[Niamh.]

When i worked in a bar years ago i damaged nerves in the base of my left thumb when the neck of a bottle of wine I was opening snapped in my hand. So I had stitches and a bandage on that and at the time I was living above an old pub and it had all these small steps everywhere and I tripped on one of them and when i was falling I automatically pulled my arms up to protect my thumb, landed on my elbows and ended up with my other arm in a sling (thankfully it turned out not to be broken) for a weekish so I had no hands to use for that time, it was horrendous