[Slacky]

Which hospital Matt?
Hope you are not in to much pain.

Basingstoke.

[colin bird]

Get well soon mate,and look forward to you retirement in canada

[zesty]

That sounds pretty nasty indeed.

Glad you’re ok, that’s the main thing. Hope the recovery is swift with no long term aches and pains.

A warning to us all.

No money is worth the risk on some of these jobs!

[Jonny 87]

Wowzers.

Just shows how we all should never be complacent, not long now till your recovering in greener pastures abroad.

All the best with your recovery.

[Slacky]

Just been told there’s also a small leak in one of my lungs caused by one of the ribs that snapped ….

[Arnold Palmer]

Just been told there’s also a small leak in one of my lungs caused by one of the ribs that snapped ….

That sounds fun.

Really hope things improve for you soon.

[Don Kee]

You’ll always have this story to tell when people ask you about retiring!!

In all seriousness, sorry to hear about your fall mate and hope you recover quickly x

[jo5hm4n]

I just hope that most of your rounds are sold, or the process or retiring and selling the business is virtually done, as would of been awful if that happened before you had even started to sell up and then being off work for a long time/permanently.

The main thing is you are alive.  I'll never understand the universe, the timing on you falling off a roof just weeks before retirement is actually insane, like what are the odds of that.

I hope you make a full recovery and then you can enjoy your retirement abroad.

[Jay Le Huray]

Get well soon buddy

[richard connett]

Puts everything in perspective doesn’t it. As spinal tap might say “too much f***ing perspective”  get well soon and good luck with your move.  Another lesson for us all to heed

[dazmond]

A bleed on the brain can be very serious  indeed.hope you make a full recovery Matt.....the ribs will be very sore for a good while,every time you laugh,cough or strain on the toilet you ll be in a world of pain.....

I got rid of every single job that required a ladder at the start of this year due to a window cleaner I worked for back in 1992 having a fall just before xmas at the age of 75,he was only a few weeks from retirement too...

He s still not made a full recovery and it's ruined his retirement plans

[Perfect Windows]

Hope it all works out for you; sounds like you had a lucky escape - could have been so much worse.

I'd been encouraging franchisees to stop using ladders; thanks to this (eight feet, ffs!) we're stopping full stop.

Vin

[Stoots]

Hope everything turns out ok, typical that life would throw this at you with you about to retire.

Just goes to show it doesnt take a huge height to do the damage just a bad landing.

[Slacky]

A bleed on the brain can be very serious  indeed.hope you make a full recovery Matt.....the ribs will be very sore for a good while,every time you laugh,cough or strain on the toilet you ll be in a world of pain.....

I got rid of every single job that required a ladder at the start of this year due to a window cleaner I worked for back in 1992 having a fall just before xmas at the age of 75,he was only a few weeks from retirement too...

He s still not made a full recovery and it's ruined his retirement plans

You’re right.

I saw a scan of the bleed. The good thing is it’s a surface bleed so if it continues it’s easier to resolve than something that is 4” down.

All signs since the accident have been good and promising, all heading in the right direction. Vital signs have been measured every 4 hours and no indication of a reoccurrence or of it not going away.

[The Jester of Wibbly]

All the best buddy.  One scary event we all dread happening.

Take care chap.

[Tam1872]

Broken ribs sound like nothing if you havent broken them before,  I’ve broken ribs on 2 occasions and the pain your in is unbelievable

[Slacky]

Broken ribs sound like nothing if you havent broken them before,  I’ve broken ribs on 2 occasions and the pain your in is unbelievable

Yes. Trying to right yourself to get out of bed with 4 busted ribs is agonising. To the point of blackout.

It’s like they don’t inform you of everything at once; they’ve now confirmed I had a punctured lung and punctured ear drum.

[zesty]

You’re going to be in the wars for a couple more weeks. Are you due out of hospital soon?

[Slacky]

I was released two days ago but woke up yesterday morning at 3:30 - not good.

I called an ambulance and they readmitted me.

Since yesterday they’ve done two scans. The first one showed the possibility of a slight additional bleed on one of the two haemorrages.

The latest scan today I was also injected with a dye to show deeper blood vessels within the brain. All good there.



The bruises aren’t from injuries, they’re from the cannulas I’ve had inserted in the last week.

[Smudger]

oh joy!