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Friday…
Woke up feeling worse than yesterday, and feeling rather discouraged. You see, I am thinking that every day I will see a remarkable improvement from the day before. Well, I was educated today and shown that that’s not so.
My physical therapist today Abe, was fantastic and I will be seeing him from now on. As if he knew just how I was feeling, he let me know that some days will be worse than others. He said that on the days that I feel great, I need to make sure I don’t over due, and on the days that I don’t feel good, I need to push myself to do more.
- walk around 1-2 min. often throughout the day (doing that already)
- massage the operated thigh several times a day (am getting one of those “ball” thinggy)
- use ice after walking, working out, massages (doing that already)
- doing 5 min. of exercises at a time throughout out the day (doing that already)
- listen to my body (sometimes I listen, other times, I don’t)
Doc, actually the PA said I can take the dreaded stockings off when I’m moving and exercising. So, I took them off for the PT session today. It felt good to not have them on, I felt FREE and Abe agreed. I can do that for the next 4 weeks. …. wearing them “as needed” and always at night.
The recovery continues and it will for about 6 months at the minimum to allow for maximum bone growth and complete healing. Oh well….. as long as I can start driving soon, walking my doggies and walking for exercise, I’m good!!
Now, I just need to get a pedi.
First, I just have to say that I am so happy you are doing so well!
Second, Greg is just AWESOME! Not that I ever doubted for even a nanosecond he’d take such good care of you, but seeing the photos and reading about your recovery is great.
Huge hug to you my beloved bionic friend Nada, and congrats on your healing progress. So many people love and care for you, and your blog makes those of us far away feel less so.
Keep it up!
Thanks for reading my blog Rebecca and commenting. Love the connection with you and everyone else.