Yesterday was full of all kinds of new & wonderful things for me. The day started with a visit to the YMCA to meet with one of the young gals about water therapy and how suited I may be for that. To get in there was the longest I have walked to date and my eyes were peeled for wet puddles on the floor the whole time.
Then the girl at the front desk told me my appointment was down the hall, past the stairs, up the elevator, turn left down that hall......... After the meeting, I had to walk back to the car too! lol
If you have read any of my thread you likely know I have an absolute terror of falling so even the thought of wet change room floors and pool decks are enough to put me in therapy for years to come. When I started to explain this concern to the girl I started to cry. Jeez!! We talked mostly about a "hydrotherapy" class that is geared to hip & knee replacement patients. Turns out I can do the class all in the shallow end (I can't swim) and hang onto the side of the pool (still can't stand without an aide). So my biggest challenge will be getting through the change rooms, changed, across the pool deck and into the pool.
I can take my walker onto the pool deck (crutches are far too dangerous for that environment, as I well know). The lifeguards and instructor will help me into the big pool (where the class is held) or I can be lowered on a elevator type platform. To get in the small pool which is a little more than waist deep for me they have a ramp and can wheel you in using their wheelchair.
There are a couple of options for a change room also. There is a "Special Needs Family Change room" that is a bit quieter than the general change room and my husband can go through there with me. Also you can pay a little more a month and go to the 18+ only change room that is quite a bit quieter, better seating, etc. Avoiding people moving quickly around me is obviously a big plus to me. They have given me a 2 week free pass for me and my husband so he can take me a couple of times to explore how I manage . Then if I feel okay with it all, I will start the class. So we can go to some "member's only" times to check it out and see how I do getting in and out of the pool. Our first trial will be Saturday and I will just try the small pool for starters and hopefully be able to have a bit of a soak in the hot tub
After all that I went for a manicure/pedicure and of course the only parking spot was ages away from the entrance I needed so a lot more walking! Off to physio where she started working on some new stuff with my gait and parallel bars/weight transferring, etc. I opted to go for Chinese food instead of cooking after all of this and we got home at 7:00pm. By 7:15, I was in bed and my husband claims he found me asleep with my e-reader still on 15 minutes after that, lol Slept 11 hours
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I think I am going to try some on the back of hip today, I have a very deep ache going on and some sharp pain at the bottom of my butt. I will still go to physio today but they are not likely to let me do anything hip related so I will just work on the knee. 
