2 Years

I was in the Rehabilitation Hospital learning out to walk again.  As the Physiatrist came to do her morning visit.  She came to me and said, “I wanted to get you measured for a new scooter”. I asked what I would need a scooter for, then she dropped the bomb on me.  She told me that I would likely not be able to walk again.

When you have a 4 year old that is just curious about life, that was the last thing that I was prepared to hear.  I had only been working with her for the past 2 days and she tells me this.

I have to be honest, for 1 1/2 years, I listened and believed what she told me.  I went through a lot of depression and hid it as much as I could.  I never told anyone because I didn’t want anyone to feel sorry for me or to think that I am just being weak.  I’ve been told that sometimes people just don’t want to hear about your pain, so I kept quiet.

As summer of 2010 came, my daughter now 6 came to me and started asking me about doing more travel for summer vacation and doing more activities with me.  That was my call to change my mindset to as Og Mandino would say “A Better Way to Live”.

I started training religiously.  I loved my new “gym” friends.  I received a lot of motivation from my wife, family and friends.  I refuse to give into all of the negative.  Don’t get me wrong.  I still wake up with a lot of stiffness and live with a lot of pain, but I also feel that if I don’t do this for myself, then who will.

Please remember to keep moving everyday!!!

2 Years Ago…

I was in the Rehabilitation Hospital learning how to walk again.  As the Physiatrist came to do her morning visit.  She came to me and said, “I wanted to get you measured for a new scooter”. I asked what I would need a scooter for, then she dropped the bomb on me.  She told me that I would likely not be able to walk again.

When you have a 4 year old that is just curious about life, that was the last thing that I was prepared to hear.  I had only been working with her for the past 2 days and she tells me this.

I have to be honest, for 1 1/2 years, I listened and believed what she told me.  I went through a lot of depression and hid it as much as I could.  I never told anyone because I didn’t want anyone to feel sorry for me or to think that I am just being weak.  I’ve been told that sometimes people just don’t want to hear about your pain, so I kept quiet.

As summer of 2010 came, my daughter now 6 came to me and started asking me about doing more travel for summer vacation and doing more activities with me.  That was my call to change my mindset to as Og Mandino would say “A Better Way to Live”.

I started training religiously.  I loved my new “gym” friends.  I received a lot of motivation from my wife, family and friends.  I refuse to give into all of the negative.  Don’t get me wrong.  I still wake up with a lot of stiffness and live with a lot of pain, but I also feel that if I don’t do this for myself, then who will.

Please remember to keep moving everyday!!!