I do have a rocking chair, but the seat is really really low. I’m afraid if I sit in it, I won’t be able to get up. I may pile up some pillow to raise the seat and give it a try. Rocking was also recommended by another therapist at my clinic.
I have a bike, but I don’t have the contraption needed to convert it to an exercise bike. At PT I moved from one recumbent bike with additional arm pedals to the other harder recumbent bike. I could not pedal on the harder one two weeks ago, but this week I could! Progress!
I spent the last couple of days going over all the insurance explanation of benefits and doctors’ bills. Fun fun fun! I paid all the small bills and set up a payment plan for the big one. I‘m still waiting on a couple more small bills to roll in. One is from an out of network hospital pathologist (that I didn’t know about and didn’t get to choose) who managed all my in hospital pre op testing. Hopefully he will bill me as in network or I’ll be able to negotiate what I owe since I had the testing done at an in network hospital. We’ll see. All in all, my insurance did a pretty good job with coverage. The only big surprise was being required by both the hospital and my surgeon to make a big down payment before surgery. I’ve never had to do that with any prior surgeries and was not prepared. Fortunately, I’m going to get most of the surgeon’s down payment back because I hit my deductible and my out of pocket max.