The Dr.'s kept telling me I'd be all better within a few hours or a couple of days, then it turned into a week or two, then three to four weeks after that. It's been more than 18 months now. I am still improving, but it can take a LOOOOOOONG time to heal and the Dr.'s have no way of knowing whatsoever how long it's going to take, or whether you'll ever recover to a point that's acceptable to you.

But I believed them! I really thought I was going to be all better and I spent all my savings while I was on vacation and then I couldn't work for a year! I wish I had not gone on vacation (even though it had been planned for months) and just stayed home and saved my money.

Try not to go shopping at all... for some reason, especially for the first year or so, I wanted to purchase everything that attracted my eye, it didn't matter whether it was practical or not. If I was in charge of groceries one week I'd buy twice as many things as we needed which was a really bad idea for many reasons.