In my last post i talked about coming off crutches etc. But I never really expected to talk about what I am right now.
October 7th was my last blog post and with today being January 27th 2020 a lot has happened.
There’s been some big highs and lows not only with the leg but with life itself. I was hoping this would push me onwards to work harder but it really hasn’t.
I’ve had a couple physio sessions whilst I’ve been off crutches. This has just been learning the basics off sitting, standing, walking etc again. This isn’t so much a physical factor but more of a mental one. It’s a tough one to take on board.
After coming off crutches I’ve realised I took having freedom in the leg for advantage. And I advise anyone reading, just stand up and move ur leg around. Maybe even run, do something on it. Whilst you still can. It’s a helluva thing the human body and it takes time to put things back in place.
With the freedom of being crutch-less I’ve managed to film myself squatting for the first time. Again this was another big milestone.
I haven’t had any massive change that you can see to my leg in recents months, but one thing I know that has changed is what’s gone on inside.
Here are my X-ray from Oct 1st 2019 and an X-ray from Jan 22nd 2020. It shows in the January one that my bone has fully healed and has filled in all the spaces around my rod.
On my appointment on January 22nd I was sent to X-ray like normal then after the professor had looked at the X-rays etc he was happy enough to allow me to return to sport again. This was not something I was expecting and definitely took a second to sink in. I went down to training the next day and had a little run about, is certainly very difficult, especially with a lot of the muscle gone now.
He then said he was happy to put me on the list for my next op which could be about 6+ months time and with looking at going to uni September that was not so good to hear. I came home Friday evening and received a letter from the hospital saying my next operation is on Friday 13th March 2020 which is incredible news as it not only is sooner than expected but fits around everything allowing me to be fit to play rugby again beginning of next season!
Until then I’ll just be working on myself and getting myself ready.
Until then
Churs Churs,
Chae x
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