Well, I have finally been discharged and am soooooooooooooooooo HAPPY to be home you wouldn't believe it! I had a pretty lonely time of it in hospital to be honest! I appreciate it isn't meant to be a "jolly" but none the less I felt somewhat "alone"! Graham did his best to juggle work, kids and home so his visits were "thin on the ground" and aside from a fleeting "hi" from Amy on her way to a "skating social" and a visit from one of her friends, I was alone for the last 4 nights! Well, as alone as you can be when you have lots of faeries to talk to ;-) I was as you can imagine high as a kite most of the time on the vast quantities of morphine etc that I was given to relax all the muscles to encourage the bone to start healing itself with the aid of several other pills and potions. I did use the time to devour several books and watch a load of junk on tv as well as adding some 15,000 words to the childrens book I have been trying to write since my arrival in Asia! I am now confident that there is an end in sight and already have a potential illustrator lined up in preparation for an attempt at publishing it!
I have seen the top spinal specialise who confirmed my fears that this injury is far from over and I am to expect the pain to last for several months with healing possible in 9-12months though complete recovery may not be possible and its likely to be one of those things that continues to nag over the years................HO HUM! Never mind - the improvement I feel so far is something though I am pretty sure thats a result of the drugs as I notice the severe pain return around half hour before the next dose is due! I am grateful to the specialist for having dealt with the "pain management" side of my problem as it was truely unbearable to say the least. I am at present sat on a huge blow up ring but can't say that completely resolves the issue but goes some way towards eleviating the pressure caused by sitting so creating a slightly more comfortable position in which to rest for a while. Standing is still by far the best place to be though isn't conclusive to a "restful day"!!!!
Thank you to all of you who have been so kind to me and shown so much care towards me.
A HUGE thank you to Graham for putting up with such a nuisance of a wife for so long with little in the way of complaint.....I love you!
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I guess all the running and cycling stuff is on hold but have you been in the pool? I wondered if that'd be the most painless place to be?
The pool is a consideration for "the future". Hydrotherapy is a great way of non impact therapy. It was the pool that was the greatest help to me when I was "learning to walk again" after my big foot operation last year. At present however, I am unable to do very little due to the severity of the pain and need to get to a poistion whereby the fracture is healing well enough that I can SAFELY excercise in ANY form. The Specialist has said that he has seen my kind of fracture shift to a 90 degree angle and that then becomes a BIG problem so I need to ensure as best I can this doesn't happen to me. It has already moved and other that an incision next to my anal passage to physically manipulate the fracture, nothing else can be done. The operation would come with many complication possiblities and wouldn't achieve much in the way of long term result so at present needs to be avoided. I pray my body starts to heal itself quickly so that the pain lifts but with a time line of 9-12 months I have a while to wait!!!!
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