The Ditch and It's Aftermath

Today morning, hubby tried to overtake a vehicle from the left. There was really deep ditch on the dirt road where my side of the wheel was travelling as a result of the beforementioned manouver. I have been travelling all across the potholes of Kolkata for the past 4 months. This was the mother of all 'gadda's. No sooner than I got dunked into the ditch, I let out a yelp. And then I started crying. I was inconsolable. I cried all the way to office. And am giving hubby the cold treatment since then. Just when I was on the verge of recovery, God decided to play spoilsport again. Am fearing a relapse now :(

Conferring of The Theraband

The exercises that I do (at the physio's) are mostly done using a 'Theraband' which is a broad elastic band  providing resistance to the muscles. How one ties the Theraband changes the strength of the resistance offered. I had been requesting my physio to disclose the store name and location from where I could procure a Theraband. He kept mum on 2 or 3 such occasions. However, yesterday he gifted me a yellow Theraband and taught me how to tie it around my ankles. I was on top of the world!

Etiquette

Is it polite to fall asleep on the physio table?

I do feel like going to sleep when I am on IFT. And I do nod off at times. But, I have never really fallen asleep. However, I can hear a lot of snoring in the background when I am in the physio's chamber. Guess pain relief is a great sedative in itself.

Heels, here I come

I gingerly asked my physio whether I could wear heels.
He asked me to go ahead.

Apparently, I am in the 'all wrong doings' phase. In this stage, the patients are encouraged to test out the limits and see how much the back can cope with. In case of severe pain, help is always at hand. By now, the physios know what works for me. Like, I am never given ultrasound these days. I am only given IFT and Diathermy. And a lot of hamstring stretches.

Yippee!! Just the thought of being in heels gladdens my heart :)

Movie Marathon

Last Thursday, we bunked office and went off to Forum.

The original idea was to check out Forum Courtyard which is housing some big brands like Mango, Aldo etc. Thanks to my broken back, I can't even be looking at shoes with heels. So, I bought a beige pump from Aldo.

Splurging over, we got tickets to 'Aisha'. Just after the interval, I could feel some pain and stiffness in my back. I realized that I should have taken a short walk during the interval instead of sitting tight. There was still some 4 hours to kill after 'Aisha' was over. We decided that we would accomodate another movie. We settled down to 'Once Upon a Time in Mumbai'. I did not repeat my earlier mistake. During the interval, I walked down to the front of the screen and took a little walk. About 5 minutes into the walk, the speakers started blaring advertisements so I hurried back to my seat. There was virtually no discomfort after this second movie.

I must remember to gift something special to my physio who made this new life possible for me.

Perils of the Road

Surviving the commute from home to office has been one of my biggest challenges since starting the rehab. My physio had initially advised me against travelling long distances and sitting for long. However, since I had spent a full month just lolling in bed as per advice of an eminent orthopaedic, I could not afford any more paid leaves from office.

For the months of June and July, we employed a driver. His activities can constitute a complete post :) He was a damn good driver and I had verbally trained him to go slow and avoid the countless craters and unlevelled manholes plagueing the streets of Kolkata. We got rid of him this month and since then, hubby has been driving me around everywhere. The commute these days is full of action what with hubby and me exchanging heated profanities with each other.

Today was the first day, I rode in a different car other than our Chevrolet Spark. N took us to Haka in City Centre. He did reasonably well juggling the numerous potholes and bumpers-that-were and stretches-only-dug-and-not-fixed. However, I could not scream at him when he missed a rough patch. Instead, I hung on to the holder and lifted myself up when I anticipated that the car could go down at a considerable depth. I had a little ache in my right hand as a result of this. But my back was saved.
This is a great revelation and I am going to use this on my daily road voyage with hubby. Maybe then, the unsavoury word fest within the car will be put to rest.

First Late Night@Office

I spent my first late night at the office since the accident last Friday.
I was given some work around 5:30pm in the evening because the boss had to leave. I sat in office till 10:45pm! I did experience some amount of back pain and a little stiffness. But the good thing was that this pain did not spillover onto the next day.
I would not like to tax my healing back very frequently.
But this rare late night in office fixing high visibility issue did boost my confidence a lot :)