I can’t face getting on my bike after a serious accident – but I’d love to ride again | Ask annalisa-barbieri

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Two and a half years ago, I had a serious accident on my bike. I shattered some bones (the surgeon gave me 10 out of 10 for how badly I’d broken them) and I had a procedure to put the bones back in place and had plates put in.

The A&E visit was horrific with me overdosing on the gas, and a nasty trip on the ketamine. I had a cast on longer than usual because of how bad it was, then I spent several months doing regular physio to get movement back.

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