The cervical bone in my neck must have been badly broken

Well I saw the specialist and the news is good and bad-ish.

I can start driving immediately (1 June) so long as I take it very slowly and wear my cervical collar for confidence.

I can start physiotherapy to build my strength but cannot do ant muscle building work or anything that involves my neck or head. No stretching to left and right, no massages. I go on the Thursday of this week. I will have letters from both specialists and probably the GP about what I can and can't do. It will be very important to use my shoulder and keep up the movement it has left.

On the other hand, there will be no surgery until my neck is completely healed. This will probably be during October. Recovery will take a year or so from then.

I spoke to my shrink about operation fears and I am so glad I did. He gave me 2 things to think about. Firstly, it took a really huge smash to break the bone in my neck in the first place, not just a drop from trolley height. Also, I never damaged the nerves around my cervical spine, just the spine itself. My spine is healing, My nerve's were never broken. Finally he has told me to see my GP. I made an appointment for later this week and I'm going to ask him heaps of questions.

Its all a bit much to take in.. More later, especially about the road stuff... Too many yucky thoughts right now...