Thanks SelaThat was a good one, and a therapist can do much, as the ones in my Rehab did to get me stronger and up and ambulating on crutches, although I didn't 'walk' out of the hospital.
More and more strength came to me as time passed and I kept using the crutches. Let's say 2 years altogether to become comfortable on them.
At this point NOW, I am back to about where I was when I entered Rehab at age 30, gym twice a day, arm exercises twice a day. break for lunch, break for dinner....................................I swear to the Heavens above, I cannot do that now at 69, until I am 71, then fall and break a hip and end up in the w/c for the rest of my life. It's time to be old............but it is not time for me to be lazy. IMAGINE!
but talking about awful responses, another gal patient, married, 2 boys, broken neck, so a quadraplegic and had quite some difficulty with her hands.
It was Tuesday and her husband and her boys were coming, so she was fixing up, without the usual help from a nurse, as the nurse on duty said,
"Why bother. Who would look at you anyway?"
So I helped her with her hair and a bow and straightened her blouse and those damned bell bottoms, in style then, just flopped for us in chairs, but I fixed hers as best I could, checked her nails and tidied her lipstick. The nurse came through and gave me a dirty look.
No matter where you look, you will not find 2 people exactly the same, and I remember telling the nurses that their chart on the wall did not fit me.
xx
Izzy