My Fabulous Femur
From freak accident to Bionic Woman!
Welcome..
The femur. Your thigh bone, the largest and strongest bone in the body, the hardest thing to break and vital for maintaining your overall balance and circulatory system..
Hi, I'm Sophie, and I managed to snap mine in a freak accident on the final of the British Touring Car Championship at the iconic Brands Hatch race circuit. As if this wasn't uncool enough, I wasn't even racing a car!! My life changed dramatically in that split second. For anyone this is major, but especially if like me, you've spent all your early years on ice as a professional ice skater, getting swung around by your ankles for fun and STILL NEVER broke a bone!! Excuse me life- I'm young, fit and healthy- I do broken hearts, not broken bones! (Neither of which are fun of course.)
What's transpired since this savage break has been character building, terrifying, incredible, frustrating, inspiring, heart warming, humbling and (continues to be) one of the biggest lessons in "Grow some balls!" I've ever had.
Here in this blog I'm going to take you with me on the long old road to recovery, right from the moment it happened, to the people surrounding me, the major surgery, my first ever stint in hospital, the reality of the overstretched but heaven-sent NHS, plus some funny and scary things too- that may or may not involve poo or my cubicle neighbour going on a midnight rampage!
I really couldn't be doing this without all the support I've received. I promise it won't be too squirm inducing!
Thanks for reading,
Big love,
Sophie
x
PS- On the subject of support, since I'm unable to work right now and I've had to cancel all my gigs (literally breaks my heart as I'm self-employed and LOVE what I do), two of my wonderful friends Paul & Clare- without telling me- set up a JustGiving page to help raise funds for my recovery costs and necessary treatments to get me back on my feet as quickly as possible. I haaaaattteeee asking for help and I would never set something like this up for myself, but they went and did it, and people clicked it and actually donated!!
This still blows my mind and makes my heart burst that folk would do that. I want to thank each and every one of you and hug you for longer than you're probably comfortable with. So, I'll also be using this blog to document how those kind donations are helping me through rehabilitation and enabling me to get the right treatments I need.
If you're by any way intrigued by what you've read so far, my first book came out earlier this year. It's basically my (early) life story but with characters. Here's the links if you want to check it out. I hope it entertains you!:
