When the Weekly catches up with broadcaster Kerre Woodham, her blue eyes are sparkling and she is radiating joy.
“Accidents happen,” she declares, “but that doesn’t mean we can’t mitigate against them.”
Sitting down for lunch, the 59-year-old is reflecting on a dangerous and painful fall she had four months ago that has ultimately changed her life – for the better.
“It’s amazing that what I thought was the worst thing, a really bad thing that had happened, has actually turned out to be a really good thing,” she says.
What happened was a fall at a wedding on December 3 last year. Her body weight landed on her elbow, smashing it so badly, she required an operation to repair it. And while she only had one week off work – a friend put her up in a nearby apartment so she could walk because she couldn’t drive
