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  • fnq59
    fnq59 Posts: 37
    Happy New Year OB (not far away here in OZ).

    Hope the New Year improves things for you.

    All the best
  • jimmypippa
    jimmypippa Posts: 1,712
    Keep strong
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  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    Happy new year OB....
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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    All the best for 2013, OB. I hope all your treatment and therapy goes really well and you get really mobile in your new "normal"
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • arthur_scrimshaw
    arthur_scrimshaw Posts: 2,596
    Hi OB - Happy New year to you as well.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,798
    Hey OB. I wish you all the best for 2013, I hope things progress rapidly in the right direction for you.
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    Cotic Solaris
  • Fireblade96
    Fireblade96 Posts: 1,123
    Happy New Year OB !
    Hope everything works out well for you and your loved ones,

    FB
    Misguided Idealist
  • andyb78
    andyb78 Posts: 156
    Happy New Year OB - all the best for 2013. Stay strong and hope the recovery continues to plan....
    Road bike FCN 6

    Hardtail Commuter FCN 11 (Apparently, but that may be due to the new beard...)
  • coopster_the_1st
    coopster_the_1st Posts: 5,158
    Happy New Year OB

    Hope 2013 brings you swift & successful progress to mobility and normality
  • walkingbootweather
    walkingbootweather Posts: 2,443
    Best wishes for 2013. I look forward to reading of your progress.

    Keep up the good work.
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  • laughingcavalier
    laughingcavalier Posts: 18
    Impressed by your strength. Keep it up and best wishes for the new year.
  • whitebait01
    whitebait01 Posts: 610
    Happy new year, OB! All the best to you and your family, I look forward to reading about your progress, keep up the good work :)
    Ribble Audax - FCN 5
    Dedacciai Pista - FCN 3
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    It speaks volumes of the calibre of the people who frequent this forum, the quality of genuine care shown here.

    I hope 2013 brings all you hope for and all you dream of mate :)
    Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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  • Koncordski
    Koncordski Posts: 1,009
    Happy New Year! What have the quacks got on the cards for you in Jan, guess it's still balance and strength stuff for a bit?
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  • the_fuggler
    the_fuggler Posts: 1,228
    Best of luck in 2013 OB!
    FCN 3 / 4
  • Ian.B
    Ian.B Posts: 732
    May your New Year be a happy one notwithstanding your difficulties, and I hope it brings you steady and sustained progress
    Ian
  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    Well today's good news is the neck brace came off, so my neck is officially 'stable'. Posture in wheelchair is crap tho so need to work on it, neck muscles are stiff from lack of movement. Also means the physioterrorists can get more aggressive :shock:
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:
  • velohutts
    velohutts Posts: 288
    good stuff OB , sounds like a cause for cake with a hurdle crossed , keep up the good work !
    Enigma Esprit Di2 - Go tI ! Summer !
  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    velohutts wrote:
    good stuff OB , sounds like a cause for cake with a hurdle crossed , keep up the good work !
    Yep, home-made 'velvet choc fudge' cake made by Mrs OB :D
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Cool! Celebrate every small improvement - each one's significant
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,798
    Well done. I hope the year is made up of many small improvements like this for you. As MRS says celebrate each one as a victory.
    Keep up the good work, we're all rooting for you.
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    OptimisticBiker wrote:
    the physioterrorists

    :) That made me chuckle.

    If you don't me asking, what sort of exercises will they put you through to improve your posture in the 'chair?

    Happy New Year, OB. All the best to you and your family for 2013.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • navt
    navt Posts: 374
    Nothing like some positive news to kick start the new year.
  • navt
    navt Posts: 374
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    It speaks volumes of the calibre of the people who frequent this forum, the quality of genuine care shown here.

    +1
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    Reading your news really helps put things in perspective, OB. And your resolve and attitude are great. Best wishes for the challenges of the upcoming year. Glad you lost the neck brace, never a good look are they? :wink:
  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    Glad to hear things are moving (however slowly) in the right direction.

    Happy New Year OB and fingers crossed it will be a good one.
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

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  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    everything is slow steps, got 7kg odd upper body muscle to rebuild.

    my physio consists mainly of sitting on a raised plinth and doing various forms of balancing upper body and 'catching' myself when i fall by rapidly moving arms and what passes for hands to a suitable position. on the bed. Also when sitting with legs on bed in front of me,move legs to side of bed. so far i can nudge my right leg 1" - legs are heavy lumps! Finally getting from sitting to lying and back - the former is an ungainly semi-controlled fall, the latter impossible at the mo.
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Huge amount to do, OB - it's great to see you making progress. After my son's operation, he needed a massive amount of physio to teach him to walk again and the nerve regeneration still (2years later) a long way to go as he still can't lift his foot but there is now at least signs of his muscle fibres firing. Each small improvement is amazing though
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    meanredspider wrote:
    Huge amount to do, OB - it's great to see you making progress. After my son's operation, he needed a massive amount of physio to teach him to walk again and the nerve regeneration still (2years later) a long way to go as he still can't lift his foot but there is now at least signs of his muscle fibres firing. Each small improvement is amazing though

    My consultant told me that after 2y there was unlikely to be any further improvement yet I've read elsewhere of people getting significant change much later - which just proves that where nerves/spine/brain are concerned no one really knows. Anyway, hope he continues to improve.

    In other news, I've been given a power wheelchair to save my left shoulder which is very sore.
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:
  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    Keep going OB! You're an inspiration!
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