CT and X-rays done. Some cartilage and bone growth but not enough, so it's looking mid Jan, after New Year and my birthday. Hacked off is the understatement.
The body brace completely locks off your core muscles and immobilises the spine, so once this is off that's going to take months of work to get back to normal. Worried a little about money as work don't want me back until 100%, but pay drops to half after 6 months so it's going to be a race to be back for May.
Nurse seems to think, look you are young and fit[1] you'll get back there quicker. Most common injuries in younger women is falling off horses, fella's it's sports, DIY (ladders, xmas lights) and elderly, just general tumbles.
Probably best not even using Facebook now to keep family informed as it's hacking me off seeing family all having a great time and I'm stuck in a ward with loonies running about and no sleep.[2]
My wife's Summer House may need external builders in to finish, which I can't afford the labour - was going to do it myself.
Hopefully all this will go into the claim. Looks like any heavy work is off the cards possibly for a very long time.
You get good days and bad.
Farking drivers eh.
@fossyant and keep your spirits up as best you can - please ! If you don't, you might get more visits from the 'Team CC' 
[@I like Skol, @potsy, @some others ...], who will do much for you and on behalf of those of us who are a bit further afield. 
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- she did say young and fit (45 is young ?)
I shouldn't cheer, and dementia is a terrible thing, but she really needed to be back in the care home where she cold be looked after better - she was ok to go earlier this week but she was so argumentative and violent that she slipped and popped her hip again. You've never seen the medics move so fast, down to theatre, knocked out/sedated, hip popped back in and onto the ward again in 30 minutes to ensure she healed as fast as possible.
