In December 2006 when a car drove into me while stationary in my Honda 90 causing the motorbike to fall on my left leg, which contains a metal plate and 12 screws, ankle to shin (half way up my leg). This caused me trauma and extensive pain and swelling on my already damaged leg and right knee. The hospital said I had a meniscus tear and wanted me to have an operation – instead I had about 15 months of acupuncture (often 40 needles at a time) and the hospital doctors were amazed at the improvement, not then needing an operation and had to admit acupuncture works!