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To: Hulka

A very similar injury happened to my mother in 1988. Technology was less, and she likely didn’t have the weight fall onto it as you did (Nothing personal, you’re likely a lot larger than my mom.)

She was laid up for 14 months. Literally, 14 months of not getting on 2 legs at the same time. With a lot of therapy she got back on her feet and 4 years later - yes 4 years - she ran for her first 10 feet.

That was many years ago and she’s still getting around just fine. Her femur was simply pulverized. Getting that mess back together was really, really tough for her. But she has no cane, no walker and no wheelchair. Total recovery was a 6 year thing.

She had 14 breaks in the one leg. She didn’t lose the blood flow and it’s not the -exact- same but without hope, endless amounts of effort and patience and never giving up - you will never recover.

You will need to maintain that sort of attitude forever. Without failure. A day’s break in the recovery takes a week to come back from. Diet will mean a lot too because your body now needs to convert food into physical bone fragments and the like.


16 posted on 03/02/2018 12:44:34 PM PST by Celerity
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To: Celerity

Wow. . .your mom, the original Iron Man.

I do have that fighter attitude and plan to use it forever. Will be tough but I will lean toward with high spirits.

Can’t let anyone, or the Lord, down.


47 posted on 03/02/2018 1:02:30 PM PST by Hulka
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