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"Hedfix gets his head fixed"

Yes indeedy, I had a small accident when I cycled into town to get myself a copy of Dredd Vs Death. I managed to misjudge crossing the road on my bike and got hit by a car.

I don't actually remember getting hit, I remember setting off across the road and then I remember somebody saying something about 'getting a neckbrace'. I don't remember the trip in the ambulance I remember being in A&E.

I ended up being very lucky. I only cut open the left side of my nose and broke a few bones/cartiledge in my nose (but not the main centre). One of my eyes closed up but that's alright now. I still have very swollen lips though.

So I got lucky, no neck damage, no brain damage and I've still got all my teeth.

I stopped the car with my nose. :)

Now let me impress something upon you lot: I would not have been anywhere near as lucky if I had not been WEARING A HELMET. So to all those who think they look a bit odd/sad/uncool/whatever I have to say that it's a lot better than being dead or brain damaged or having to have all your future meals through a tube.

Surprisingly thought it hasn't been that painful, I actually felt more pain when I fell and took my half of my nail off when I was still at school. I think it must've been the shock but I haven't had any pain from my nose apart from when they took the packing out of my nostrils. That was like when you get that sting from getting hit in the face with a football except the sting lasts for about 3/5 seconds instead of 0.2 or whatever. Not nice but still preferwable to when I ripped half of my nail off. :S

So I've spent two and a half days in a ward surrounded by the old and infirm. It was an interesting experience and quite a "Wake up call", I was saying to myself: I shouldn't be here at my age. So luckily there's a cycle-only track to town and elsewhere and I'm going to use this from now on. This accident was my fault but I can count loads of times when drivers simply haven't seen me or have been lazy in overtaking me and pulled back in far too early or have overtaken me just before braking (likes a bikes brakes are as good a cars!) etc etc.

So I'm staying off the road because it's, well, a bit too full of stupid drivers (me included).

So anyway that's where I've been over the weekend.

"So I got lucky, no neck damage, no brain damage and I've still got all my teeth."

Not sure if this is true, but after a car crash, or any accident, I think you can suffer from long-term damage. Both mentally and physically. Don't know where I've heard that from, but somebody I know got beaten to a pulp twice, hasn't got brain damage, but has been different ever since. His reactions are much slower and finds it hard to concentrate. So I hope you end up ok!

Blank wrote:
> You got it right first time, didn't you? Cool and dead would be the
> same option, it's cool + dead or uncool + alive. Yep.

Heheh, no idea. It didn't seem to make sense but yes, you're right.

Ouch, glad you seem okay. I am absolutely terrified when I see a cyclist on the road.

I'm sure he's a lot more firghtened than you are

*frightened

gamezfreak wrote:
> Glad to hear your moderatly ok Hedfix.

Cheers. :)
>
> Must of been a scary experiance waking up in A & E wondering
> whats going on. Is your nose encased in a plaster?

No it's just got stitches as I tore open my left nostril. I didn't break the main bit of my nose so it's not in plaster.

I was alright in A&E but when they stitches up my nose they had to put me out with anastetic and when I woke up I totally freaked out! I guess being unconscious twice in one day was too much. I'm sneakily a bit proud that my first reaction was to fight, in the way that people ask themselves 'whether they'd fight or just give up if they didn't know what was going on and were a bit helpless'. Obviously I feel a bit guilty too but I think quite a lot of people're are distressed when they wake up from anaestetic.

Ms NY wrote:
> Heheh, no idea. It didn't seem to make sense but yes, you're right.

Aren't I always? :)

Ms NY wrote:
> "So I got lucky, no neck damage, no brain damage and I've still
> got all my teeth."
>
> Not sure if this is true, but after a car crash, or any accident, I
> think you can suffer from long-term damage. Both mentally and
> physically. Don't know where I've heard that from, but somebody I
> know got beaten to a pulp twice, hasn't got brain damage, but has
> been different ever since. His reactions are much slower and finds it
> hard to concentrate. So I hope you end up ok!

Yeah I got out after only a couple of days and they felt it necessary to only do one scan of my head. They seem to think that I'm fine but I'm going to be more wary of things, at least for a bit, since I've had a firsthand taste of how quickly things can go out of control.

I still want to do all the things I wanted to do before, the only thing I'm changing is that I'm going to use cycle-routes instead of roads. I should only have to go on the road for about 20% of my usual journeys because there's quite a few 'cycle only' bits where I live.

Ms NY wrote:
> Are you appreciating things more?

Yeah I think I will be, I might have a new 'lust for life' or something when everythings cleared up. :S

Glad to hear you're alright now mate!