Injured jockey Robbie McNamara says he has turned the corner on the road to recovery after going through a "tough" period.
The Limerick man suffered multiple injuries, including eight broken ribs, a punctured lung and fractured vertebrae, after a fall in Wexford last April.
"The last two or three weeks I’ve turned the corner"
He is now undergoing rehab in Dublin and in an upcoming interview with RTÉ’s Saturday Sport, he speaks about his attitude to the recovery process and the effect of the accident on his family.
The 26-year-old said: “At the very start, I think it was the night I came out of my operation, I was obviously enjoying myself on medication, and I came around and my father and mother were there.
“They started to cry and I told them that if they were going to start crying to go and do it somewhere else.
“Early on I was in great form and it made things a lot easier on them but five or six weeks in the medication started to wear off and reality set in a bit and I started to find it tough.
“I tried not to show that in front of my parents but they could sense it and that was a few tough weeks for all of us.
“But the last two or three weeks I’ve turned the corner. It’s a lot easier on them now as well I can see.
“I had a great weekend at home in Limerick, it was my first time [back] home. My mother, when I was heading back, she had a bit of a tear in her eye, she was so happy with how the weekend went.
“She realised that I was enjoying myself again and back to my old self.”
An extended interview with Robbie McNamara can be heard on Saturday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1 tomorrow from 4pm.
Had a lovely trip to @MoyglareStud on Friday. Met up with my old friend Forgotten Rules. He was asking what happened pic.twitter.com/nae3Y6irl2
— Robbie McNamara (@RobbiepMcN) July 19, 2015
