jo b

good to hear all your reply's.. must admit i am riding. not very comfy to have my riding hat on for long though, and yes does worry me a bit if i was to take a fall. Which is bound to happen sometime. I have found that it is getting easier. I do get tired, and still get the bad heads, but that is improving. Getting back with the horses has given me some sanity back, I have 3 year old twin boys. so figured i'm running round after them so riding can't be that much more tiring. finding that i'm not stressing so much about my head bouncing around so much. Howevever does feel little strange when trotting cantering... but found that if i concentrate on my riding i forget about it for a while.... figured can't go though life worrying just got to get on with it and make the best of it. else will end up doing not a lot at all. i mean anything can happen around the courner can't it as we all know...... Everyones different but it seams to be my way of coping to try and do as much as i can as i did before this happened....x

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Hi.... Well been having to push myself as family life and young children does doesnt run on it's own. so pushed myself even more and have started riding again. must admit push myself too much sometimes and pay for it for a few days after. but oh so good to get on my horses again. gives me some sort of sanity back for a short while. I know it could be not good if i were to get thrown but i think i just had to do it or it would get harder to get back on the longer i leave it. would love to hear from anyone else that has gone back to something they love no matter what. sports ,horse riding etc. I mean is it ok to exercise. Run jogging etc....

Hi. thank you for all your posts. I know i should and need to rest. But it's almost impossible in this house. My family all live some distance away, and my other half has to work. Luckily the twins are now going to nursery a bit more. Theres also my daughter, I find it hard as i don't want the children missing out the things they normaly do. Also having horses doesn't help. Am i stupid battling on..... will it hamper my recovery? I do still have a constant bad head sometimes better than other. and get tired. but not as bad as it was....... Horses are my life and i just want to get back to them and riding.... does anyone else ride horses .... if so how long before they were able to get back to riding?

Yes . they have helped loads. But i am strongwilled and probably too stubborn for my own good. I find it v hard to not do as much as i can. Have you fully recovered, and how long did it take? thanks jo

I am a very active mum of 3 two of which being 3 yr old twins. I am very horsey, own 4 horses and ride/compete etc. I was struck down with a sah on the 7th of nov 2011. Came from nowhere while i was giving the twins their tea. After 2 attempts of calling an ambulance myself with them saying that nhs direct will call back of which they didn't i finaly called nhs direct myself who got the ambulance. felt really really awfull but didn't know how serious it was. Anyway to cut a long story short after angios etc had a crainiotomy on the 10th of nov. Was in hospital for over a month and in more pain than i could ever imagine. Now at home and still suffer with constant bad head. although has improved lots, so much so that i have cut down a lot of the pain relief. I am not one to take loads of medicine unless i have to. Maybe that's the wrong thing to do - don't know. trying to take it easy is v hard in our household. How does everyone else do it... And yes i am shattered all the time , grumpy and bad tempered and can't sleep v well. Apart from all the family stuff, horses are my life also and i couldn't bear the thought of not riding etc. Would love to hear from others on how long does it take to feel normal ish again and able to do the things that you used to do.