Grammyof2
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Just had another OT session with the same person. I started off purposefully, setting boundaries in a friendly manner and stating what I hoped we would do.
It went well.
She did the usual measurements and said I'm healing nicely and gaining a remarkable degree of motion. She praised the results of my "scar massage." This time she focused (as I wished) on observing me doing the exercises--turns out I had misunderstood one, so now I know how to do it properly. I can never learn by observing someone else or hearing descriptions.
Because I'm doing so well and no additional exercises are scheduled to be given next week, we're skipping next week's session. We also rescheduled a couple of later sessions when she'll have to be out of town.
She made no derogatory remarks. She softened and re-molded my brace/splint twice to get it just right. (It needed to grip the back of my hand a bit more snugly; its lower region was given a slightly different curve to prevent it from pressing too hard on the lower reaches of my thumb; it does have to keep my hand from bending too far in that direction).
At 11 am on June 30, I'm due to get a phone call from my surgeon's assistant, so my OT offered to bring her up-to-date on my progress first thing that morning. I saw her make a note, but I plan to remind her the week before. If the surgeon's assistant gives the OK, at 1 pm that very afternoon the OT and I can start working on splint-free exercises for additional flexibility and strength.
I'm really looking forward to that. My right thumb is increasingly painful, and I'm eager to get the left hand working soon so the right can have its turn at surgery. I was given a range of 4 to 6 months between them, so I'm hoping for late September.
It went well.
She did the usual measurements and said I'm healing nicely and gaining a remarkable degree of motion. She praised the results of my "scar massage." This time she focused (as I wished) on observing me doing the exercises--turns out I had misunderstood one, so now I know how to do it properly. I can never learn by observing someone else or hearing descriptions.
Because I'm doing so well and no additional exercises are scheduled to be given next week, we're skipping next week's session. We also rescheduled a couple of later sessions when she'll have to be out of town.
She made no derogatory remarks. She softened and re-molded my brace/splint twice to get it just right. (It needed to grip the back of my hand a bit more snugly; its lower region was given a slightly different curve to prevent it from pressing too hard on the lower reaches of my thumb; it does have to keep my hand from bending too far in that direction).
At 11 am on June 30, I'm due to get a phone call from my surgeon's assistant, so my OT offered to bring her up-to-date on my progress first thing that morning. I saw her make a note, but I plan to remind her the week before. If the surgeon's assistant gives the OK, at 1 pm that very afternoon the OT and I can start working on splint-free exercises for additional flexibility and strength.
I'm really looking forward to that. My right thumb is increasingly painful, and I'm eager to get the left hand working soon so the right can have its turn at surgery. I was given a range of 4 to 6 months between them, so I'm hoping for late September.