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I wrote this as a journal entry. But realized that I really need some answers. Or at least some support from people that get it. Since no one else in my life does!
Here goes... So. I was at physio today. To find out that my physio therapist, that has been there with me since day one of my accident is MOVING! =( I am SO upset. She has helped me SO much with everything. Anyways. My chiropractor there. The one that is not so friendly. [Somtimes she is. She has like 9 different personalities.] Has informed me that she is basically giving up on me. Apparently. I am at a plateau...And am not getting any better..Or worse. Soooo to quote her. I am basically just 'running up a tab' Isn't she charming? I can't even believe this...Thing is. If they quit on me i'm pretty much hooped. They have me on what is called an 'assignment' Which means. I don't pay. The insurance company does. It comes out of my settlement or they add it on or something. Anyways. There is no way I will be able to afford treatment without this and there are VERY few places that do it...I feel so lost. They told me they have treated me to the best of their ability. I disagree!! I refuse to accept that this is the best they can do. I am not NEAR where I was before the accident...What do I do? How horrible is it that the people that are supposed to be helping me, are telling me I can't do it. And that they are quitting on me...I don't even know what to think right now... Posted on 08/11/09, 10:08 pm |
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I have had a similar experience. My accident was 2-21-08 with a dislocated broken foot and a third degree sprain of my ankle. Surgery wasn't an option and I am still having trouble now. I'm still in pain and have swelling. I have been told I am at maximum recovery. I teach first graders and am on my feet all day but since my accident I have to sit and it kills me that I can't be who I was before an idiot hit me. 
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There are some times things that cannot change and cannot get better and other that will. Since I am not a doctor and I am not your doctor. I can't say that you are a good as you will be or not. The realization that we are not the same as we were before an accident or illness is a very had blow to take. I do not know what your injuries were I do not know how bad they were and I do not know how well you healed or did not heal.
There are things that cannot be fixed. Sometime it will depend on some other out side things. . Our bodies take a long time to heal in some cases. Some people are just not strong enough to heal or not willing to work hard enough to heal back to almost where they were before an injury. There are some thing we will have to accept no mater how much we want them be. We will not get them. And other things are with in our grasp but only if we work very hard to get them. .And maybe not there either. I cannot run and maybe never will I am almost certain of this so I must accept it. I do not see as well as did when I was a kid and I never will. So, I have to accept it and ware glasses. My bladder was injured by polio when I was a child it can't be fixed so I have to accept it and go on with my life. My son’s brain was injured in a motor cycle accident it may never return to its pre accident state. We will have to accept it and go on as best we can. This is not to say that these is not hope or other doctors that may be able to help us or new treatments that may help some day .But we still have to accept that we may have to wait or that is it not here for us. The Serenity Prayer God grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next. Amen.
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READ MY POST AND I AM SURE YOU WILL KNOW YOU ARE NOT ALONE. I WAS IN REMISSION FROM TWO DISEASES LUPUS AND MS THAN A NEWBIE SHOWED UP. A BROKEN BACK. SO, HERE I AM IF YOU WANT TO CHAT MICKEYITALY3@AOL.COM
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I understand how you feel about not being able to afford further treatment. After my accident I found out that I did not have car insurance. I did not know it. (Long story) Anyway I live in Pa. and even though I was not in my car or even standing by my car, but because I was hit by someone else's car my car insurance was responsible for my bills. When the hospital found out I did not have insurance they decided not to send me to rehab, the decided I didn't need therapy, they decided my husband was qualified to take me home and care for me even though I could not walk. It took thenm a month and my constant complaining for them to figure out that I had severre damge to my knee and I ended up having my ACL, PCL and MCL replaced. Again after surgery, they sent me home to my hubby and I received no therapy. I taught myself to walk again. My husband became my therapist. It is not fair that those of us who are uninsured or underinsured do not get the help we need. By the way I had health insurance through my employeer, but because it was a vehicle accident they also refused to pay. Unfortunatly, like others I have to agree that sometimes no matter how much help we get, we can not be what we were before the accident. It is something that takes time to come to terms with. 3 years after my accident and I still have days where I miss the old me. Keep working on your own and remember that some injuries take years to heal. Good luck.
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