Originally Posted by nthorpey

had a motorbike accident, low speed but hit head on a metal railing smashing crash helmet and sending force down my back. Spent 6 days laid flat in hospital waiting for surgery as fracture was unstable. Was lucky not to be paralysed. Have had 6 pins, 2 rods and a plate fitted to fuse 3 of my vertebrae together so now on rest for quite a length of time.