tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681009546266121875.post30160930511986623..comments2024-03-16T03:55:08.109-07:00Comments on Coma Chameleon: My Recovery Chronicles: Scenes from (Before) My Coma Recovery: I've fallen and I can't get up!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05330189947472994951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681009546266121875.post-81825267426791856182015-08-15T10:13:30.415-07:002015-08-15T10:13:30.415-07:00Thanks, Steve--that's so sweet! It was an abso...Thanks, Steve--that's so sweet! It was an absolutely terrifying time. This kept happening until my DM was diagnosed and I was put on prednisone. (Yup, the prednisone that eventually lowered my immunity so much that I caught Legionnaires' disease.) Even then, it was still painful and difficult to shovel the litter boxes. Keith is now doing that, but I've been adding deep knee bends to my other physical therapy exercises in hopes of regaining my ability to squat. A couple of days ago, I reached down to pick something and instinctively squatted. And I was able to get up again without pushing on something. That's what part two will be about. I haven't been able to do that since these episodes were happening, in late 2012-2013.<br /><br />Yes, my recovery is due to my own personal strength, which is really just an extension of the evolutionary drive to survive. So it's not God I owe thanks for my recovery, but Darwin.<br /><br />TTFN!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05330189947472994951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681009546266121875.post-60671168915239258802015-08-15T07:59:38.034-07:002015-08-15T07:59:38.034-07:00Frightening. Touch wood you are well out the other...Frightening. Touch wood you are well out the other side. Theidiocy... sorry Theodicy comes to mind. Miracle? Look what went before: the Judeao-Christian 'God' is sure a twisted shit, eh? And the bullshit produced to deny this is even more twisted. One of the many good reasons to prefer chance is, as Pasteur is reputed to have said, it 'favours' the prepared mind. You prepared yourself for battle and you won. Three cheers for the human organism and four cheers for you.<br /><br />Chin Chin.<br />Steve WatsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com