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September 28, 2008

September 28th, 2008

9:05 A.M.  Woke up at 5:00 a.m.  Couldn’t sleep anymore.  Went to read in the common area so I wouldn’t wake Deana up.  My lower back was really sore.  Apparently another common side effect of the spinal, only the doctors seemed to be a little surprised that pains in my legs didn’t accompany the back pain.  I’m starting to feel like I’m 90 years old.  I found an ’amusement room’ with a stationary bike, and lots of room for stretching, push ups, leg lifts, etc.  I told the doctors this morning I felt like I needed to stretch my back out.  It took a little bit to get my point across, but then they suggested going to the pt room and getting assistance….rookies…(ha,ha).  Anyway, I took some ibuprofen and feel a lot better.  I realized that I didn’t write yesterday…I’ll sum up the good part…When the doctors came in in the morning, they did another assessment..close your eyes, touch your nose: tap your hands switching sides: squat down and come back up…They said there was definite improvements!  Not enough for me however, but they seemed pleased.  PT went pretty well too!  I don’t know if it’s because I’m learning the balance exercises, or my control is getting better.  I guess learning is part of the ability of control!

I got my schedule for next week.  Not Happy.  Apparently next week has Holidays, so we have 3 days of NOTHING.  I do have another Spinal on Wednesday , .. it’s getting late in the a.m, Deana and I have a massage planned today.  blog later…

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