Almost Three Years

It’s been almost three years since I broke myself on the side of a mountain. We’re gonna spend the anniversary day tomorrow skiing with family and friends. 

That'd be a nice line to ski

From early on after the accident, people have asked when I’ll be fully recovered; or they ask if I have fully recovered. Early on, I started answering those and similar questions by saying that I’ll never be fully recovered; that I’ll always experience some lingering effects from the accident and spinal cord injury. 

I might be starting to believe that myself. 

Because while I continue to make improvements, those have become much more subtle - the kind of thing someone else would never notice. For instance, recently I’ve been able to stand up from the couch without pushing up quite so much with my arms. And I’ve been able to engage my hamstring a tiny bit more so that I don’t drag my foot quite as much when I get out of the car. 

I might be starting to believe that I’ll never recover fully. But it continues to be really interesting (and sometimes pretty frustrating) to experience life through a new body that all of a sudden (three years ago) didn’t work the same way it used to. 

Regardless, we’re gonna have a good day celebrating the three year anniversary of Not Dead Yet Day.