Rehabilitation on Sunnaas Hospital
26 November 2024, the start of my rehabilitation stay at Sunnaas hospital
How they helping people back on there feet after accidents, I had heard about Sunnaas all the years I have stay in Norway.
But I'm not "disabled", I haven't physically damaged any parts of my body, I'm not missing limbs, broken my back or other parts of my body.
And yes, that's probably what I associate with rehabilitation at Sunnaas, luckily my wonderful GP explained a little more about what Sunnaas does.
Cognitive handicaps, I have realised over the past year that these are my challenges, but how do you rehabilitate them?
They cannot give a new brain, or can they? what can they do?
Right now I'm in a way completely fine... or not, I know that there are many things that no longer is what they were, but I guess I've made my own little bubble and when I stay inside it, it goes perfectly fine, but when I sometimes get outside of that bubble, most things go wrong.
Maybe that's what they can help me with, but I know it scares me a bit, getting out of my bubble.
🚵🏻♂️Link to the background for my rehabilitation stay
26 November 2024 Sunnaas Hospital ward KReSS day 1
Then I'm finally at Sunnaas hospital
I have put behind me 2 days with big challenges, to get things packed and ready for and going here to Sunnaas, has been demanding, a bit strange when I look back and think about how much I have packed and traveled otherwise, I almost got a bit of panic anxiety when I had to pack, what should I pack, how much should I bring, have I remembered everything..., packed bag, unpacked bag checked and packed again, did this several times, and when I sat in the car I had that feeling, is there something I have forgotten, has I remember and lock the door, have I brought everything, a lot of uncertainty and fear.
27 November 2024
Day 2 at Sunnaas, yesterday was the start of my stay here, a lot of new stuf, lot of information so feel that my head was full and tired, and with a bad night's sleep behind me it was a long day, but ok, I was well received here and nice people,
So positive thoughts for today.
28 November 2024
Day 3, now I'm underway, well established here at Sunnaas Hospital, yesterday there was a lot of information about the stay here for the next few weeks, there will be clarifications, tests, conversations, group therapy, physical and mental training, testing my limits and opportunities under safe conditions, to learn how to live with my new situation with cognitive difficulties.
The road to Sunnaas has been long with a lot of uncertainty along the way, but now I'm here. You have to be healthy to be sick
Now I will use all my energy and focus on absorbing all the knowledge they can give me here so that I can learn how to have a good and better everyday life again, the time from the accident in May 2023 until now has been more of a demanding mental challenge than a physical challenge to deal with my new situation.
29 November 2024
Friday, the first week is almost over, yesterday was talks with a psychologist and occupational therapist and otherwise an activity day where you have the opportunity to try out different types of activities, fun and try a few different things. Otherwise, I felt that I was very tired in my head for most of the day yesterday was full of many impressions, new things and people, but very positive and good social environment here, feels safe to be with health staff who understand that I have challenges and not be met with distrust, also feels good to be around people who have the same challenges, to be social again without being afraid that people will look at me strangely and ask questions that are either difficult to answer or have to defend why you became "different" and could chatting and enjoying yourself with others has been and is an amazingly good feeling.
Reflections after the first week
I am impressed by the professional staff here at Sunnaas, both as professional staff and as people. The first week has been information overload in a positive way, still a bit unsure of what will happen and how they can help me, next week we will make a target plan so then I probably getting a better understanding of it.
Self-effort is important here, you have to be motivated and want and get help, it's up to me to get the best out of my stay here and take with me as much knowledge and information as possible in order to be able to help myself afterwards
Day 2 at Sunnaas, yesterday was the start of my stay here, a lot of new stuf, lot of information so feel that my head was full and tired, and with a bad night's sleep behind me it was a long day, but ok, I was well received here and nice people,
So positive thoughts for today.
28 November 2024
Day 3, now I'm underway, well established here at Sunnaas Hospital, yesterday there was a lot of information about the stay here for the next few weeks, there will be clarifications, tests, conversations, group therapy, physical and mental training, testing my limits and opportunities under safe conditions, to learn how to live with my new situation with cognitive difficulties.
The road to Sunnaas has been long with a lot of uncertainty along the way, but now I'm here. You have to be healthy to be sick
Now I will use all my energy and focus on absorbing all the knowledge they can give me here so that I can learn how to have a good and better everyday life again, the time from the accident in May 2023 until now has been more of a demanding mental challenge than a physical challenge to deal with my new situation.
29 November 2024
Friday, the first week is almost over, yesterday was talks with a psychologist and occupational therapist and otherwise an activity day where you have the opportunity to try out different types of activities, fun and try a few different things. Otherwise, I felt that I was very tired in my head for most of the day yesterday was full of many impressions, new things and people, but very positive and good social environment here, feels safe to be with health staff who understand that I have challenges and not be met with distrust, also feels good to be around people who have the same challenges, to be social again without being afraid that people will look at me strangely and ask questions that are either difficult to answer or have to defend why you became "different" and could chatting and enjoying yourself with others has been and is an amazingly good feeling.
Reflections after the first week
I am impressed by the professional staff here at Sunnaas, both as professional staff and as people. The first week has been information overload in a positive way, still a bit unsure of what will happen and how they can help me, next week we will make a target plan so then I probably getting a better understanding of it.
Self-effort is important here, you have to be motivated and want and get help, it's up to me to get the best out of my stay here and take with me as much knowledge and information as possible in order to be able to help myself afterwards