  Happy days indeed! :  )

Don't worry, there are plenty of posters on this board who know more than the pros so I'm sure one of them will step up to the plate...

cfw1994

barnstar2077 said:

Sea_Shell said:

The sun's out and so are the loungers.

Fridge full of yummy things to eat and drink.

Happy days.😎

Haha, I came off my bike on Friday the 13th and smashed the two bones of my lower  leg.  I need surgery on Thursday by a knee specialist, the surgeon here said it was beyond his abilities..  Happy days indeed! :  )

Ouch 😱
I head off next week on a 360-mile pedalling jaunt between Britain’s last two iron viaducts…..hoping for no incidents like yours.  

Good luck with the surgery, and mend fast & well 👍

Out of retirement curiosity, is that under NHS or did private come into play?  I imagine the former 🤷‍♂️

barnstar2077

cfw1994 said:

barnstar2077 said:

Sea_Shell said:

The sun's out and so are the loungers.

Fridge full of yummy things to eat and drink.

Happy days.😎

Haha, I came off my bike on Friday the 13th and smashed the two bones of my lower  leg.  I need surgery on Thursday by a knee specialist, the surgeon here said it was beyond his abilities..  Happy days indeed! :  )

Ouch 😱
I head off next week on a 360-mile pedalling jaunt between Britain’s last two iron viaducts…..hoping for no incidents like yours.  

Good luck with the surgery, and mend fast & well 👍

Out of retirement curiosity, is that under NHS or did private come into play?  I imagine the former 🤷‍♂️

On the NHS.  Honestly can't fault them, the staff have all been great.  I am also lucky to be in a ward of only 6 people and we all get on and help each other, with a friendly bit of banter.

I couldn't get an ambulance though, a tale repeated by most of my fellow inmates.  I had to have a friend drive me to the hospital without any painkillers and with a busted up leg.  Not fun, but just comes down to available crews and economics im sure. 

Hoochymamgu

 Wishes for a swift recovery barnstar2077

ex-pat_scot

barnstar2077 said:

cfw1994 said:

barnstar2077 said:

Sea_Shell said:

The sun's out and so are the loungers.

Fridge full of yummy things to eat and drink.

Happy days.😎

Haha, I came off my bike on Friday the 13th and smashed the two bones of my lower  leg.  I need surgery on Thursday by a knee specialist, the surgeon here said it was beyond his abilities..  Happy days indeed! :  )

Ouch 😱
I head off next week on a 360-mile pedalling jaunt between Britain’s last two iron viaducts…..hoping for no incidents like yours.  

Good luck with the surgery, and mend fast & well 👍

Out of retirement curiosity, is that under NHS or did private come into play?  I imagine the former 🤷‍♂️

On the NHS.  Honestly can't fault them, the staff have all been great.  I am also lucky to be in a ward of only 6 people and we all get on and help each other, with a friendly bit of banter.

I couldn't get an ambulance though, a tale repeated by most of my fellow inmates.  I had to have a friend drive me to the hospital without any painkillers and with a busted up leg.  Not fun, but just comes down to available crews and economics im sure. 

Ouch! "Smashed two bones of lower leg" - sounds if that definitely should have been immobilised at the scene. Hope you heal quick. 
One silver lining is presumably your friend was able to rescue your bike (which I trust is relatively unscathed?)

I was out in the Lakes a week ago, riding all the passes. There were a couple of badly-injured cyclists being treated by ambulances (Honister and Whinlatter). Both being immobilised on stretchers as I passed.

It's not normally a dangerous sport / activity, but can catch the unwary. I got flattened 2 months ago, thankfully at very slow speed, but it's 13 years since previously knocked off, and 28 years since the incident before that.

MankyVegSoup

barnstar2077 said:

Haha, I came off my bike on Friday the 13th and smashed the two bones of my lower  leg.  I need surgery on Thursday by a knee specialist, the surgeon here said it was beyond his abilities..  Happy days indeed! :  )

Oh No. Hope you recover well. I broke my ankle 9 months ago (Stand Up Paddleboarding!) and it's been a long slow recovery. 

Glad the NHS has stepped up for you - I had the opposite. Ambulance arrived promptly but it all went downhill from there. Multiple surgery dates cancelled, 3 weeks in hospital (should have been 3 days), follow up appointments not made/cancelled, very limited physio. Had to go private for physio just to be able to walk properly.

But hubby broke his collarbone falling off his bike 6 weeks ago and his care was good. It's a lottery. 

We'll be keeping private insurance going although every year we wince at the premiums. 

Albermarle

We'll be keeping private insurance going although every year we wince at the premiums. 

Maybe it would be cheaper just to pay as and when necessary, rather then be insured ?

Ibrahim5

Private insurance doesn't normally cover trauma. Would be expensive and probably no faster than NHS.