Glad you're home !
I was thinking about the nerve damage... do they think it was because of the way you were laying for so long without moving ?
I recall reading about a guy who was accidently overcome with CO and had to have either his leg or arm amputated due to nerve compression for an extended period
Yes they said the rhabdo and nerve damage are from being still on the ground for so long. I guess because I wasn't moving for so long the muscles began to break down and then flooded my blood stream with all of that. My CK levels were around 20k so I was at risk of having kidney failure but I pulled through. One nurse mentioned that it could also be that the rhabdo was slightly caused by my depressed breathing - Idk how true that is because I think that usually entails organ damage and what not if that starts happening but what do I know.
Nerves should recover, they can even regrow pretty fast.
How do feel mentally? Are you in the same place?
I hope that's true haha. Because moving hurts like a bitch right now.
I'm 100% not at all in the same place. I feel terrible for my mother. When I was in the hospital the first few days all I could think was that I was dead and I wouldn't get to say the things I wanted to say to my mom and friends.
I have been depressed and suicidal for so long now though that I know a "quick" change of heart doesn't necessarily mean much though; Although, I've never taken suicide off of the table before now.
I don't even want to think about suicide or the possibility of doing the same thing again. I think partly due to the fact that I really really genuinely did not think I would come back. So when I did it was such a shock. There was a couple of times I was convinced I was in some kind of purgatory and that when I discharged I would turn out to be dead and I would finally see what I had given up. Honestly - that sounds fucking insane to me and I hate the cliche of people who say they would never do it again after an attempt and how much they regret it. I hate that more than anything because I've nearly died in the past and I just redoubled my efforts the next time. This was different for some reason though.
The thing is that if I do attempt again in the future I will look like an emotional hypocrite and there's a part of me that's scared of that. Scared that I'm just scared of dying even though I "know" that it's the answer for me. That I let that emotion take hold of me and convince me to live because it would mean that what was convincing me to die was just as irrational. I don't want that to be me.
But fuck it. That's how I feel right now, I'm a stupid human who can't get a grip on reality and if this little scare ends up being good for me, even if it's in the short term then god bless.