a month ago i was in an accident involving a window, and me falling into it. busted artery, which was fixed, but i also tore two of the three nerves in my right arm, which wont grow back for two years. as a result, most of my forarm and hand is totally numb, with very limited movement. my right hand is essentially useless for two years, and im a righty. but iv come to terms with it. it was hard at first, but im feeling pretty normal now. but, im wondering, what do i do with myself now. i cannot play guitar, juggle, or play ultimate frisbee like i once did daily. i cannot work out. cant even ride a bike (safely). but i dont want to be stagnant these next few years, i want to grow as a person, maybe get better in other areas. use this time for my advantage somehow, so that in two years il be better than if this never happened? i dont want to fall into a slump, thinking myself a lowly cripple. know what i mean? so, what would YOU do if you were in my situation. ps-be fucking careful. humans are incredibly delicate. i never dreamed that glass could do so much damage. and if you have any accident tales of your own, feel free to talk about them, and how you learned to cope in the recovery phase cheers
omg that sounds horrible.. I admire how you talk about it.. Don't know if I could be so positive.. thankfully I've never had a serious accident.. Good luck with everything..
I didnt have anything as tragic as you but from all my surgeries from my belly button to my who-who i cant feel anything, its completely numb and will always be forever.. but granted its not as bas as yours.. But it could be worse, you could have died so I guess you could be thankful... Just dont be sad about it, I find that if you get sad about it or dwell on it, it makes things worse and then you get sad, and that sometimes turns into depression...
wow...that sounds bad. when your nerves grow back, in 2 years, will you have full movement again, or is that still unknown. i don't know what i'd do in your situation. i had knee surgery on my meniscus, but that was nothing near as painful or painstaking as your injury. mine is relatively simple on the pain level....but in my head, its been one of the worst things that ever happend to me. before my injury, i was the fittest i've ever been in years. i could pretty much do anything physical task that i was needed to do, i playe a bunch of sports. but after the injury, everything stopped. its like my life stopped. i couldn't run, i couldn't play sports, i couldn't go hiking, i couldn't do anything. i was on crutches. almost a year after surgery, i'm still scared to resume my life the way it was before my injury... but thats nothing compared to what you have to do. i hope all goes well with your recovery...
ok.. gonna go all spiritual on your ass here.. but sometimes life has really hard ways of pushing you in the right direction.. maybe, before it happend, you were focussing too much on external things.. your body, activities, going out.. maybe this is a way of the universe or whatever to make sure you start focussing on your internal self for a while.. seeing how strong you can be emotionally, spiritually.. or.. maybe not
how could you not know that glass is sharp, and sharp things coming into contact with the human body are dangerous. either way, I would would take up some sort of hobby. something to keep yourself busy, but at the same time, give you the ability to keep rehabilitating your arm on your own.
maybe for working out, you could get an indoor bike or start running? That way your heart will stay in good shape and while it's not as fun as cycling outside, it's something.
If you keep a positive outlook and hold onto that determination, anything is possible. Trust me. I was on my death bed two years ago when I gave birth to my twins. I fought tooth and nail because there was no way I was ready to check out. The day after I came so close to dying, I was fighting like mad to sit up and bed, feed myself, fix my hair and all of that jazz just to convince myself that I was going to get back to normal, that I wasn't going to let it get the best of me. I was bound determined. The doctors and nurses were absolutely amazed at how I stubbornly refused to let the whole situation knock me for a loop. I was so angry, I felt so inconvenienced that I had been in such a state of distress, but I fought like mad to get back to my everyday routine. I had way too much going for me. I truly feel that my experience made me a better person in the end. Good luck to you, and keep telling yourself you're going to do anything and everything you set out to do. Make those doctors amazed at your progress and determination, you can do it! {{{HUGS}}}
i hope you regain full movement again and hope that you keep your motivation up. if you have the will to do it, then you can do it. maybe i should take that same advice and use it on myself...
I am sorry about your arm...it would suck not to be able to do the things you are used to doing. I have never been through something like that, but couldn't you try new things instead of dwelling on what is lost? There are a lot of hobbies that don't need both hands. When you fall, you gotta get up and brush yourself off.....A close friend of mine was fixing his snowmobile when the belt broke, snapped back at him and cut his foot clean off....He never felt sorry for himself, and went on to run his own business, got married and has a family. Hahaha...
