Tuesday 28 October, 2003 at 7:08PM (Nereus)  ::  permalink  ::  comments (1)

Ok so I went to the Doc yesterday to see what was going on, of course the appointment was for 1.30pm but I didn't get to actually see him until 3pm. In the interim I ran down the road and got a hair cut, as ya do. The prognosis is improvement, fortunately. Doc said I'm 75% recovered, but is keeping me on antibiotics, inhaler and expectorant for another week. He told me that my bronchitis had been so severe that I will probably have several recurrences over the next 6 months before it really comes right. Lovely.

I'll take that with a grain of salt though, because years ago I broke my foot in three places and was given some pretty bad news - the doc told me I wouldn't be able to walk without a limp for 6 months and wouldn't be able to run for at least 18 months. Surfing and snow skiing (my two main sports) were of course out of the question. He also added that after the 18 months was up I may still require pins in my foot depending on how well it healed.

I decided that wasn't good enough and used the mind over matter technique, which has worked successfully for me on more than a few occasions. Two months later I was snow skiing without a problem. I still had to use crutches at times if I was on my feet (standing) for long periods of time, but once I had my ski boots on it was like wearing a cast (all praise to the genius who invented rear-entry ski boots). I was back surfing shortly after that. That foot has never bothered me since. 18 months? pfft.