mickle
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Two phone calls back to back this morning nearly had me in tears in the office. the first, a chap who's had a massive stroke and is totally paralyzed down one side. He's 70, been cycling all his life and has a garage full of Hewitts and Colnagos. He's just desperate to get back in the saddle and he calls me regularly to discuss how we're going to get him back on his bike. And then within a day or two his wife call to say that really, the chances of him riding a bike ever again are pretty much zero. I know how low I've felt not being able to ride, but at least for me I knew it was just a matter of time. He thinks that it all depends on his pure determination, which has got him through most things in his life, but the simple fact is he'll probably never ride again. Poor old bugger.
And then five mins later a very jolly woman calls who needs a trike because she's not very steady. She had a car accident which left her with 'a few issues with her legs'. The 'accident' was caused by a pair of scumbags, high on drink and drugs and driving at high speed the wrong way down the M5. The head-on collision killed them both instantly and started a fire which burnt off most of her toes and the skin off her legs and broke every bone in her legs in several places. That she survived was largely thanks to the police who happened to be on the scene - because they were chasing the scumbags. She died and was rescusitated seven times before reaching the hospital and spend months in intensive care. And then the anti-biotics she was on has damaged her hearing.
Bloody hell.
And then five mins later a very jolly woman calls who needs a trike because she's not very steady. She had a car accident which left her with 'a few issues with her legs'. The 'accident' was caused by a pair of scumbags, high on drink and drugs and driving at high speed the wrong way down the M5. The head-on collision killed them both instantly and started a fire which burnt off most of her toes and the skin off her legs and broke every bone in her legs in several places. That she survived was largely thanks to the police who happened to be on the scene - because they were chasing the scumbags. She died and was rescusitated seven times before reaching the hospital and spend months in intensive care. And then the anti-biotics she was on has damaged her hearing.
Bloody hell.