A Journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step
On-going Problems
The Journey
HomeClimbing
Travel
Accident
Hospital
Recovery
Running
Headway
Fund Raising
3 Peaks, 2 Legs and a Bike
Recovery
Work AssistanceInitial Problems
Ongoing Problems
Recovery Diary
Fund Raising
Just GivingMedia and Press
Running
Event ResultsShort Events
Ultra Distance Events
Neolithic Marathon
High Peak Marathon
Pembroke Coast Path
Headway UK
Headway Swindon
Further Reading /
Inspirational books
Touching the Void
Joe Simpson
It's not about the Bike
Lance Armstrong
The Lore of Running
Tim Noakes
I still have some on-going problems, albeit of a much reduced nature
My recovery progress in
June 2005
February 2010
Work
I am now back at work on a 5 day week and have been since October 2007, intially I found this wearing but now I believe that I am as fully recovered as I will be and probably back to where I was in 2002. Maybe fitter than I was then.
Fatigue
The fatigue is not a significant problem now. I am still exercising most lunchtimes, running and swiming and cycling in the summer.Wrist
The 'tightness' of my wrist is not a problem but it still there.Spleenectomy
I am still taking daily penicillin, I expecting to review this with my GP in the coming months.Minor Problems
Numb face/jaw - Although I do not notice much numbness/lack of feeling around my mouth and lips when it's cold, I have recently become aware that I tend to hold some tension in my jaw. I suspect this is a result of having clenched my jaw subconsciously when my lips were alot more numb than now and it is a habit that I am going to have to get out of.Shoulder - I am not swimming specifically with sorting this problem out in mind, but front crawl does require full rotation of the shoulder joints and I think that this has helped significantly.