This happened to one of my plants last year. I treated it like I would a broken leg  and gave it a splint, wrapped it up firmly, made sure I took the strain off it as it grew and fruited with strategic supports and hoped for the best. It worked a treat and It needed to, as I'd given away the other plant.
Good luck

I use them to perk up soil that needs a boost.
Also use them effectively as an alternative to growmore as plot 1 says.
And yes they are smelly!

Hi nerdle. Nice to hear from you again 

You could try Preloved or Pets4homes to see if anyone has older girls to retire.  You do sometimes also see people re-homing ex-bats, who are younger but have a fairly short lifespan once their laying days are over.  It might be worth getting 2 so if you lose another you are not in the same boat again.

It's finally stopped raining - but it's still grey, pretty windy and maxing out at 11c.  Feels more like October than the end of May.

All I can add to that is, this morning I'm drinking my mid-morning coffee in the greenhouse - says it all really 

Same here. Hate the flimsy ones as they are an absolute pain but don't know where to get decent ones on-line.