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Cheers Skully for reviving this thread and cheers everyone for your kind words and well wishes......
So to update, I was in the Royal London almost 3 months and I've gotta say the care was amazing. I got C Dif but that seems par for the course these days but other than that the care and nurses were really good.......
I had my last op in November where they reconstructed my urethra which was a success - except I had a catheter for nigh on 11 months so now my bladder is tiny and my muscles have withered away so I kind of piss meself regularly! Used to have to wear these massive sanitary towel things if i went out but don't really now.....They did the surgery from underneath though so my pernium (sp?) is still a bit sore but i'm doing OK. Back at work part-time 3 days a week and physio the other 2 days - need to build my legs and knees up because aside from being broken a lot of the muscles have degenerated......
My pelvis is more or less healed, it has in 2 places but poorly in 1 place but it's getting stronger. I've got a bit of feeling back in my right foot (I had regional nervous syndrome in my foot) but not much movement in my ankle.
Not much feeling in me old fella either - all those nerves run through the pelvis and we're damaged so whilst I can now pee it doesn't do much else......My left thigh pretty much exploded but the skin graft took well and is rebuilding OK.
As for the legal side of things - the driver didn't turn up to court or make a plea in writing so the police charged him with driving without due care, fined £350 and banned him for 6 months in his absence......he was hungarian so we assume he's fucked off home. Doesn't really matter though because he was driving a council truck so the case is against them. We are currently waiting for the final police report and I've got to have a couple of independant medicals (orthopaedic and ureology) and we'll see after that....
On the positive side I'm going to Condor to look at bikes on Tuesday.......the wife is adamant I'm not riding on the road anymore so I'm going to get a geared bike (my legs aren't up for riding fixed yet) and I'm going to ride during the week at Redbridge Cycling Centre (hog hill)......i ride the exercise bike in the gym which aside from hurting my arse is fucking boring - i'm itching to get back on a bike again....
Sorry for the long post, cheers for all your support and stay safe out there
Adam