Simon added: "I've never been in this situation in my life where you literally can't move.The pain was off the charts. But you've got to stay positive."I made a promise to myself I'd be fitter than I was before I had the accident.Sure enough, that's what happened." He said the worst part of his ordeal was the fear of "embarrassing" himself in front of his seven-year-old son Eric.He said: "I was so embarrassed about coming home looking about 100, because I couldn't walk, and I have these metal rods in my back and these screws."I said, 'Lauren, I just don't know how to explain it to Eric.'"She obviously said something to him because he came in.
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