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Old 10-03-2014, 09:50 PM #11
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There are terms used by the science community to refer to "magical sudden recoveries" such as spontaneous remission, spontaneous healing. Just because these phenomena cannot be explained by modern science, it does not mean they do not occur.

Being injured as we are, there are very few things that we can control. One of them is what/how we think. Do not underestimate the power of your mind and belief. Your thoughts do affect your body on a cellular level. Take the power back and use this ability to maximize your recovery.
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Yes, I have had some magic healings. it has been almost three years, and I am finally seeing amazing healings. Some days are better than others.
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I hAve to stop comparing myself to me prior injury, and I understand that I have to accept the new me but I just want to forget this you know... Like in a year or two will I forget that I felt like this
I kept a training log for exercise and then triathlon training for ~10 years. I had learned not to compare myself to my faster and stronger friends, but to look at my own progress. After my accident, looking at my old logs just made me sad. I still struggle to accept the new me, but I finally put away those logs and started again from my "new normal." For example, at first my headaches got worse if my heart rate went above 90. Now on a good day I can push to 150. I could only run 20-30 seconds without problems, and now I can run 2 miles at an easy pace. The change has been so gradual that I barely notice it, but seeing it in writing shows me how far I've come.

I also record symptoms so I can see if there's a pattern, but I've found that once I write it down, it's easier to "let it go" and not obsess on it.

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What happened: I was on my Triathlon bike doing an easy ride through my neighborhood just a few weeks after completing Ironman Texas (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run). A driver on a side street pulled up to a stop sign but didn't see me and pulled out in front of me. I tried to make a sharp turn alongside her but fishtailed and went into the side of her car with the left side of my body at about 17 mph.

I walked away with a headache and a whiplash, a sore shoulder, and some bruises but was counting my blessings. I did several months of PT for my shoulder and neck, and I still had problems with headaches, neck pain, and dizziness. My PT insisted I be evaluated, and I was diagnosed with a concussion. I was still in denial, but then I transferred to a vestibular/neuro rehab specialist and learned that my eyes weren't focusing properly (nystagmus, convergence disorder). I was discharged from that PT on June 10, 2014 - exactly one year after my accident - because I was no longer making "significant progress." I did more PT for my neck/shoulder, and on Dec 16, 2014, I had shoulder surgery. I'm coming to terms with the fact that I might never do another Ironman, but I'm not giving up on returning at some level.
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Thanks for everyone's answers,

I woke up today at 7am after tossing and turning all night and felt like I had no sleep and I had the worst headache ever, now me of course got very scared because I thought I went back to square one magically.

But then after I woke up I realized that I also had a stuffed up and runny nose and a small sore throat...so its probley just a cold.

But I guess for a while anytime I get a headache I think I will like relapse into square 1.....

But at least this cold got my mind off my anxitey about never being myself again
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