20220317 : patience, actions and awareness
As I go through this journey/ process of rehab, I am realising it is a process of patience and efforts. It is probably different for different conditions and strokes, however this is what I am encountering. Of course one needs to exercise both for any recovery - generally speaking. However I guess it is not a case of both overall, but sequential for every bit. Initially, when I was just a lump of flesh and bones, I could not move a muscle anywhere. I guess there is a lot of encouragement to do things etc etc. However it only needs patience and more patience. I remember, there was everyone encouraging and pushing to do this and that, do more, etc. And I would be wondering what they mean. The brain was not connected to the body. Its very difficult to describe the feeling but simply put, I didn't know what it means. I knew what is being asked but I didn't know what it bodily meant. For ex, I would be asked in physio to move some part, in swallowing therapy i would be asked to swa