A morning out and Special K / Una mañana afuera y especial K

Just for a change, here is a more up-to-date post on my recent meeting with a man with a Taser and his friend with ketamine.
I think I’ve said, my high-level spinal injury means I will spend the rest of my life on a ventilator. Although, that’s the normal outcome, it is not quite true. There is a chance – about 50/50 – that a pacemaker (in addition to my redundant heart pacemaker) can be used to stimulate the phrenic nerve that drives my diaphragm. At best, this can mean I won’t need a ventilator at all. […]

Crash – Choque

It is possible to piece together what happened to me from correspondence with the race organisers, medical staff and cyclists who stopped to help. Of the day of the event – April 27 – I have no memories other than parking my car, shivering at the starting point with thousands of other cyclists and then dropping my warm jacket with my wife at a roundabout in Pollenca. […]