Off to BKK to collect my repaired lens from Canon. Lunch at the Emporium and then headed for home, thinking of my plans to clean all my camera gear tomorrow. It’s wet, very wet, and there is a lot of traffic. Taking it east and trying to keep a gap to the car in front; and then …….. Nothing.
I have a passport in my hand and my camera bag and I am going somewhere…..Nothing.
I am in a hospital and someone is attending to my head.
Where am I, I mumble.
Bangkok Pattaya Hospital, is the answer.
You fuckers are expensive, I complain; probably not the wisest of comments given that there is a man with my scalp in his hands who is about to re-attach It with thirty stitches.
Next step is to find she who must be obeyed. Eventually she finds me by ringing my phone and hearing the voice of a cop. She arrives, looking slightly stunned, but then proceeds to sort out everthing that needed to be sorted out regarding insurance for the car me, and has since been a constant source of encouragement, succor and love.
Back on the operating table and my scalp has been re-attached, x-rays have been taken, and a fracture of the spine has been discovered (not vertebrae as previously reported).
This is not good news, but it could have been so much worse. And then it was off to the ICU. To be continued……
Postscript1: apparently I slid on a large amount of standing water on a badly constructed piece of road, hit a barrier and then barrel- rolled. The police said that 16 other cars had crashed at the spot on the same day! Perhaps when they get to 100 cars, they will erect a warning sign.
Postscript 2: I am writing this on my phone whilst lying on my back, apologies for any errors.
Comments 🔗
2008-10-27| SukPsycho saysWow. Sounds bad. Wish you to recover quickly.
Did they find Jenifer Love Hewitt with a part of your dick in her hand? :)
(Just trying to cool things down here, but I really feel for you).
2008-10-27| Camberley saysBest wishes mate
2008-10-28| chris sayswhen it rains it pours, hard luck, it could have been worse, you could have had no insurance and you would probobly be dead.
good luck for your recovery and hope your out for loy krathon.
ps them nurses are very very nice there!
2008-10-30| Spike saysI wrote the above lying in the ICU a few hours after the crash, out of my head on Morphine (Mmmm… Morphine); amazed it is actually understandable!
Thanks for the wishes,