invsblwmn in hospital!

[LBTC]

[QUOTE=Triskeliongirl;250396 The silver lining is that living through something like this can have other things in your life suddenly take on increased meaning, the people in your life, your health, all kinds of things.[/QUOTE]

So true! My passion now is photography. I was brought to it by breaking my humerus in a bike crash, losing my dog to cancer, being shunned by people we thought were friends, developing a not-quite-explainable illness, etc, over the last 9 years.....Each difficult situation has developed my spirit and its connection to my camera more acutely. You will grow from this, but it may take years before you really see how. In the meantime, take the time you need to fully recover, and look for the joy that can be found everywhere - if not in every moment, at least in every day.

Still surrounding you in butterflies,
Hugs,
~T~

[KnottedYet]

(((((Dawn)))))) (((((((Dawn's Sweetie))))))

I have patients who I *know* shouldn't be driving, but there's nothing I can do legally to stop them. Just today I was thinking about "what happens when I get older and more ding-batty and shouldn't drive?". I'm hoping someone can stop me, and that I'll have the sense to stick to my bike, the bus, and taxis.

Hang in there, Dawn!

And I'm so glad you have a lawyer!

[Tuckervill]

When my grandmother was in her '80s, she hit and killed a highway construction worker. It wasn't entirely her fault, because he was standing with no orange vest on, in the shadow of a piece of road equipment with the setting sun behind him. She was not charged.

She eventually went back to driving herself to church after she recovered from the sorrow of it. But eventually it became clear she shouldn't drive anymore. It was very difficult for my aunt and dad to convince her that she shouldn't drive. What they did is "enable" her car to be "beyond repair". It seemed like lying to her to me, but they said this is how they found out how bad her memory was getting. She was too easily convinced that the car was broken because she didn't remember it being "broken" the same way the last time. Very hard on her kids, and especially my aunt, who became her transportation for all the running around she loved to do.

I'm taking that as a lesson, and I hope to still be riding a bike when I get that old. I hope to convey to my kids the way I would want them to handle it before I can't remember where I was headed to when I leave the house.

Karen

[DeniseGoldberg]

So true! My passion now is photography. I was brought to it by breaking my humerus in a bike crash, losing my dog to cancer, being shunned by people we thought were friends, developing a not-quite-explainable illness, etc, over the last 9 years.....Each difficult situation has developed my spirit and its connection to my camera more acutely. You will grow from this, but it may take years before you really see how. In the meantime, take the time you need to fully recover, and look for the joy that can be found everywhere - if not in every moment, at least in every day.

Still surrounding you in butterflies,
Hugs,
~T~

I found solace and creativity in my camera too. I've always taken pictures, but after my accident in 2004 my camera became my constant companion. At first I think I was using it as an excuse to myself about why I wasn't walking further or faster - even though I knew I was walking as much as my physical condition allowed. But the camera helped me, it really did...

I think we all (can) find strength in ourselves as we fight through things in life, and as we work to recover from nasty accidents like Dawn's.

And Dawn - one thing that helped me (besides playing with my camera and pushing in my normal fashion to return to normal) was to write about my experience. I wrote in a journal posted on crazyguyonabike, but a blog would work just as well. Getting my thoughts and frustrations out helped a lot.

I'm still sending healing thoughts, and I hope that you have (or can find) something to help keep your spirits up as you go through the (often too long) healing process.

--- Denise

[jeannierides]

Dawn, sorry to hear about your accident. I have no wise words, as I am still struggling through my own recovery and all the emotions surrounding it. But I will say to just hang in there, lean on your friends, and be around as many positive people as you can. If you want to ride your bike again, in time you will.

[Bron]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

[invsblwmn]

pain exhausted, improving maybe home next week. miss updating, but i am too tired. cookies are helping, though

[LBTC]

Sending loads of butterflies (and some pretty pictures, too)

You'll get there!

Hugs,
~T~

[invsblwmn]

i laugh, i cry, i stand and pivot, but no walking for two months at least. need time to digest all this, love the support. not going to be able to keep the daily updates, but maybe weekly. not able to go home till maybe next week, not sure. still in rehab. thanks for the prayers, words, and love. still here, just ghosting for a bit. take care all. insvblwmn