Bike crashtastic
I've not lived properly at home now for 3 and a half years or more and rarely visit however I phone the rents and see them regularly when they visit my sister up here in edinburgh so its all good.
They are Both medics.
Mums a nurse turned healthvisitor
dads a Doctor etc.
Anyways I was heading to my sisters to meet her for a meal when I flipped my fixed wheel bike at 34mph going down a hill. I did a full roll and landed on my hip and head (luckily had a helmet on otherwise I'd be an EX-nostrabor) and got some gravel rash. I got up much to the suprise of the following cycklist who was on the phone to police and ambulance and cycled onwards despite pain in hip. Went for the meal with sister after taking some beer and pain killers but when I tried to stand up after the meal it was clear something was seriously wrong.
So I phoned the parents to get some parenty advice. The first thing my mother said when I asked her whether I should goto hospital was "I'm not paying for the bike" Bearing in mind I dont ever ask them for money.
My father however came out with a great line.
"What'd you do that for?"
I quickly hungup on them and rang NHS direct (excellent service)
Havent felt so upset and almost betrayed by their lack of any concern in all my life.
pretty fuming.
NHS cleared me so I went on a cycling holiday only for my leg to collapse 4 days and 357 miles later just south of paris. Mothers comment "you should probably have had it checked out properly"
cheers mum.
( Nostrebor can't be everything all the time., Tue 21 Aug 2007, 7:20, Reply)