Rachel’s Surgery, Baseball Injuries & Donuts 🍩

About this episode

Simon and Rachel discuss Rachel's surgery, Simon's baseball experiences, and various chaotic life events.

Simon and Rachel are back with one of the most chaotic Cherrywood Podcast catch-ups yet.From Rachel’s ACL reconstruction surgery and another unexpected hospital stay, to Simon getting smashed in the face with a baseball and somehow becoming a 50+ rookie athlete… this episode goes everywhere.We also talk about:Rachel’s recovery journeyThe scary morphine/liver reaction situationSimon’s first real baseball league gamesGetting recognised because of 50PlusRookieThe ridiculous "Can You Spot Rachel’s Dodgy Donut?" gameFlexiSpot contacting us out of the blueLife, injuries, sport, chaos and random nonsenseAs always… nothing’s off the table.#CherrywoodPodcast #50PlusRookie #Podcast⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 00:46 Podcast catch-up begins 01:44 Rachel explains her cricket injury 02:33 ACL reconstruction surgery explained 04:47 Rachel shows the bruising and scars 05:47 Previous hospital complications discussed 07:32 Rachel’s PSC/liver scare explained 09:01 Morphine reaction after surgery 11:05 Ambulance and hospital chaos 12:31 NHS pressure and hospital overcrowding 13:19 Was morphine causing the problem? 15:07 FlexiSpot sponsorship discussion 16:14 Simon’s standing desk obsession…

People in this episode

Hosts: Simon Burridge, Rachel Burridge

Topics covered

• surgery
• sports injuries
• baseball
• recovery journey
• hospital experiences
• chaos
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• surgery
• baseball
• 50PlusRookie
• hospital
• injuries
• recovery
• chaos
• FlexiSpot

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