Monday 6 September – I don’t think you understand
06 Sep 2010 1 Comment
in Words Tags: bone repair, Bum, Cycling accident, frustration, learn, pelvis, soft tissue damage, truth
We have a family tradition where we share our high’s and low’s for the week at Sunday dinner. All my kids have seen my accident as a ‘high’ especially Page who has loved having more mom time. How can it be a high?!
Clearly my frustration and pain is not fully understood because a friend asked me on Friday last week “So are you off the crutches yet? Surely you’re not in pain any longer?” I don’t think you understand….
It’s been a week since my last blog post purely because after saying “ I’m feeling strong” last Monday I couldn’t find much else positive to say. The truth is:-
- I’m really tired of asking for help (and believe me, so are my children – I can hear their eye’s rolling when I call!)
- Not even being able to fill the kettle and make myself a cup of tea is getting to me (although less sugar in my diet has had some reward)
- Being unable to bear any weight on my right leg is really tiresome
* remember I can’t hop or swing my leg freely. The pelvis is not strapped together in any way so keeping my bones in place is not done by a plaster cast, I have to keep it all aligned without placing too much pressure on either side of the pelvis. It is a constant struggle and a never-ending learning curve of what works and doesn’t* - It’s easier to grin-and-bear-it rather than ask AGAIN for help or move yourself and endure the physical struggle/discomfort
- Having both my pubis and bum bone uncomfortable does not a happy chappy make as it’s both back and front so no escape missy
- The bones are not grating anymore, but soft tissue discomfort is still debilitating
So here’s the good news – this week I start training! *woop woop* I’ve been told swimming will be good and I’m keen to try.
The logistics of taking a simple swim are interesting. Getting into the pool should be as easy as a controlled belly flop. Getting out of the pool without the ability to put any weight on my right leg or for that matter hop up the stairs is a challenge. I also can’t just pull up onto the side and flop on my bum. I think asking one of those buff weight training dude’s to haul me out may be a plan. Hehe.
Oh and to my children – I’m thinking of ways to create more mommy time, I’ve got to go back to being economically active soon.
Thursday 26th August 2010 – My leg moves!
26 Aug 2010 Leave a Comment
in Words Tags: Bum, Freaky, pelvis
I've got a long way to go, but I'm getting better
I fully understand that my tendons and muscles are attached to the broken bits of pelvis and that the body stops the use of those muscles to assist healing. To compensate I’ve been taught some neat tricks to move more easily: when getting in and out of bed as an example, I balance my right leg on top of the left and then use the strength of the good leg to move the bad one. It works and I marvel at the painless move every time – unless of course my rear doesn’t slide easily on the surface and then it’s just a pain in the bum.
I’ve been in full control of this broken part of me until this morning. I woke up, carefully rolled over and my right leg did a big jiggedy-jig-jig-bounce-bounce all on its own! Gavin’s cry of “what was that” got a response of “I don’t know but get it out of my bed!”
Obviously my body is registering the muscles and testing the mechanisms. FREAKY but good at the same time. What fascinates me is that as hard as I try, if I’m standing on my left good leg I cannot lift my right leg up without manual assistance. I’ve got a long road ahead of me, but I am getting better!
