Perth Body Mechanics
02/05/2022
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Walking:
The last 11 weeks have been somewhat of a slow blur within a nightmare you canāt wake from.
Iāve been home for 10 days now and the changes have been emotionally and physically massive, Iām tired but Iām pushing hard.
Rejoining the family full time was harder than I expected, taking the hospital instituteās boy and putting him back in the real world š shook me and the other inhabitants.
I had to learn to slow down, remain calm in the face of chaos and find the best way to fit in.
Monday 1 week ago I stood up.
1 week on from that and Iām walking without aid. Today Iāve been without myš¦½ all together.
Having walking taken away from you and then getting it back, that again was the gift I was given and I am still not able to process the depth of it all yet.
Iām still in plenty of pain, Iām unsteady, I walk like lurch and continuously get told āsit down, youāre doing too muchā. But I was never going to do this any differently. Iāll Bulldog this the whole way through.
Must be about time to look for a new bike?
01/11/2021
2.5 months/10 weeks to the day - almost to the minute since I got mowed down.
69 days since I last stood up. Today at 3:45pm I did it. I stood up.
I didnāt get this far without putting in a lot of work, mental and physical, finding motivation everyday in the things I love. Of course the first was my family and my friends but wanting to have a swim in the ocean and ride my bike (non-existent ownership at this point) with my dad, my buddies and my kids.
My biggest shout out goes to whoās had to drop normality to be there for me and our little family. Making room in your life for a broken husband, hospital visits, home mods, eye surgery for the cat and a baby that is determined to destroy you. I look forward to you healing too.
Iām well aware that I still have a very long way to go. This part of the rehab is going to be much slower. But the š„ was dangled today with the physio wheeling in an exercise š²!
I want to ride again much to my wifeās dismay, but this wasnāt a bike accident.
27/10/2021
Discharge:
Well, itās happened. The day has come! After 65 days - 4 weeks in Royal Perth Hospital, 5 weeks in Fiona Stanleyās Rehab Facility. Iāve made it through the biggest stint Iāll have away from my family in this journey.
Iāve experienced what I think āeverythingā might actually mean. Iāll let you contemplate that for a moment.
Iāll do that cliche thing that everyone does, but everyone actually means.
So, from the absolute depth of my heart thank you, all of you. Whether it be the guy that took my meal tray with a smile, my friends, my family, my wife, my kids and even the and you all made this journey with me. Texts, calls, cards, thoughts, likes, DMs, drop ins, biscuits, flowers, chocolate, lego, grand finals, tears, laughter, bacon and bikies. There are memories in scattered deep hospital brain Iāll be digging out and processing for years to come.
From here, itās hydro and pool work for 3-4weeks living at home!!! I do have to go back for a week maybe 2 in Rehab again to do the āwalking on landā thing that humans do. š£ then itās all up to me to get šŖš¼šŖš¼.
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