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  • northernguitarguy
    July 3, 2010 at 12:50 pm

    Thanks Hedley. It is getting better and you are correct, it is a slow process.

    I wrote this post after my wife’s cousin told me “you dont feel like s*** you want to be positive!” I wished I was Spock to have a little ‘mind-meld’ time, but instead went back to bed. It’ the positive wishes that lack any kind of empathy that annoy.

    I have always been skeptical about the limitations of ‘the power of positive-thinking’. No doubt that the bankers behind the derivitives scandal believed in what they were doing and thought everybody would get rich.

    But maybe healing is a different beast altogether. I miss my life and want it back and if I have to go at it blindly, getting results without always seeing them so be it. For now the moment often dominates my thinkng. I gotta try to get past it.

    Thanks to all of the support on this forum. All of your words mean so much as you understand.

    northernguitarguy
    July 3, 2010 at 12:31 pm

    [QUOTE]There is no magic pill, no panacea, to getting better. It won’t be easy, but you need to think in terms of weeks and months not psychoanalyze or obsess over each day. Push forward, but always allow time for plenty of rest. I can’t emphasize too much how patient you must be, but over time good things will happen. A year ago I was in a wheelchair….yesterday I bought a Harley motorcycle……something I would not have dreamed possible. [/QUOTE]

    Thanks Tom. I’ll admit that patientce is work, and positive thoughts do not always rule….but generally, they do.

    I do not hate the pain as much as loosing my abilities. However, you being able to ride a hog is inspiring. I believe that I will get there. I have come to appreciate so much that I have taken for granted. I look back on days when I complained about my job, was impatient with my kids, didn’t recognize how important my wife is, gave up on learning a solo, got ticked-off by superfluous things …..I have certainly come to understand the importance of my family and fortune in a more profound and deep manner.

    I have to look at how I am able to walk again (even if it aint pretty), was able to fold clothes today, can write e-mails, shave myself….so much that gets lost at times when I miss little things such as feeling my wife’s hand, helping my boys get uo on two wheels, riffing on my Les Paul, swimming the length of a pool, being able to read properly and more.

    I hope that this new-found appreciation for life lasts past and pushes my recovery.

    northernguitarguy
    July 1, 2010 at 9:13 pm

    Thanks for all the replies! Too tired too elaborate but your messages are very helpful and quite funny at times…..better to laugh than cry:D

    northernguitarguy
    July 1, 2010 at 8:20 pm

    music is therapy

    northernguitarguy
    July 1, 2010 at 1:26 pm

    hi necey

    I got hit May 29 and started IVIG on June 12 and left the hospital with the help of a walker on June 21. Still feel at worst at times (hands and waist hit hard).But, every now and then I think that I feel something improve, usually after rest. I miss a lot of things and want them back.
    Your attitude is screaming through your message, thanks. Please continue wih posts as you get better.

    Cheers!:cool:

    northernguitarguy
    July 1, 2010 at 11:10 am

    Thanks Jess.

    Tina, I love to make people laugh, I’m glad you found amusement in my post!

    northernguitarguy
    July 1, 2010 at 6:58 am

    Hello

    Sorry to hear your Mom is sick. Her symptoms sound like GBS, best to wait for te doctor’s diagnosis. Ask many questions when in the hospital. Yes this illness may have contributed to a bit of dementia, only that extreme fatigue is an element. Your Mom needs to rest as much as possible. If she has GBS, be aware that it is NOT an illness to fight by high activity. Rest is so important and she have it whever she needs it. If she has GBS you are advised to get as much info as you can gather about recovery. Contact this org and get their starter pkg. that has more pertinent info than all the sites on the web.

    Best

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