To Thank You All For Being Such Neat People
01-26-2011, 05:50 PM
#61
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 1,522
Girlfriend.... I LOVE your attitude! You may have gotten shoved to the ground.... but by golly.... you AIN'T staying there. Some folks would have sit down and given up. Kudos to you!
Please keep us updated with your progress.
{Hugs} and +prayers+
Please keep us updated with your progress.
{Hugs} and +prayers+
01-26-2011, 09:05 PM
#67
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Upstate NY, north of Syracuse Area
Posts: 6,003
Your Yes I Will, By Gosh attitude is the best friend you have right now, and always. The rest of us are here to be your cheerleaders!! Many of us know about living with pain and struggling every day to do things that we used to do without a thought. And we are all here to support, encourage and listen if sometimes you just need to vent.
Sewing and quilting is such a great therapy... it keeps us going and I love it.
You are a fighter and you are a winner! Keep up the great job. Hugs and smiles...
Sewing and quilting is such a great therapy... it keeps us going and I love it.
You are a fighter and you are a winner! Keep up the great job. Hugs and smiles...
01-26-2011, 11:19 PM
#68
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Portland, OR via Hawaii
Posts: 1,342
Take this from a retired RN ...
Medicine can do only so much, but the biggest factor in recovery is the individual will.
Attitude really counts. I have personally taken care of people who had the strong desire to overcome some of the worse conditions and did, while unfortunately some chose the other path.
Mental attitude is important...and you will eventually do a lot more than was predicted. I do hope that one of your goals is to some day walk into that doctor's office to show him that you did accomplish what he once said would not happen.
Sometimes specialists get overloaded with cases and just forget to impart some degree of hope while also mentioneding the potential for a negative outcome. I do think he would welcome your visit. :thumbup:
In the meantime...take care, one day at a time...damage to nerves takes a very, very long time to heal, but keep up the good work, if you have been referred to a physical therapist keep at it...if not, ask your doctor about any benefits that might be gained from going to one. If nothing else, they will be able to teach the right things to do and the proper way of doing them while observing while exercised are done.
Thoughts and prayers head your way. :thumbup:
Medicine can do only so much, but the biggest factor in recovery is the individual will.
Attitude really counts. I have personally taken care of people who had the strong desire to overcome some of the worse conditions and did, while unfortunately some chose the other path.
Mental attitude is important...and you will eventually do a lot more than was predicted. I do hope that one of your goals is to some day walk into that doctor's office to show him that you did accomplish what he once said would not happen.
Sometimes specialists get overloaded with cases and just forget to impart some degree of hope while also mentioneding the potential for a negative outcome. I do think he would welcome your visit. :thumbup:
In the meantime...take care, one day at a time...damage to nerves takes a very, very long time to heal, but keep up the good work, if you have been referred to a physical therapist keep at it...if not, ask your doctor about any benefits that might be gained from going to one. If nothing else, they will be able to teach the right things to do and the proper way of doing them while observing while exercised are done.
Thoughts and prayers head your way. :thumbup:
01-27-2011, 12:17 AM
#70
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Central Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
Posts: 7,695
Originally Posted by Robin H
When I signed on here, I had mentioned that I had a bad car accident.
August 13th, I was heading north less than a block from my home when a guy heading south cut me off with a left turn so he could get into a parking lot driveway. He smashed into the front wheel on my driver's side, and plowed me up over a curb and into a block wall. My knees smashed into the dash board, my right ankle was jammed onto the pedal. My left thumb was jammed back into its joint and won't budge, my left wrist, arm and shoulder are all messed up. I had a concussion, whiplash, back and neck injuries, and nerve damage to my legs. I have been bedridden until recently.
A neurologist that I saw last month had the nerve to tell me that I would never walk or drive again.
"Well, I'll show you," I thought, and decided that I had to take matters into my own hands. With the help of a walker and a cane, I am getting better at walking every day. I found that it is next to impossible to push the foot pedal on my sewing machine but I had the determination to do it and I work at it a little at a time. To sew without the use of my left thumb is an enormous challenge, especially when my whole left arm is weak and painful and just about every other part of my body is in pain 24 hours a day.
I made the Raggedy Ann and her clothes using my own pattern, some time ago. I hope to be able to get back to that level of sewing some day. Until then, struggling with another pair of potholders will keep me in the "quilting" realm.
Although I have only been at the quilting board a short time, you have all been so kind with your encouragement and positive comments, not only to me but to each other. It brightens my day to be "around" such kind and thoughtful people.
I have an appointment with an orthopedic doctor tomorrow. Hopefully he will give me a better prognosis. Wish me luck?
August 13th, I was heading north less than a block from my home when a guy heading south cut me off with a left turn so he could get into a parking lot driveway. He smashed into the front wheel on my driver's side, and plowed me up over a curb and into a block wall. My knees smashed into the dash board, my right ankle was jammed onto the pedal. My left thumb was jammed back into its joint and won't budge, my left wrist, arm and shoulder are all messed up. I had a concussion, whiplash, back and neck injuries, and nerve damage to my legs. I have been bedridden until recently.
A neurologist that I saw last month had the nerve to tell me that I would never walk or drive again.
"Well, I'll show you," I thought, and decided that I had to take matters into my own hands. With the help of a walker and a cane, I am getting better at walking every day. I found that it is next to impossible to push the foot pedal on my sewing machine but I had the determination to do it and I work at it a little at a time. To sew without the use of my left thumb is an enormous challenge, especially when my whole left arm is weak and painful and just about every other part of my body is in pain 24 hours a day.
I made the Raggedy Ann and her clothes using my own pattern, some time ago. I hope to be able to get back to that level of sewing some day. Until then, struggling with another pair of potholders will keep me in the "quilting" realm.
Although I have only been at the quilting board a short time, you have all been so kind with your encouragement and positive comments, not only to me but to each other. It brightens my day to be "around" such kind and thoughtful people.
I have an appointment with an orthopedic doctor tomorrow. Hopefully he will give me a better prognosis. Wish me luck?
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