Please forgive my absence this week. I will be out of action until next friday but I haven't given up on the challenge and will be rejoining asap. I was out for a run on Tuesday and say 2 young men beating up a 14/15 year old. I went over and managed to stop them but while doing so a 3rd man came from behind grabbed me by the throat and thumped me in the eye a couple of times before deciding to stamp and kick me on me while I was on the floor. The young guy got away, its good he did because I'm sure they would have killed him. I ended up with an eye injury though I lost my complete sight out of my right eye for a couple of days but its got better. I have about 15% total loss at the moment but the specialist I've been seeing believes it is bruising to the retina along with a slight bleed rather than long lasting damage so I'm hoping my site will return to normal very soon. Police are involved so I hope they catch him before he does it again. Because there has already been an internal bleed into my eye my specialist has told me not to do anything physical for at least a week because if i dislodge the clot I could start a more significant bleed which could permanently blind me so I'm not going to be up for heavy exercise until next Friday or Saturday. I will be thinking of you all and I'll rejoin you as soon as I think its safe

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Please forgive my absence this week. I will be out of action until next friday but I haven't given up on the challenge and will be rejoining asap. I was out for a run on Tuesday and say 2 young men beating up a 14/15 year old. I went over and managed to stop them but while doing so a 3rd man came from behind grabbed me by the throat and thumped me in the eye a couple of times before deciding to stamp and kick me on me while I was on the floor. The young guy got away, its good he did because I'm sure they would have killed him. I ended up with an eye injury though I lost my complete sight out of my right eye for a couple of days but its got better. I have about 15% total loss at the moment but the specialist I've been seeing believes it is bruising to the retina along with a slight bleed rather than long lasting damage so I'm hoping my site will return to normal very soon. Police are involved so I hope they catch him before he does it again. Because there has already been an internal bleed into my eye my specialist has told me not to do anything physical for at least a week because if i dislodge the clot I could start a more significant bleed which could permanently blind me so I'm not going to be up for heavy exercise until next Friday or Saturday. I will be thinking of you all and I'll rejoin you as soon as I think its safe

Yikes!! Be safe, and good on you for helping someone in trouble! Hopefully they catch them soon. Take it easy!