This clown was wrong, damaging, and unprofessional.
I've been reading these stories for about a year,
and here are my impressions:
I would categorize recovery in perhaps four levels:
1. Full recovery --- as if nothing had happened,
2. Full mobility but with changes in sensations,
3. Functional [weight bearing] mobility -- with aids,
4. Even less recovery.
I would guess that of those people who write their
stories here, less than one percent attain absolutely
full recovery. It may be that many people without
significant damage never join the group. You do not
seem to be amongst them.
There are a handfull of people who have attained
full mobility. A marathon runner, a forestry
professional, and a few ordinary people.
There are a lot of us who once again walk, albeit
with impaired gait and often only with aids. This
level does not usually come quickly or easily. And
fatigue is apt to endure.
And, unfortunately, there are too many who will be
dependent on a wheelchair, despite efforts to improve.
The next paragraph is especially for your husband.
The task of the caregiver is to support your efforts
and celebrate your accomplishments. Because your
self esteem is so very important to your recovery,
he should never berate you, implicitly or explicitly.
You are in this for the long haul. Is he also?
Alton, who at 17 months called his wife into the
room the other day to see him freely walk ten feet,
albeit with an AFO and between parallel bars. Yea!!