Okay, so i'm now back at work on a phased return
It's 3 months since my accident
I'm back on my stationary bike for 20mins at a time, i'm practicing using just one crutch and the drivers insurance company has asked for my medical records
16/10 Out with Jan to Romsey Cook and Poppies cafe
17/10 Phone apt with community physio - now signed off but did ask about hydrotherapy
18/10 - Seemed to have spent the day feeling sad
19/10 - 11-4pm working then nothing
20/10 - 11-4pm
21/10 - Supported parkrun then up to London for 2 crutch dancing at the Dame Alice Owen pub in Angel
22/10 - At Nessie's - TV and scrabble
23/10 - Little walk in Islington then Pimlico to see Pete & Nick
24/10 - Afternoon tea in John Lewis with Anabel
25/10 - Covid vaccination
26/10 - Anabel's for tea then off to the track
27/10 - 1st Hydrotherapy at SGH and told i don't need both crutches anymore
28/10 - Out for Karyn's bday meal
29/10 - Walk and lunch in the New Forest (managed 1.6km before needed a rest), cup of tea round Oli & Tina's with Jenny, curry round K&S's
30/10 - Work
31/10 - Civic art gallery and lunch at Thrive with Lisa
1/11 - Day trip to Ashtead
2/11 - Lunch Katherine
3/11 - Rose's for tea
4/11 - Work - shattered
5/11 - A/L lunch for XX's bday then home, not feeling great
6/11 - Work - in pain, tired and feeling fat
7/11 - Driver's insurance accepted full liability, reminded me of the accident, not a good day
8/11 - Hydrotherapy then up to London to see SIX. Couldn't run for the train so just missed it.
9/11 - 1st swim since accident with Katherine and Pam & 3D rehab appointed to sort out my physio (spoiler - my physio initial apt wasn't until 4th Jan 24 and then physio started 9 Jan 24)
10/11 - Morning with Sue - Gods House Tower, Starbucks
11/11 - Saints Vs West Brom at St Mary's with Ali
12/11 - Ian & Barbara's for roast after work
13/11 - Doing 11-5pm now at work
14/11 - Last Hydrotherapy session and starting to do small chunks of no stick walking (tiring)
15/11 - Trying 10:30-5pm then Overdraft with Caro. This was the 1st time i'd worked 4 days on the trot.
16/11 - Tired
17/11 - Xmas fair with Jenny - no pain meds taken, really noticed it. Then late lunch cowherds
18/11 - Jenny collected table from my shed (spoiler - i thought i'd locked it - i hadn't) Lyndhurst for lunch with Charlotte - nearly grabbed the steering wheel when thought a car was about to join the road - i've still got PTSD from the accident
19/11 - IKEA with Vik
20/11 - 11-6pm at work
21/11 - 11-6pm - so tired
22/11 - 11-5:45 - so tired felt sick
23/11 - 9:45-5pm - then Padho Indian restaurant
24/11 - Cheese and wine at K&S's - concerned about pain meds
25/11 - Had a swim, STC Christmas meal
26/11 - Dentist - and took last pain med
27/11 - Tired - GP consultation & i have pain meds
28/11 - Away day at work then Anabel's for tea
29/11 - 10:30-6:30 now at work
30/11 - Hospital apt so no work
Reflections?
Still in pain, but starting to do more which is great
But also thinking more about the accident, how its effected my life and feeling sad, fat, slow and frustrated.
1/12 - Specialist physio apt at Moorgreen hospital then Suzanne's for lunch
2/12 - Up to London for Electric Landladies with Nessie and Linda
3/12 - Too tired to do anything so early train back to Southampton
4/12 - Nothing - so tired
5/12 - Adelaide health centre and physio gym session. Also noticed my shed door is open. My Boardman bike has gone, Parkrun gang quiz
6/12 - Diabetic eye screening
7/12 - Now doing 9:45-7:15pm at work
8/12 - 9:45-7:15pm - so tired
9/12 - Leaving early for Philharmonic choir at Guildhall
10/12 - Folk choir at Peartree church 3pm with Karyn & B
11/12 - So tired
12/12 - Adelaide centre for physio gym session, Winchester to see Linda & Louise
13/12 - Day trip to Winchester with Sue, Jenny & Suzanne then Muppet Christmas movie
14/12 - Now working 9-7pm
15/12 - Work Xmas party
16/12 - Party at Suzanne & Richard's
17/12 - Hove Xmas party and overnight at Clare's
Why was i so calm about my bike being taken?
Because i knew i wasn't quite right, that my mind is still fuzzy, i'm not thinking straight and it's not my fault i'm forgetting stuff. It's all part of my recovery, it's still barely 5 months since the accident and i need to give myself a break
Also, i'm still in pain, i'm not sleeping very well, my appetite is all over the place and i'm not doing very well with keeping on top of my domestic life. But i am swimming, i am on my stationary bike and i am getting more and more mobile.
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