@mandy.keen5: 💥🚨Crash Update – Part 5🚨💥 Three days later, I finally have my back brace. 🙌 It was fitted, I was discharged from the hospital, and for the first time in what felt like forever… I was standing again. I have to wear this brace day and night for the next 3 months, but being able to walk again after spending three days flat on my back felt incredible. I couldn’t sit up, I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t even roll onto my side without the nurses shouting at me. Standing felt like getting a little piece of freedom back. Emotionally though… this has been the hardest part. I’m absolutely gutted. This holiday feels like it barely even started before it was over. All I want to do is ride my bike, session some amazing features, soak up the incredible atmosphere that the MTB community always brings, eat some amazing french food and swim across Lac Montriond. Instead, I’m heading home early with a back brace and a fractured spine. I’ll miss the rest of this trip. I’ll miss the summer riding season. Everything I’ve been looking forward to is going to have to wait until next year. That really hurts. But as disappointed as I am, I also know how lucky I am. It could have been so much worse. So now the focus changes. Recovery comes first. I’ll do everything I can to heal properly, stay positive, and come back stronger. The mountains aren’t going anywhere… and neither am I. 💕🚴‍♀️🤘 Thank you to everyone who’s messaged, checked in, and sent your support. It has genuinely meant the world to me. A special thank you to my amazing husband, @rob.keen . 🤍 From calling for help on the trail, to spending hours by my hospital bed, sorting out all the logistics, and cutting his own holiday short without a second thought… he’s been by my side every single step of the way. This wasn’t how either of us imagined our trip ending, but I honestly couldn’t have got through it without him. Thank you for looking after me when I needed it most. I love you. 🤍🤍🤍 #mtbcrash #fracturedvertebra #mtbgirl #comebackstronger #roadtorecovery

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