Let's Talk—Can We Guess Why Time and Health Are Our Most Important Assets?

in #life7 years ago

Few weeks ago I had my surgery and these screws came out of my leg! I've got three more of these and two rods which are to be removed around mid-2018. During the course of the past few months I've had to rest a lot and take it easy. This meant I couldn't do many of the things that I did every day otherwise.

Some of these screws used to trouble me, making simple things such as a slightly brisk walk difficult as they would poke me inside my leg. Since the bones were healing well, my surgeon felt it wasn't necessary to keep them there. This would also expedite the healing process I was informed.

I still have a lot of pain around the fractured segment of the tibia and fibula if I exert myself, but I'm hopeful that it'll heal with time. The nerve damage in my arm is slow to recover and I've no idea how much longer it would take—bit of a disappointment really!

If all this wasn't bad enough, about 2 months ago I managed to strain my back and the pain didn't go away. On the morning of my 3rd and most recent surgery we x-rayed my back found out I've a slight fracture in my lower back, behind the discs. Seems like I hurt it months ago when I met with an accident and the recent strained caused it? Who knows...

Now for most part of it I'm managing quite well, but it's difficult to do some things such as sitting for long durations or bending and lifting heavy objects. The pain is also quite constant and gets worse by evening on some days which is annoying and it worsens when I have to put in long hours at work.

It's quite surprising how the human body can endure foreign objects inside it and how the mind copes up with the time that it takes for the body to heal. Healing is sometimes a slow process taking months if not years and all that we can do during this time is to be patient and wait it out.

Fortunately for me, the bones will heal and hopefully so will my back and arm. It's a matter of time now and I have to wait it out!

Good health if lost is sometimes recoverable but it is impossible to get back the lost time. There are times you wished you could turn back time in hopes that you could go back to your past and do things perhaps differently to achieve an entirely new outcome. But this doesn't happen in real life.

Time seems to flow in a single direction and all you can do is wish that you accomplish all that you dream before you kick the bucket.

Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted. - Denis Waitley

This picture was forwarded to me recently and I couldn't help but ponder for a bit what it would be like to ride my motorcycle once again! But I guess all I can do right now is rest and wait it out even if I feel that I'm just wasting away precious time.

Every day I work as hard as I can to save up money in expectation of some magical fix to the nerve damage in my arm. But whether I find it or not I'm sure it won't stop me from continuing to try and live my dreams and also enjoy some good things in my life and help others a little as well.

Time and Health are our most precious assets indeed but if you are alive and have the will to fight out of any difficult circumstance, you can very well achieve anything you set your mind to. This is my learning in the past 7-8 months!

What about you dear readers? Have your life experiences taught you differently?


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What a great post!

I find it amazing how we take so many things for granted in our day-to-day activities, but when an accident or an injury occurs, we quickly find out how precious things like breathing and walking really are.

Btw, who is the artist of the hourglass rendering?

In China, we are told that the Health stands for 1 and Wealth are just a bunch of zeros after 1. So if you don't have a healthy body (and mind), it is meanlingless even if you have thousands of zeros....
I wish you healthy and all the best!

Wow. Those screws are serious!

I'm glad your bones are healing, hate that nerves are so much trickier! Maybe they will come up with something, but in the meantime, not a lot you can do about nerves.

A friend of mine broke a finger playing basketball and had plates and screws put in. I've been lucky in that regard, nothing to that extent.

You have to be careful with back and spine. That doesn't like to heal so well! Take care of it. Yes, it might mean not doing what you want for a time, but the time is well spent on getting healthy.

On the flip side, it is true that we never know how much time we have. I lost a friend to cancer last year, he was way to young. But you just never know what the future holds.

Gotta live while you are able.

Thanks for sharing this @firepower. All the best in your recovery. best hurry it up, there's a lot to do at SteemFest! hahaha

Sending you so much healing for your leg and also the nerve damage in your arm.

I smashed my elbow into 5 pieces and had it metalled back together, so I totally get the having metal sticking in you and causing pain when you're doing things, not pleasant! & the sitting around waiting for healing to speed up too!

I do energy healing so I will send as much as I can and see if I can give you a 'magical fix to the nerve damage in my arm', I know nerves are tricky to heal.

So pleased you washed and polished the screws before photographing them!

Much Pure Love, Light and healing <3

Such a nice example of making lemonade out of lemons!

A friend has been suffering with back pain that has redefined her entire life as well. She really wants to avoid surgery and is trying light therapy and stem cell therapy. Fingers crossed

My friend, I have not seen you post for a while and wondered about you and went to your blogs to see what was up. I am so sorry this happened to you. I have had many broken bones in my life, but never any screws. It does look like you are mending well which is good, and I know you will be back in the adventures mode you appear to love very soon. The body is an amazing machine that knows how to heal itself over time.

Here is to a speedy recovery. I had in fact wrote in one of my post that during my reflections of My Trans-Mongolia Journey, health is crucial. Without good health, I would not be able to travel around the world. In fact, it was due to the good health that my wife and I are currently enjoying that we decided to go for this long journey now rather than later.

In 2004 I had a vertabre replaced in my neck c4/c5. I have a metal plate with 6 screws that hold it in place. My experience was that time takes time. The doctors told me that many things that I used to do like playing basketball and lifting weights, I would no longer be able to do. My experience was that time takes time. 3 years later in 2007 I got back into the Gym. 10 years later and I have never been more physically fit. The doctors were wrong. I never stopped believing in myself. You have time, the rest if your life in fact. Enjoy the moment you have now. You will be back on your bike soon enough. We are only limited by what we believe to be impossible

Great motivational post, you are a real overcomer!

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