[Atlantic Cleaning]

Went to my first customer today all went well, as I left I walked up the path and bang slipped on some leaves fell and badly dislocted my right knee, my knee cap was pushed right round to the right of my leg and the lower bone was pushing out the side. Had to be taken to hospital by Ambulance and have it popped back in place, this has got to be the worst pain I experienced ever. I am sitting here tonight with my leg bound in a splint dosed up on pain killers feeling very sore and sorry for myself... 

So lets be carefull out there lol


A very sore Duncan

[benny d]

Did you do your other jobs later ?   

[Atlantic Cleaning]

  I wish

[Mark Roberts]

Someone did that too me with a cricket ball, painful aint it !!

You now need a few beers with the pain killers and your soon forget you ever had legs 

Mark

[Robert Watson]

Yeah, the number one problem with self employment.
Sometimes I feel like I`m walking on a tightrope.
But Hey. Nowadays it`s pretty much the same for everbody.
Sorry to bring you all down.
I`ll go and stand in a corner now. 
Speedy recovery to you.

[Mike Osbourne]

That's crap. How long will it take before you are up and running or walking maybe?

[dave washbrook]

sorry to put a dampner on your situation but i dislocated my knee 20 years ago and i'm still having a lot of trouble with it i've since had 5 operations

hope fully you will be more lucky and make a quick recovery

all the best

dave

[Robert Watson]

I would just like to reiterate what I said - if you are self-employed and you are hurt or take ill,  then you are not earning.

" How long will it take before you are up and running or walking maybe?"

Surely that depends on how badly injured or ill you are.

All the best.
Rab

[dave401uk]

bad  luck even more so at this time of year...wishing you a speedy recovery

Dave

[Damian]

Get well soon Duncan-best of luck chap.

Damian.

[Mike Osbourne]

I would just like to reiterate what I said - if you are self-employed and you are hurt or take ill,  then you are not earning.

" How long will it take before you are up and running or walking maybe?"

Surely that depends on how badly injured or ill you are.

All the best.
Rab

No poo, hadn't thought of that.

[cleaning co]

your lucky least u got to your job !!!  i smashed my right knee cap into 10 bits on way to job one morning lol and the custy got hump    now held together with lots wire and screws 

[Atlantic Cleaning]

Thank you all for your concern It means a lot

Duncan 

[thepez17]

i cringed when i read your post. man, i hope you get better soon.

did the customer help you?

[NigelD]

Duncan

Hope you are back working soonest.

I think anyone who posts here will here have had paused for a moment, it can happen to anyone of us so easily.

Regards

Nigel

[derikraven]

you mean to say you can't work on one leg....Hmmmph.....whimp!

[Atlantic Cleaning]

 

[Geoff Jewkes]

Get well soon, hope your recovery is a speedy one!    Geoff

[Chris R]

How long will you be off for?

Have you got any accident  insurance ?

I fell last week, but luckly I landed on the 50ft of hose I was carrying 

Made me think though, having to take the next month off would cost a fortune 

hope you are well soon

Chris

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I once had accident insurance, it's a load of rubbish!

There are variances on what caver but briefly:-

there is always an waiting period before you can clain minimum 4 weeks also they only pay a % of your wages, not your costs.

ie you take £100 a day and £50 is profit and they only pay 75% of your gross book profit = £37.50 which means that you aren't covering your costs.

I didn't think it was good sense

Shaun