Phew - that's pretty awful The only thing I can say is that at least you keep fighting. Even if you only ride your bike a bit it's still one in the eye for the b*****ds who wrote you off.

A few years ago there was a story about a British female triathlete who was due to compete in the Worlds Championships, when she got knocked off her bike while out on a training ride. She was left paralysed from the waist down and everyone just pretty much wrote her off.

Well, the Worlds came around only about 8 months after her accident but there she was, competing against the other wheel chair users. I'm afraid I can't remember her result but the story has always stuck in my mind.