optimisticbiker reborn

cjcp

Just catching up...

Bloody hell, OB; keep it up.

bails87

cjcp wrote:

Just catching up...

Bloody hell, OB; keep it up.

+1

Been watching this thread over the past couple of days and haven't got much to say other than get well soon, and good luck with the recovery. Your attitude is an inspiration.

optimisticbiker

managed to get outside for 20min being pushed, but that and the physios earlier exhausted me.

police concluded their investigation and decided no one to prosecute. in their opinion i just failed to stop. got BC legal team on it.

tailwindhome

OptimisticBiker wrote:

police concluded their investigation and decided no one to prosecute. in their opinion i just failed to stop. got BC legal team on it.

Do you have any memory of what actually happened, or were there any witnesses?


Maybe you don't want to talk about, I understand if you don't.

arthur_scrimshaw

bails87 wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Just catching up...

Bloody hell, OB; keep it up.

+1

Been watching this thread over the past couple of days and haven't got much to say other than get well soon, and good luck with the recovery. Your attitude is an inspiration.

+2

Keep posting, your motivation and attitude humbles me.

graham.

Arthur Scrimshaw wrote:

bails87 wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Just catching up...

Bloody hell, OB; keep it up.

+1

Been watching this thread over the past couple of days and haven't got much to say other than get well soon, and good luck with the recovery. Your attitude is an inspiration.

+2

Keep posting, your motivation and attitude humbles me.

Here here. Sorry, don't know quite what else to say.
Graham.

vermin

Any update on those nurses OB?

rubertoe

vermin wrote:

Any update on those nurses OB?

Pics?

woodnut

Only just seen this OB. Just want to add my best wishes to all the others

optimisticbiker

been off the air for a few days 'cos got shoved down to a general ward for 2 days - absolute nightmare, no idea how to deal with a spinal patient and so noisy i couldn't sleep even with noise cancelling headphones. now back in major trauma but taken 2 days to recover enough energy to post.

sorry, no pics of physios... but trust me, you would

optimisticbiker

TailWindHome wrote:

OptimisticBiker wrote:

police concluded their investigation and decided no one to prosecute. in their opinion i just failed to stop. got BC legal team on it.

Do you have any memory of what actually happened, or were there any witnesses?


Maybe you don't want to talk about, I understand if you don't.

very little memory tbh, and what little i know of witness reports is conflicting. came over crest of hill, didn't realise how wide parked lorry was till to late to avoid. i think because only left half of lorry was reflecting, other half dirty? there may or may not have been a car overtaking at the time, my memory is variable on this as are witness reports. cctv wasn't much help apparently, assuming they were looking at the right time, the comment to my daughter being "we can see the lorry but not your father on his bike" despite the hi-viz, lights, etc.

Corporate Camper

OptimisticBiker wrote:

been off the air for a few days 'cos got shoved down to a general ward for 2 days - absolute nightmare, no idea how to deal with a spinal patient and so noisy i couldn't sleep even with noise cancelling headphones. now back in major trauma but taken 2 days to recover enough energy to post.

Any news on how long it will be before you can expect to go home?

meanredspider

OptimisticBiker wrote:

been off the air for a few days 'cos got shoved down to a general ward for 2 days - absolute nightmare, no idea how to deal with a spinal patient and so noisy i couldn't sleep even with noise cancelling headphones. now back in major trauma but taken 2 days to recover enough energy to post.

It's partly why I'm so passionate about supporting Teenage Cancer Trust. When my son had is big op, it was in a fully adult hospital - the way he was treated was very poor. At other times he was on the children's cancer ward for his 4 days of chemo - he was visibly worse after those sessions. TCT provide dedicated teenage wards which make a massive difference - staffed with nurses who both understand the treatment but also understand teenagers. I can fully appreciate why you would not do so well in the "wrong" sort of ward.

What made me particularly angry though was the way that they would move patients around to increase ward occupancy figures. I had a big "discussion" with the head of the hospital (non-clinical guy) who said something very telling: "Ideally the teenage cancer ward would be full"! I did point out that then there'd be lots of teenagers with cancer and that ideally it would be empty!

rjsterry

meanredspider wrote:

OptimisticBiker wrote:

been off the air for a few days 'cos got shoved down to a general ward for 2 days - absolute nightmare, no idea how to deal with a spinal patient and so noisy i couldn't sleep even with noise cancelling headphones. now back in major trauma but taken 2 days to recover enough energy to post.

It's partly why I'm so passionate about supporting Teenage Cancer Trust. When my son had is big op, it was in a fully adult hospital - the way he was treated was very poor. At other times he was on the children's cancer ward for his 4 days of chemo - he was visibly worse after those sessions. TCT provide dedicated teenage wards which make a massive difference - staffed with nurses who both understand the treatment but also understand teenagers. I can fully appreciate why you would not do so well in the "wrong" sort of ward.

What made me particularly angry though was the way that they would move patients around to increase ward occupancy figures. I had a big "discussion" with the head of the hospital (non-clinical guy) who said something very telling: "Ideally the teenage cancer ward would be full"! I did point out that then there'd be lots of teenagers with cancer and that ideally it would be empty!

Sheesh, that's pretty breath-taking. A not-so-nice illustration of someone losing sight of the fundamental goal of medicine.

Wrath Rob

Still waiting for pics on this thread. Not you, OB, but you know who. If Chelsea can do it then so can the hospital:



Eva Carniero, Chelsea physio.

walkingbootweather

Wrath Rob wrote:

Still waiting for pics on this thread. Not you, OB, but you know who. If Chelsea can do it then so can the hospital:



Eva Carniero, Chelsea physio.

If she was treating me, it would have to be as dressed in the left hand picture. You see I suffer from anorak-no-phobia.

Keep up the good work OB

optimisticbiker

bad few days has left me shattered.... blood pressure all over the place from 75 to 195! plus old guy in next bed didn't make it at 3am this morning

also my web domain expired for no reason on friday eve, so no emails til i sort tomorrow....

hey ho...

meanredspider

Sorry to hear that, OB. I'm sure there'll be lots of ups and downs on your journey but I'm also certain your amazing outlook will see you through. Good luck with getting the domain sorted - that's always a PITA

walkingbootweather

meanredspider wrote:

Sorry to hear that, OB. I'm sure there'll be lots of ups and downs on your journey but I'm also certain your amazing outlook will see you through. Good luck with getting the domain sorted - that's always a PITA

+1

If it helps you know we are all routing for you

Did you see what I did there?

BelgianBeerGeek

OptimiBiker - for one thing and another I've only recently caught up on this whole world of pain and shit* you are going through. Hang on in there, hope it works out well.
I have no idea what to say to help, cheer you up, etc, best wishes.....

velohutts

keep the chin up , sounds like a grim couple of days so you must be due a change in luck this week !!

there should be a collection of films you will have seen a few times starting soon !!!!!!!!!!!!

good luck over the next few days VH

fossyant

Best wishes - hadn't seen the thread till now. Stay strong.

optimisticbiker

velohutts wrote:

keep the chin up , sounds like a grim couple of days so you must be due a change in luck this week !!

there should be a collection of films you will have seen a few times starting soon !!!!!!!!!!!!

good luck over the next few days VH

Better day today, got down to coffee shop, had a cappuccino with a friend's home-made fruit cake

VH - if you're referring to the prog on BBC1 on wed eve the flak and fall-out has already started from what I've been reading, but that's for another thread.

veronese68

Hey OB,
Sounds like you're doing well overall. I hope you continue to get more good days than bad days and that the good days get better.
Wishing you all the best.

velohutts

OB , hadnt even seen that !!!!! was thinking more great escape and escape to victory , maybe a bit of kelly's heroes and miracle on 34th street !!!

Homemade cake ..... must liase with SWMBO on some creations the massive box of milk tray that was presented the other day may help with that !!!

Keep up the good work VH

cyclingprop

FWIW, I'm particularly keen for the good days to increase in number and quantity, to the point where a pint becomes an option.

My shout.

optimisticbiker

cyclingprop wrote:

FWIW, I'm particularly keen for the good days to increase in number and quantity, to the point where a pint becomes an option.

My shout.

looking forward to the day when that becomes a possibility! at the moment i'm happy to manage a pint of tea in one of these

cyclingprop

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rubertoe

Good to see you have set another goal OB.

Hopefully the physio's are doing a good job of keeping your pecker up!

spasypaddy

rubertoe wrote:

Hopefully the physio's are doing a good job of keeping your pecker up!

tee hee

Keep going OB! you're an inspiration