My approach is to plan for the worst, but hope (and work) for the best.

To cover the worst case scenario, I fought - and won - a lawsuit.
Still, I would LOVE to be able to work, again.

I have resigned myself to the fact that I will never be able to return to my demanding, high octane career. However, I've reached the point where I would be happy to be able to do ANYTHING that gave me the validation of a pay cheque.

I'm not there, yet, and maybe I never will be (so say my doctors and PT), but I'm not going to give up.

No matter how hard I work at my recovery, there is no guarantee I'll succeed. All I can know is, that if I stop trying, I'm guaranteed to fail.