Re: recovery thoughts

Jerry Sidman (jsuk(AT)oak.phx.mcd.mot.com)
Thu, 1 May 1997 13:13:31 -0700

I am trying to remember what stages of recovery you all were at, but one
thing I recall from my own recovery was that it definitely occurred in
plateaus. That is there would be visible change in my motive control followed
by a period on seemingly no improvement. This would last anywhere between
three days and three weeks. It was certainly worrying in between the plateaus
but just try and keep the faith. If you are visibly improving in the first
three months it will more than likely continue as this is a good indication
of an incomplete injury. Of course nothing is guaranteed but there is also no
reason why you should give up hoping. Also I noticed a strange effect in that
I could forecast the recovery by a few days, for example I just knew when a
certain movement was going to return. I would sit there a day a so before
hand thinking that this just feels right and something was going to happen,
and then a day or so later it did ! I am guessing that the nerves were
rebuilding to an extent that I could start to get some perceptive feeling but
not enough for motive control. I would be interested to here if anyone else
had that experience.

Jerry

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> From: Lori Gasik <lgasik(AT)kiwi.dep.anl.gov>
> Resent-From: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
> Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 14:40:24 -0500
> Subject: Re: recovery thoughts
> To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
> Reply-To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
>
> > I can't remember if I told everyone that my new chiropractor got my
> right
> > leg to straighten. When I was in physical therapy, learning to walk,
> > five years ago, they asked if my right leg had turned out before. I
> said
> > "no"; they said "oh." And didn't do or say anything else about it. My
> > chiropractor got it to straighten out again. I had always tried to
> > consciously make it go straight, but now, I'll look down and it's
> > straight on its own.
> >
> > I also am trying another round of acupuncture, with the main goal of
> > sweating again so I don't have to be careful about overheating. Monday
> > and Tuesday, I started having occasional series of pains in my right
> leg
> > (my healthiest leg). The first three series (two on Monday, one on
> > Tuesday) were a series of pulses of extreme pain in my lower calf, kind
> > of all the way around. The last time it was the same thing in the
> upper
> > to mid thigh. I always like to think positive, so I like to think of
> > these pains as the nerves waking up or retooling or something like
> that.
> > Anybody go through anything like this? Was it a prelude to
> improvement?
> > (I've also been visualizing nerve energy returning to the whole
> affected
> > area, kind of reinvigorating the sweat gland nerves??.)
> >
> > Hi, Bill, welcome to the list (but sorry you have a reason to be here).
> > Sounds like your legs are hypersensitive, which, if they were numb
> > before, is a type of improvement. I still have that, although it
> varies
> >
> >
> > in severity in different parts of my legs and is not as bad as it was
> at
> > first, when even a loud noise made my feet hurt.
> >
> > I started taking the evening primrose oil, just in case. My
> cholesterol
> > is too high anyway, so it can't hurt. I do 4,000 iu of sublingual B12
> a
> > day. If you're going to do B12, be sure to use the kind that melts
> under
> > the tongue (it tastes good). Swallowing it into your stomach doesn't
> do
> > much--it's not absorbed well in the stomach. It seems like B12 is good
> > for a lot of different problems. Even my cat is getting it now.
> >
> > Aurore
>
> I've been wondering has there ever been anyone thats made it as far as I
> have and then the progress justed stopped after that I'd like to know this
> to give me some insurance. Another thing is where can you get the
> sublingual B12. And do you beleive it helped you. I was also wondering
> if
> anyones legs ever get sore or achey sometimes. And one more thing, whats
> usually the first sign of recovery for most people and how much longer
> does
> it usually take after that.
>
> Bill Kennedy
>
>
>

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