March 11, 2026

1st entry

So almost a year ago now I had an accident.

Riding  my cycle to work I was hit by a transit van sending me to the ground with a thud.

In a not so ladylike fashion my mouth opened and I screamed at the driver “how the fuck did you not see me”

Afterall it was daylight, it was 07:15 in the morning, in the middle of summer when that big bright yellow thing in the sky had been up for a few hours.

I know how he didn't see me. He looked over the empty space, over the grass and didn't see a car coming so despite the giveway marking being on his road not mine, he continued for the corner and didn't look infront of him till it was too late. Was he a dick head YES was he a prick YES did he paying due care and attention NO was it an accident also YES and it is a lesson he learnt and would not have done the ssame for a while.

I almost felt sorry for him till I started to feel the pain.

At the time I knew my arm hurt but the real pain didn’t actually kick in properly until I was home.  I have been told the adrenalin and shock masked it.  Once I had got home and had time to think I realised I probably had a broken arm.

My go to person for help is Pete but he was in Leicester so even though I rang him there was nothing he could do, Matthew took me to the hospital.

I had concussion because the left side of my head broke his wing mirror and knocked it off, the right side bounced off the road.  You can see the marks on my helmet which thank fuck I was wearing.

I had to be given ketamine a class A narcotic to be able to set my arm.  I had a fractured wrist, broken arm and dislocated elbow.

The first cast kept my arm at a 90 degree angle which led to a frozen shoulder through lack of movement. A frozen shoulder is no joke that hurts as much as the broken arm.

The pay out I got for that was £40,000 although the solicitor took a hefty sum from it I was still left with a nice payout.

I suffer from that accident every day.  The pain, the discomfort affects every part of my life and capabilities.  I lose sleep because it wakes me up.  I earned that money.