Re: recovery thoughts
DC. Jones (jones(AT)tdl.com)
Thu, 01 May 1997 17:01:21 -0700
Jerry Sidman wrote:
>
> 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
>
That's interesting Jerry my recovery, what there is of it, also came in
what you discribe as plateaus. In my case I would experiance an increase
of symptoms then a noticable inprovement would follow.//DCjones {Dave}