INJURED JOCKEY ROBBIE McNamara says he’s “very optimistic” as he continues his recovery from a horror racing fall.
The 26-year-old still has no feeling in his legs but for the first time since spinal surgery, he was allowed out of his hospital bed on Tuesday to enjoy the Dublin sun.
“I’m feeling great,” he told The Final Furlong podcast.
“I took it on board very, very early on. I’m still very optimistic.
“I’ve no feeling in my legs at the minute but I’m very optimistic. It’s early days.
My back is badly battered and bruised, and there’s a lot of swelling and bruising, and I’m hopeful that once all that swelling and bruising goes down that some of the nerve damage might repair and some of the feeling might come back.
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McNamara was rushed to hospital with severe chest, abdominal and spinal injuries following a serious accident at Wexford earlier this month.
He faces a long road to recovery but insists he’s had no negative thoughts at all about the battle he faces.
“I’m very active every day. I’m doing physio already. I’m working on balance and reflexes.
“I broke eight ribs and cracked six vertebrae as well so I can’t do anything very strenuous so I’m just kind of passing by the day but I’ve visitors every day and going for x-rays and doing different things.
You’ve plenty to keep you occupied — I haven’t even got around to television yet. I’ve plenty to do during the day.
“I’m enjoying my days, I’m in great spirits, and enjoying it. No negative thoughts whatsoever so happy out.”
Originally published at 13.16
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And if he hadn’t tried to amalgamate the middle eastern countries to take control if it’s oil reserves by trading it in denar instead of dollars, he may well still be alive. Great to see Libya thriving today though under western democracy
@domas1507: I must add though that the counter argument would be that if we hadn’t delivered “democracy” then we would have lost control of a vital resource and we would possibly be the countries in turmoil. So it all depends on how you like you bread buttered I suppose
@domas1507: yeah, but more importantly, who won the match?
@Conoroconnor: Watch it tonight… Exclusively on RTE
@Gary Donlan: indeed I will. I have it set to record.
@Conoroconnor: ended 1-1
@domas1507: spoiler alert ffs!
The gas thing here is that Hughey made his close friend Larry Goodman a rich man because of sending beef to Libya. The same fella today has a monopoly on Irish beef factories because he holds the only offal license in the country. He uses this to keep the price of beef paid to farmers low.
Also look up the beef tribunal and how Haughey bailed out Goodman after the US invaded Iraq and Goodman went bankrupt.
Farmer gets €1200 for his product, he keeps them for 30 months. The factory and the supermarket get €1500 in profits for a few days work.
Each animal is worth about €2700 when sold to the consumer.
@great gael of Eire:Didnt know Hughey was friends with Larry Goodman. I’ve never seen him drinking in mccoys
@Peter Govan: Very good. Haha
Poor Gaddafi. Iti was probably the BSE beef that did it.