Happy One Month Anniversary to Me!

Yesterday came and went without me realizing that in terms of a calender month, it was the 1 month anniversary of my swan dive attempt off the back of a 6ft horse. I think it's a good thing that it came and went without much fanfare, but I thought today about how far I've come in just one month.

I'm up and around on crutches now :). I still use the scooter from time-to-time, but mostly just around the house or if I'm going somewhere where I would have to do a lot of walking (or I guess crutching in this case). The only reason for the scooter around the house at least is because I've been getting rub marks on my sides from the crutches and I haven't gotten around to putting extra padding on the crutches. Plus, I can get around to places faster in the house on that rather than crutching.

I'm driving now....HUGE bonus!! I feel like I'm not as trapped in the house. If I need to go run an errand, or just get out, I can and I don't have to ask someone to take me.

I can get up from sitting without much pain anymore. My ribs really don't hurt, unless I sneeze, which I've been doing a lot of, so that still kind of sucks. My pelvis still hurts from time to time, but not badly. I can sit up from laying flat, for the most part. It takes some work and it's not pain-free, but I'm ready to get out of the hospital bed and back into my own bed I think. I can also lay on either side for a time, but not a long time. Sometimes I wake up a little sore if I do that for too long, but I'm also afraid to lay on my side to fall asleep because I worry that I'll make it over to my stomach (my preferred sleeping position) and I don't think that would be a good thing yet.

I've been completely off Vicodin for at least the last 2 weeks, but probably longer if I really thought about it. I'll take Advil, but even that is pretty rare. It's strange to think that a month ago, I don't think I would have survived making it through the day without some method of pain control.

The strangest thing about all of this is I keep hearing about all these people who have fractured their pelvis before, and the doctors in the hospital kept telling me how infrequent that was because of the strength of the bone. Obviously, I know I'm not the only one, but I've heard of at least 5 other people in the last month who fractured their pelvis, 3 of which were on horses. People keep asking me if I'll ride again and seemed shocked when I tell them I will as soon as the doctor tells me yes. That's one thing in my life I can't give up. Besides, it took 28 years to fall off badly enough to break something, I hope to go another 28 years ;). Maybe I'll take some actual lessons, something I haven't done in a long time. Just don't tell my boss. Hahaha.

So, it's been a month, here's to another month of healing!