to loisRe: Blue Friday.....waaaaaahhhh..

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Dear Lois,

Your email sure helped me. I am at 3 weeks and still on 2 crutches

and thinking I was much slower than others. I teach too, and I have

3 months to recover before I need to return.

Thanks for sharing your experience.

Susie RBHR 4/30 DeSmet

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> Maybe this will help Chris. You are at 5 weeks. At 6 weeks I

was still

> on TWO crutches. Then one crutch for another 6 weeks. I didn't

have to

> return to work ASAP (I teach), so I took a semester off. I

needed the

> time. At where you are now time-wise, I was still doing naps and

watching

> old movies on TV. Faster recoveries? Yeah, there are some. But

slower

> ones also. It is what it is so, just give your body permission

to move at

> it's own pace. We all get to that place of wellness

eventually... You

> can't push it.

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> Lois

> C+ 3/27/03 Dr. Mont

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> Yesterday was my first day back to work. I flamed out about 1:30,

> as much mentally as physically. But I made it through and came home

> bummed out on how jacked up I still am! I KNOW that I am improving,

> and that there is no reason to believe I won't make a full

recovery.

> But I just wish the wellness train would move a little quicker! I

> still can't exceed 90 degrees flexion. And I still walk with a limp

> when I don't have a crutch. I also know that I have to stop

> comparing myself to other " faster " recoveries. And I do take heart

> at the happy ending posts.

> Congratulations Cindy and Des. Someday I look forward to

taking

> a walk with you, Cindy (my brother lives up the gorge a bit), and I

> can't wait for a good kick in the head, Des!

> I missed you guys the last two days....no computer access on

> our job site.

> C+ Amstutz 4-15-04

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> P,S. Steve from Colorado, are you OK? Havent' seen you in days.

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