cindy88fan
supremo
Got my staples out Tuesday and so since I had no problem getting in and out of my Dad's car I was able to cancel my home visits with PT and return to out patient PT at the hospital. I have Joseph...the same PT I had when I was in the hospital. He's not very happy at the moment with the PT I had at my home. 1st thing: She told me to take more vicadin because I had some swelling. It's not an anti-inflamatory so that wouldn't help. I just needed to elevate more and ice more which I have done...swelling is gone. The recent swelling was from the 2nd thing he's not happy about. Most of the exercises she had me doing consisted of standing at the sink and doing stretching and lifting. He said one hour at the sink standing was not good. And when we worked on bending, I thought I was doing great at 95 but actually, I'm only at 75 and 80 degrees now. When she had me doing my bending, my butt was higher in the chair, my legs were at an angle and that's when she measured me so naturally my degree will be higher. So now I feel like I'm back at the beginning. Joseph said we will work hard to get the scar tissue broken up so the I can bend more. The thing that I don't get is when she worked with my bending, she would see how far I could go on my own and never ever gave me that extra shove to make my knee bend a little more. Joseph...he pushes the heck out of me...it's a pain that hurts sooo good! Does that make since? On a good note I haven't needed any pain meds for 2 days, however I might start needing a little bit for PT with Joseph. Which is fine. I just feel a little down because I "thought" I was doing so good. Yes, I'm still able to do almost everything by myself and I'm pain free but the bending...wow...what a damper! I'm just going to keep the positive attitude...I WILL SUCCEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:thmb:
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BTKR 7/20/09
CINDY:flwr:
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BTKR 7/20/09
CINDY:flwr: