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Neoma

(10,039 posts)
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 11:31 AM Mar 2013

Happy birthday to me.

I'm 24 now, with a fractured hip as a gift.

I'm doing better. (Maybe not emotionally.) The exercises I have to do are painful, but my overall pain has gone down I think. You don't know what you have until you lose the ability... I can't move my leg side to side without significant pain involved.

But anyways, this is my birthday party thread.

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Happy birthday to me. (Original Post) Neoma Mar 2013 OP
Congrats! NYC_SKP Mar 2013 #1
Happy b-day! Paulie Mar 2013 #2
Look at it this way lunatica Mar 2013 #3
Happy Birthday, dear Neoma! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #4
Well happy birthday to you too! DFW Mar 2013 #5
I've been trying to track you down!. Happy Birthday! polly7 Mar 2013 #6
Happy Birthday, Neoma !! Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #7
Cool. Neoma Mar 2013 #13
Have a very, very happy birthday! cordelia Mar 2013 #8
Happy birthday! OrwellwasRight Mar 2013 #9
Happy Birthday! Call Me Wesley Mar 2013 #10
Happy Birthday, Neoma. sheshe2 Mar 2013 #11
Happy Birthday Neoma olddots Mar 2013 #12
Happy Birthday! RiffRandell Mar 2013 #14
happy happy, lady! fizzgig Mar 2013 #15
Happy Birthday and hope for many more siligut Mar 2013 #16
Yoga helped me more than I can say. Neoma Mar 2013 #20
oh you are a baby Liberal_in_LA Mar 2013 #17
Happy Birthday Neoma! Loryn Mar 2013 #18
Happy Birthday Neoma warrior1 Mar 2013 #19
Happy birthday, Neoma, and many, many more! LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #21
I have a fractured back (lots of vertebrae) - I understand. HAPPY FUCKING BIRTHDAY!!!! talkingmime Mar 2013 #22
Hip, Hip Hurrah! rurallib Mar 2013 #23
you have a very good birthday tabbycat31 Mar 2013 #24
Happy Birthday to you too tabbycat! nt. polly7 Apr 2013 #25
Happy Birthday, Neoma. HappyMe Apr 2013 #26
Happy Birthday! GoCubsGo Apr 2013 #27

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
3. Look at it this way
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 11:34 AM
Mar 2013

Because it was possible you could have not had any more birthdays because of what happened to you, just think of it this way:

People Who Have Birthdays Live longer.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,712 posts)
4. Happy Birthday, dear Neoma!
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 11:35 AM
Mar 2013

I am considerably bummed out that you're spending your birthday in pain. This should not be happening!

However, you are young and you will heal. You. Will.

I hope you'll have a wonderful day, full of love, presents and cake!




DFW

(54,437 posts)
5. Well happy birthday to you too!
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 11:42 AM
Mar 2013

You are not alone. I already sent birthday wishes to my Swiss friend in Geneva and a Romanian acquaintance in Bucharest.

polly7

(20,582 posts)
6. I've been trying to track you down!. Happy Birthday!
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 11:48 AM
Mar 2013

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olddots

(10,237 posts)
12. Happy Birthday Neoma
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 01:26 PM
Mar 2013

Some day you'll look back and laugh about your accident and say "that sucked " see you next year for a 25 .

siligut

(12,272 posts)
16. Happy Birthday and hope for many more
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 02:07 PM
Mar 2013

May your future birthdays have less pain. The exercises will help circulation and keep you from losing muscle and strength. As we get older it is much harder to build muscle than to retain it.

Neoma

(10,039 posts)
20. Yoga helped me more than I can say.
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 03:24 PM
Mar 2013

I just finished yoga before I got hit, so I didn't tense up as much after I saw the mini van come up. I would not have the arm strength to move around in a walker without yoga... Yoga deals with hip openers so blood flow might be pretty good in my hip.

Glad I had a heavy winter jacket on too.

tabbycat31

(6,336 posts)
24. you have a very good birthday
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 10:50 PM
Mar 2013

I'm 33 today.

I am sorry about your pain. I'll send healing vibes your way from a fellow 3/31er.

GoCubsGo

(32,094 posts)
27. Happy Birthday!
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 08:50 AM
Apr 2013

I'm having sympathy pains in honor of your birthday. I woke up with a pain in the lower back-hip area. Glad to hear you are on the mend and hurting less.

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