Stephen Fry broke pelvis, hip, leg and ribs in O2 stage fall

Actor Stephen Fry stated he’s nonetheless “self-conscious” when he leaves the home with out his strolling stick, which he has been utilizing since falling six ft onto a concrete flooring.

Fry, 66, was leaving the stage at London’s O2 Arena in September when he fell and ended up being taken to hospital.

Speaking to the BBC, he stated he’s “now without a stick” after the accident, which left him with damaged bones.

He stated: “I did my bow after delivering this lecture, turned to go off stage and didn’t realise that I was walking off a part of the stage where there was nothing.

“Six-foot drop onto concrete.

“So I broke my right leg in a couple of places and my hip and my pelvis in four places and a bunch of ribs.

“I’m now tremendous. I’m now and not using a stick. Like Lazarus, I’ve solid apart my crutches and stick.”

On what it’s prefer to not use his strolling stick, Fry added: “More than helping you walk and being some support, [it] is a flag to everyone around.

“And I stay in central London the place, as you understand, the pavements are completely packed, so folks all of a sudden cease to take an image of the lights and also you get very nervous about bumping into folks when it is slidy and slippy, with a moist leaf on the pavement.

“Actually it’s been fine so far, but I kind of feel a bit self-conscious without the stick.”

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The former QI host additionally spoke in regards to the therapy he obtained whereas in hospital, and stated a surgeon warned he might be recovering for “months and months” except he took the prescribed painkiller.

According to Fry, the surgeon stated: “For six or seven weeks you’ll lie without being able to move and what will happen to your muscles… they’ll be atrophied, and your recovery will be months and months and months.”

He went on to thank what he referred to as the “extraordinary” well being service.

Earlier this yr he joined a marketing campaign for public possession of the NHS referred to as We Own It, which criticises the outsourcing of providers.

In a video launched by the group’s web page on X, he stated: “We own it. It’s ours. The NHS belongs to us.”