Siouxie

Rehabilitation was necessary. I cannot and don’t want to imagine where I would be without it. In saying that, it it requires dedication, both on the part of the occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Physiotherapists, speech therapists and you! Without the dedication of a team of specialists, my dad and mum and partner, I would have found the situation difficult, and it would have added to the ‘feeling out of kilter” that I was experiencing. It is hard to describe, like you are removed from yourself, still walking, talking, hearing, but in a weird fog. One bit doesn’t connect with the other, yet you are there.

It takes dedication, slogging away at the exercises and just trying constantly.

There were times when I felt like giving up! Sometimes the difficulties appear insurmountable, sometimes it feels as though you make inroads, but then you get knocked back. Just part of life, I guess. There are times when you wonder “How much can a koala bare? My parents have ingrained in me that you must work hard at what you do. Life just handed me a curve ball, now I must work, to try and get better. An example of this is recording my dad’s voice, on my phone, when we were doing the exercises, so that I could practice when he wasn’t around. It doesn’t change that horrible feeling “you could do that before”. Now it’s more difficult, but I am alive!!

Thanks to wonderful surgeons, rehab staff members and constant checkups. Slowly, eventually, things came back, and like I said differently, but they eventually came back. I still have difficulties, they will be ongoing, but the aneurysm has changed my thinking about my life, finding and looking at what is right for me, what makes me zing! I am fortunate that my work has been supportive through this process. In saying life challenges, you in all ways. I may be moving on to trying something else.