The rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated

I've been fairly lucky in my career, I've only had a few injuries and they were nothing too serious. They've been mainly strains or bruising. I had a black eye once and my nose has been broken (same incident). I regularly wake up the next day after having a bit of a roll around too stiff to even stand up. Being a bit older and bit wiser nowadays I try not to leap in like it's a playground bundle...after all most of my assailants are at least half my age and very light on their feet. The odds are generally against me.
As you get older and remain on response teams you should continue to work out regularly, eat well and get your rest. You should be mindful of the demands on your body that working shifts can bring. Eating junk food should be a no-no, replacing it with fruit and the like.






So why am I lecturing you? Well these are all the things I should have been doing prior to me launching myself down a flight of stairs and breaking my ankle. In two places. This has led to an operation and a minimum 8 week convalescence period. It's day 7 and I am so bored.
This wasn't done at work, but at home moving a mattress down the stairs. I simply lost my footing and the next thing I knew I was screaming at the sight of my right foot at an alarming angle in comparison to my leg. The sound of my ankle breaking and the image of bone trying to break through skin will never leave me. The job have been great. 6 months on full pay, the next six after half pay. I'm rather hoping I go back within 3 months. I've had a visit from my Sergeant and colleagues, all bringing gifts and taking the piss. Nothing less than I expected really.

So please excuse the absence of any blog posts over the next few months, if I do blog they will be 'retrospective' entries. I have call of duty 6 to master (doubtful) and numerous DVD boxsets to get through. I've even got a Sergeants exam to study for, now that will be challenging to fit that all in!

So, please be safe out there, you never know when things will come and bite you on the arse. I'm fortunate that this will heal, if it happened on job time I could be looking at some decent compo too but that isn't the point. I would much rather I hadn't been too impatient to wait for assistance. Can't stand the thought of 8 weeks of Jeremy Kyle or loose women.


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