Auteur: remco

As it’s been about 7,5 weeks since my accident I would’ve thought things would be much better. But, as impatient as I am I keep getting disappointed. Last monday I’ve been to my therapist who’s having me do excercises to build up muscle strength. Well he made me work hard monday, and tuesday I really couldn’t do anything without experiencing muscle pains in my chest. I tried everything: hot bath, bedrest, tiger balm, excersis and swearing… nothing helped. Last night I had about three hours of sleep and so today work didn’t go as planned. By now most of the pain has subsided and I think I’ll be okay by tomorrow.

I’m not cut out to be injured this long. It’s so very frustrating! And aside from my physical state I’ve so much to do for work, for the tv-station, for other projects.. it’s a bit too much and I really should cut back on these activities, so when the busy times are over I’m going to reconsider all of my activities and see which ones I’m going to continue…

It’s been a while since I posted. Well, it hasn’t been easy, my wrist is still causing me pain and frustration. Actually it’s mainly my elbow that’s acting up. You’d think broken bones are worse than a dislocation of your elbow: no way. Maybe the initial pain is different, but recovering from broken bones, in my case, is much easier than trying to get my arm straight. Just some things:

• can’t scratch my nose while on the phone
• can’t turn socks inside-out
• can’t lift laundry baskets or other heavy things
• can’t open a car door (I always do this with my left hand

And all sorts of other inconveniances. Now I’m practising daily with weights to reactivate my muscles and stretch my tendons. It’s hard, but I’ll manage. My best friend convinced me to try and be patient: “things will only get better if you give it time”. I know, but patience is not my best quality. Well it’s ony 5 weeks ago, so I don’t think I have much to complain about.

enige foutje is dat geen quad is maar een buggy

The previous posts were in Dutch, I’m now forced to resort to one hand typing and that is hard enough without having to think about english words 😉 But I’ll give it a try. At May 10th, I fell over with my bugrider: a sort of race-cart. The result can be seen on the x-ray in my previous post. After three days in the hospital, I went home and experienced first hand (no joke intended) how very annoying it is to have an injury. In my entire live, this is the first time I’ve broken something. So who am I to complain. 

It must be said, the hospital-people were great!!! My deepest respects for them. Dealing with patients isn’t always easy. I hope I wasn’t a pain in the ass for them. 

Anyway, now wearing a cast for two more weeks and them hopefully on to regaining my strength. I will be riding the buggy some more, but I’ll definitely will be a lot more careful.

Ben vandaag thuis gekomen uit het ziekenhuis, eindelijk weer eigen bed en geen dementerende alzheimerpatienten om me wakker te houden. De mensen in het cwz zijn erg aardig en hebben goed voor me gezorgd! Het gips dat er nu omzit mag er over 2 weken af… Ik kan met een hand typen, dus ik stop ermee! zal straks ff rontgen uploaden

ik wordt vandaag geopereerd, krijg 2 plaatjes in mijn pols, dan wordt mijn elleboog gespalkt en krijg ik GEEN gips! mag wrschnlk vandaag of morgen naar huis!

dom heel dom,

na lekker crossen op de akker, te enthousiast een bocht genomen op beton. omgevallen en mijn arm lag de verkeerde kant op! resultaat: elleboog uit de kom, ellepijp en spaakbeen gebroken, rontgenfoto volgt! geen pretje veel pijn, een unieke combinatie! Dus morfine nu en operatie morgen!
en dan 6 weken gips! =:( afzien….