I have never waited for a day as much as I have waited for
today in my entire life. The day I finally get to see my doctor with my latest
CT Scan. It’s been a little over six months since the day of my accident. After
six months of being injured and having access to the internet, I was pretty
sure I had become a little bit of a doctor myself who knew everything about a
spinal fracture. I mean, I did have all the time on the planet to do my
research.
Clearly I knew
nothing!
I got my scan done two days ago and I could see the
fractures had not fully healed. Which meant this was not over and as expected,
I was not happy about that.
But, boy was I wrong?
I was supposed to see my doctor at 11 am today but thanks to
our beloved Prime Ministers event, I got stuck in a crazy traffic and then got
stopped by a cop for jumping a red light, begged him to let us go so I can make
it to the hospital. And just when we entered, the car got a flat tire. This was
not looking like a good day. I finally made it inside and his assistant said
“Sir has left”. Everyone around me heard the sound of my heart break in that
one moment. After waiting for an hour or so I finally got to meet the doctor
and he saw my scan, the words that came out of his mouth next made all this
worth it.
He said, “Excellent fusion”. “You can remove the brace now”
With the biggest smile on my face, I started asking
questions as to what’s next. Can I start work full time? (Yes) What about physiotherapy?(Will start soon) How soon can I go on a holiday!? (In three months)
I do need to wear a smaller collar/ Philadelphia collar for another
2-3 months as the bone is not rock solid yet. I need to be super careful and
take as much precaution as I can but I don’t need to wear this brace.
Life has never been better! Ok, it has definitely been better but in my current situation, things could have
been a whole lot different. I got away with the best possible scenario from
that night.
Not sure what I did to deserve this much love from everyone
around me, but I reached this far and this quickly only because of them <3.
*Koh Samui, see you soon!*
