ok, so now i’m home after two weeks in hospital and i can begin to fill in the gaps about the accident, the diagnosis, the treatment and the outlook for the future.
as i said in my previous posting i don’t remember much about the fraction of a second after the initial impact apart from realising that i was blameless and that the driver had pulled out on me without looking (despite my yellow fluorescent jacket). the picture of my helmet below shows what could have happened to my head so if you don’t wear one then please start (now!). i’m convinced it saved my life.
next look at the picture of the bike (largely unscathed apart from a few scratches). the gears are shot from the impact with the road, but the most amazing bit is the shape of the pedal (banana!). the car must have hit that full on and thankfully it wasn’t my lower leg or it wouldn’t have bent in the same way.
the bruise on my thigh/bum although quite livid is painless; i can’t feel it at all but it looks good.
now to my main injuries; i have 3 wedge fractures to the thoracic vertebrae (see spine picture). the neck vertebrae are ‘cervical’ or c, the mid back are ‘thoracic’ or t and the lower back are ‘lumbar’ or l. i have fractures to t7, t8 and t10.
treatment involves me wearing the latest in spinal injury fashion (see picture) for 6 to 8 weeks. i alternate between seated upright and lying down a lot. i am also on a cocktail of drugs. i went in with no medication at all but came out with the following: enoxaparin (to prevent blood clotting), omeprazole (to inhibit gastric acid formation), diclofenac (anti-inflammatory), dihydrocodeine and paracetomol (painkillers). whilst in hospital i also had regular morphine injections. i also have to thank jim the male nurse for his special cocktail of laxatives which loosened up my constipated bowels from the consistency of set concrete to a venezuelan mud slide.
there is a finally a picture of some of the fantastic nursing team who i can’t thank enough for their hard work, professionalism,
care and dedication. words can’t express how i feel for them.
i now need to lie down…(please keep in touch by making a comment, click on the comment link at the top of this post).
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July 12th, 2006 at 3:39 pm
Hope you get better soon and that bruise really looks painful.
Get better!
July 12th, 2006 at 5:30 pm
thanks for the kind thoughts, the bruise isn’t sore at all, but my broken back is…
July 12th, 2006 at 10:14 pm
Glad to hear you’re home and that things are slowly getting back to some semblance of normality by which I mean at least you are home and in familiar surroundings. Also glad to see you’re back on the net as well!
Have a good break (no pun intended!) and hope to see you sometime over the hols.
Best wishes,
Tim
July 13th, 2006 at 9:45 pm
hope to see you tomorrow from Gad and Pooley
July 14th, 2006 at 9:36 am
looking forward to seeing you both, many thanks…
July 23rd, 2006 at 11:13 am
hello, i heard from clive about your crash and was very concerned. guess you were on your way to school huh?, well, pretty good reason to take a day (or a few at least) off school!, only jokin… Err… can’t really think of much to say right now except that i hope you feel better soon. Please stay in touch, Neil.
July 23rd, 2006 at 11:18 am
thanks for getting in touch neil, i’m making small improvements each day, still very sore. getting pushed around in a wheelchair but still feel very trapped. can’t really walk very far, can’t drive, lost my holiday in scotland, don’t know when i’ll be back. but you enjoy college and drop back here or school and let me know how you are getting on. if you see or hear from anyone else in our form could you let them know about my accident. i’d love to hear from them. tell them to make comments on this site, i’ll respond to them all. this is my window…
July 26th, 2006 at 3:10 pm
Hiya Mr Warren, Neil told me about what happened and i couldn’t believe it. stupid driver who hit you, the idiot should have been looking…or is he blind that he couldn’t see you in your yellow jacket!!!
Glad you are home though, i kept asking Neil on msn ‘is Mr Warren ok and is he out of hospital?’
Oh and I bet you where loving all them nurses attention…aww only jokin!!!
I feel really sorry for you, and we are thinking about you. Hope you get better soon. I will pop into school after the holidays and see you if your back.
Stay in touch from Katie
July 26th, 2006 at 5:34 pm
many thanks for the kind words. do drop back in when you get a chance, but i don’t know when i’ll return to school yet. need to wait until the consultant gives me the all clear. please pass the message on about me i’d love to hear from all my form if poss.
July 27th, 2006 at 3:23 pm
Aww no I am so sorry to hear about your accident! I hope you’re doing ok & what not. I’ll come & see you when you’re back even though I wasn’t in your form. :D Ouch though a broken back. ]: Well make sure you keep updating us with how you are, I wish you all the best for a quick & easy recovery. Oh & as for the holiday in Scotland, I’m sure you’re not missing much. Seriously. :D Get better soon moon. xoxo
July 27th, 2006 at 4:15 pm
heey sir!!
wowww i cant believe what happened!… thats gay!!
hehe… well i gather if you wore your pink jacket they may have seen you!
oh you just got 2 laugh in these predicaments! heehee =]!!
hope you get better soon… OH! and ive got a job!
shocked heyy!.. hehe, its really good too, £250 a week, and then i go to birkenhead 6th form when i finish it
its for about 6-8weeks… so the money should be rooolling in ;]!
well hope 2 see you up and out again!… oh and that’s 1 sweeeet bruise you have on ur backside!!
haha!.. well hope 2 see you again sir.. i should (if i can) come into skool! but not 2 do work OBVIOUSLY
cyaaaar
July 27th, 2006 at 5:02 pm
thanks for dropping by, i’ll keep you all informed. i’ve another xray/consultant appointment in about 2 weeks, meanwhile i’m bored stiff. thanks chris for reminding me about the pink jacket, but i doubt whether he’d have seen me as it’s difficult to notice cyclists when you’re looking THE OTHER WAY! unless you’re especially gifted in the eyesight department…
July 28th, 2006 at 3:47 pm
Hi Mr. Warren, sorry to hear about your accident. Hope your better after the holidays because Im fed up with having mean substitute teachers! Try to enjoy the holidays the best you can!
August 1st, 2006 at 7:29 pm
Thanks Luke, I’m aiming to be back as soon as I can but I’m very much in the hands of the doctors…I can’t rush back if I’m not ready…see you all soon though
August 8th, 2006 at 4:41 pm
Hi Mr Warren,
Everyone in my row in the classroom miss ya.
I hav seen the piccys of ur helmet. that was a cracker.
Hope u get better soon
In the lessons we didnt really do much coz the subs didn’t no wot they were doin so we just dun wordsearches.
In one of ur lessons i had 2 leave because i had a music exam coz i play da cornet. I got a distinction.
Christie says hi and so does Harriet and Ellie
see ya soon (hopefully)
Charlotte
August 9th, 2006 at 12:26 pm
hi charlotte (and all you other girls), nice to hear from you, i’ll be back (but don’t know when). good job i was wearing that helmet but my back is pretty messed up.
well done in your music exam (a distinction eh! - brilliant!)
see you all soon, hopefully in september…seeing consultants again next week, hoping for good news.
best wishes, gw
August 10th, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Hi Mr.Warren,
Saw the pics i’ve only got 1 thing 2 say OUCH!!! hope the massive bruise goes. As u always do when somethings bad:look on the bright side; u’ve got a bad injury but wearing the lastest fashion even if it doesn’t match the colour of ur bruise.(Hope that cheered u up.)
Good luck + c u soon
Christie
August 11th, 2006 at 1:39 pm
hi, christie. thanks for your message. as i said earlier the bruise although it looked painful, wasn’t that bad. it has actually disappeared now but is a little bit sore underneath. my back is getting better but i expect i will take a long time to get back to full mobility. see you (hopefully) soon.