Or for another two months. That's what our consultants have told us. Fair enough, especially when they pointed out the screws holding our clavicles together will strip out of the bone if we over do it - nice!
But, it's a little frustrating. I mean, just look at the weather. It's never usually this nice in March. I remember 5 years ago today (it was our wedding day) it absolutely tipped it down. My hubbie and I, before the accident, had been planning heading away for a few days for our anniversary. He'd even suggested, if it was reasonable weather, we'd do a bit of touring on the Pan. Sod's law that it's glorious sunshine eh? Knowing our luck, when we are able to ride, it'll be really heavy rain.
I suspect we'll be so itching to get back in the saddle not much'll hold us back!
Friday 20 March 2009
Thursday 12 March 2009
Post-op update
My hubbie and I are got home following our operations last Friday. His was performed on Wednesday, with mine on Thursday. I think we both caused issues for the surgical teams as our ops took about double the usual time. As I've said before, we don't do things by halves!!!
We're glad the ops are over - we both saw them as the first step on our road to get our lives back. Now the physical healing process can begin. In just over a weeks time, we have follow-up appointments with our respective consultants and, a couple of days later, the physiotherapy begins.
During our hospital stay, the staff were amazing - if somewhat surprised to have a married couple with the same injury, getting the same operation. It's never happened before. One of the theatre nurses suggested to me we'd need to get matching anoraks now!!! No - that won't be happening.
We've follow-up consultant appointments next week. The physiotherapy starts then too. The pain's subduing, which is good. At least the pieces of collar bone aren't moving any more, though we're both aware of this foreign object inside us, which is a little disconcerting when you're body realises it!
One bonus of this all, and you have to look on the bright side, is people turn up to do our dishes and take our ironing away. My hubbies more enthusiastic about that than I am and he doesn't generally do either!!!
It's sad, but I like housework (not very rock and roll. eh?). But, I don't want anything to get in the way of our recovery. We're not to use our arms or left shoulders at all for at least 2 weeks. Believe me, that's easier said than done.
Someone asked us the other day what we'd rather be doing and both of us said we'd rather be at work. If we were at work, we wouldn't be signed off sick, so the accident would never have happened. That said, we can't change the past, only look to the future and what the replacement to the Pan will be.
We're glad the ops are over - we both saw them as the first step on our road to get our lives back. Now the physical healing process can begin. In just over a weeks time, we have follow-up appointments with our respective consultants and, a couple of days later, the physiotherapy begins.
During our hospital stay, the staff were amazing - if somewhat surprised to have a married couple with the same injury, getting the same operation. It's never happened before. One of the theatre nurses suggested to me we'd need to get matching anoraks now!!! No - that won't be happening.
We've follow-up consultant appointments next week. The physiotherapy starts then too. The pain's subduing, which is good. At least the pieces of collar bone aren't moving any more, though we're both aware of this foreign object inside us, which is a little disconcerting when you're body realises it!
One bonus of this all, and you have to look on the bright side, is people turn up to do our dishes and take our ironing away. My hubbies more enthusiastic about that than I am and he doesn't generally do either!!!
It's sad, but I like housework (not very rock and roll. eh?). But, I don't want anything to get in the way of our recovery. We're not to use our arms or left shoulders at all for at least 2 weeks. Believe me, that's easier said than done.
Someone asked us the other day what we'd rather be doing and both of us said we'd rather be at work. If we were at work, we wouldn't be signed off sick, so the accident would never have happened. That said, we can't change the past, only look to the future and what the replacement to the Pan will be.
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