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[LeoX3]

Hi. I am still alive. Despite the doctors. Still dealing with aftermath of busted up pelvis, since the soft tissues do not want to stay healed. And there were some isues along the way with meds they wanted to try. i still cannot sit in a cahir and no one but me seems concerned by that. But I am officiAlly walking again. Mostly, been deeply depressed, b/c of this going on and on And on and on. I know I was not among the missing, I dropped into the abyss long ago, but things were and are the same so nothing to say. Get up, lie around hurting, go to therapy at the pool, try to do housework, go to bed and lie there hurting. pray for wellness and for a straight answer to questions like Will I ever be okay? since even Dr Miracle the rehab doc hedges and that is not a big confidence booster.

I am sorry to have been a dreadful friend. My laptop crashed and when I finally got a newmone it was weeks and weeks and so much bad was happening I felt no point in trying. like I said, just no end to this in sight. But I have kept you all in my thoughts, and hope you can forgive me for vanishing.

hugs, Leo

[tic chick]

(((((leo ))))),



leo, it makes me sad to hear you aren't doing well. i was afraid something like this was going on.

i'm glad you are walking, though! but of course, you have to sit down sometime! the depression is the pits! i'm so sorry about that.

i am a great believer in yoga for building up your strength and being able to have balance and moving your body until you have a full range of motion for daily activities. i think i remember you said you did yoga, though. i'm talking about really basic yoga, just moving your body parts daily, starting out slow and moving up. i think when traditional therapies aren't doing the job you have to try an alternative, although the pool therapy sounds great! i think this is just going to be one of those few years healing processes.

i know you don't feel much like posting, but i hate to feel you are isolated in your depression. you are a humorous person and i think you are an optimist at heart. i remember the bras you did for an auction (show) at your hubby's workplace, they were a hoot. i miss your mom's sayings and news about her. i just miss you, leo ...you are surely remembered here and wanted back!

you don't need to apologize, everyone drops out of here for a while sooner or later. we have our illnesse's, our depression's, our live's. try and post here more often and let's see if you can get cheered up by sharing your misery here with us. check out the chit-chat forum where chris has started a thread on gardening and there's lots of pics there.

ACT AS IF and soon it will become that!

luv ya,
jeannie

[LeoX3]

Thanks.

I am working hard to get back strength, flexibility, but the docs all agree no more yoga for me for at least a year. I can walk a quarter mile on the sidewalk, which is about what I can do when weight bearing. I am still VERY blessed, Jeannie, you are right. A former coworker came to the therapy pool recently, she vroke her pelvis and the meds put her in kidney failure! she is barely 30, looking at dialysis forever...At least so far my innards are okay. Sacrum damage, but that is not as bad as it could be....

Mom is well. She finally started PT foe her bad hip, and we sueprised her with a year at the gym for her birthday. Well, she cussedand she huffed and now she goes five days a week!!! Mom is a gym rat!

My cat is still with me, he is so protective...he even rides in the car now!!! And when we had our patio doors replaced last month from storm damage, he threw down with the door guy. Hissed and fluffed like a cougar. Door guy ROTFLd, thankfully.

Am dighting the D, but geez loueez it is bad. The increase in seizure meds is not helping. I dozed off IN the pool today. Luckily, hubby was with me, and now he works from home so life is a lot easier on that front.


Thanks for the love, Jeannie. I sure needed it.

Hugs, Leo

[dawnmn]

WELCOME BACK LEO!!!! So glad that you posted. I have thought about you often. Wondering how you were doing.