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Bladder, bowels and sex: Learning to live after my mountain accident

Niall McCann on how he鈥檚 learnt to deal with the unexpected 鈥 and sometimes inconvenient 鈥 ways his spinal cord injury has changed his life.

In 2016, Niall McCann was left with a bruised spinal cord when he crashed his speed glider into the side of a mountain at 50mph.

He shares his journey to recovery and some unexpected life lessons he has had to navigate, from soiling himself in inconvenient places and not being able to control his flatulence, to having to re-learn how to have sex again.

We also hear from a Brecon Mountain Rescue medic on what looked like an 鈥渦nsurvivable鈥 situation and Niall鈥檚 surgeon on fixing his 鈥渆xploded鈥 spine.

Presenter: Smitha Mundasad
Producer: Gerry Holt
Editor: Holly Squire

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28 minutes

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Wed 17 Jan 2024 15:30

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