So very true; I have a lot of free time on my hands while recovering from an accident. I'm bored to tears, but I'm limited to what I can do. I was supposed to be released a few weeks ago, but I wasn't healing up as fast as my doctor would have liked. I have been very careful, or so I thought. I'm going back to my doctor on Thursday, so hopefully she'll clear me then. Though while I'm healing, I think I can do this or that. Boy, was I wrong. I started feeling better, only to make things worse. It's a hip injury, so it's harder to heal. The medication makes me a bit wonky, plus I'm groggy; I can't even manage to write an effective book review right now.
Sheryl, what you just described is actually the post playing out in real life. Feeling a little better and deciding, “Okay, I can do this now.”' That's the exact moment. The body was telling you one thing, and the mind decided it knew better. Recovery has a way of making that pattern impossible to ignore. Hoping Thursday brings good news. And in the meantime, be gentle with yourself about the book review and everything else. Healing really is already a full-time job.
So very true; I have a lot of free time on my hands while recovering from an accident. I'm bored to tears, but I'm limited to what I can do. I was supposed to be released a few weeks ago, but I wasn't healing up as fast as my doctor would have liked. I have been very careful, or so I thought. I'm going back to my doctor on Thursday, so hopefully she'll clear me then. Though while I'm healing, I think I can do this or that. Boy, was I wrong. I started feeling better, only to make things worse. It's a hip injury, so it's harder to heal. The medication makes me a bit wonky, plus I'm groggy; I can't even manage to write an effective book review right now.
Sheryl, what you just described is actually the post playing out in real life. Feeling a little better and deciding, “Okay, I can do this now.”' That's the exact moment. The body was telling you one thing, and the mind decided it knew better. Recovery has a way of making that pattern impossible to ignore. Hoping Thursday brings good news. And in the meantime, be gentle with yourself about the book review and everything else. Healing really is already a full-time job.