damaged , leaving my leg paralyzed from the knee down .
Kate Monahan : You had literally hit a wall before , and had injuries at high speeds ; what was it like to have an injury from a simple slip ? John Farrow : Confusing , depressing , unfair . I didn ’ t handle it too well to begin with . I questioned the world , I questioned life , I had done everything right , I had given my best efforts and this is how I was rewarded ? Losing feeling in a leg , being stuck in a bed for
3 months , not being able to walk properly , falling over just trying to get out of bed . It angered me and I was pissed at the world . Had I done it doing risky stuff like on the track at 80 mph , then fine , that ’ s the risk we take ; but just from a slip ?! My physios even asked me if I was doping or on steroids because they couldn ’ t see how this injury can happen normally . Being clean , that pissed me off even more .
Kate Monahan : How did you manage the news of the possibility of not racing again ? John Farrow : While lying in hospital beds not being able to walk or move , you have a lot of time to think . My first hospital stay was 10 days . 10 days looking at a ceiling , thinking . In that time , I thought a lot about what I will do now , what normal job will I get , what will I fill my days with . Day after day , nothing felt right , no ideas satisfied me , the only thing I wanted to do was ride that sled again . I made a little deal that I wouldn ’ t let this injury or anything stop me from doing what I really want to do in life . If in my heart I wanted to get on that sled , then whatever recovery was coming my way I was going to face it . I didn ’ t want to give up on myself ever again and all I wanted to do was not let this injury take me down . I wanted to be better than I was before it . My world champs rank number was number 27 , I decided I am going to beat that and won ’ t stop until I am better than before the injury and that way I know I defeated it . So , by the time I was seeing physios and doctors and in rehab ,
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