Back home

Well, i'm back home and walking (just). My legs are really swollen and the pain generally is pretty unpleasant. No position is comfortable. Sleep is just not happening and i'm not into my food (that's very strange for me). Curently lost over 10kg's in weight and expecting another loss when the water leaves my legs. They are quite the sight. Bruises everywhere.

Have got some pretty darn fine pain killers for the night time now. Morphine is good stuff. 

A bit of a setback

Appologies for the long silence. How life can turn quickly. At the Carta Rally in Morocco earlier in the year I really struggled towards the end of the race and blamed it on the diagnised osteoarthritis and just getting old. The final 2 days I was really off the pace and it was a real push just to finish and get that 3rd place on the podium. At one point I had crashed off the back of a dune and just didnt have the strength to pick up the bike. I was out of breath and just feeling sick constantly. Nothing made sense at all.

Got home and started feeling very rough but didn't take much notice of it. Had a few more of these episodes and finally I got admitted to hospital and it was discovered that I was having a heart attack! Ended up in Exeter hospital where we tried for stents but during the operation they found multiple issues and it was decided that a triple bypass was needed. So here I am many months later in a very unexpected situation and in intensive care after having the surgery. They tell me it went well. I feel terrible. 

Should be home in the next 3 to 4 days. They don't want you hanging around and to be fair that's fine with me. They tell me that I have unknowingly been unwell for some time which does answer a few questions. They also tell me I will fully recover in the next 12 months and I'll be back to full health and basically be stronger than ever. Looking forward to that.