I just got back from visiting my local doctor. The news wasn't as awesome as I had hoped. Evidently, recovery time for nerve damage is going to take longer than I had hoped. Dr. Hoke told me that nerves repair themselves at the rate of millimetres per month and considering the size of my legs...
We decided to take his recommendations; continued time off from work and physical therapy.
I am very anxious about the extended time off from work (he thinks I should stay home until the end of April). I have classes starting soon and the ShalomPhone program requires a lot of over seeing. Plus I was about to start a video project that I was looking forward to doing.
I often tell friends and acquaintances who are undergoing physical therapy, "If it doesn't hurt, you're not doing it right." I guess there is such a thing as karma!
Anyway, "one task, one step, one day at a time." The next right thing is to post this and get the physical therapy arranged.
There are many different kinds of falls-economic, mental, physical & spiritual.I was labeled a "Fall Risk" the first time I went to the hospital for what was eventually diagnosed as Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, a progressive, auto immune disease.In a few weeks, I went from healthy to being an invalid and eventually almost completely paralyzed. With the help of God, loving family and friends, and modern science, I have begun to recover.
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I had a Dr. Hoke here at J.Hopkins in the nerve dept. That's strange. I've had a lot of plans that I made that I had to put on hold. While waiting on hold, I found that my directions shifted towards things that I hadn't even considered.
ReplyDeleteYes, I can't help but feel the same way.Here is a joke from a movie:
ReplyDeleteQ, How do you make God laugh?
A. Make a plan