Day 12 10/27/08
October 27th, 2008
Sure enough, a little activity has done wonders for my mood. PT in the morning, acupunture and electrowave in the afternoon. The PT is quite strenous. We start off with leg/butt lifts,so I’m balancing on one foot and my shoulders for a minute at a time (serious hamstring burn). Then “Superman” with the left arm and right leg in the air, balancing on the other knee and hand for a minute at a time, then reverse. Then fifty leg lifts with ankle weights. Then it’s on your knees playing catch “round the world” with a cloth ball.
Then it’s on your feet for “squats” holding a dowel for balance, going down to a full squat, holding it for a minute, then back up. Then a balance board, like surfing. And what I call Godzilla through Tokyo, which is walking over little hurdles (I do that one back home). Then we move over to the steps. There’s one double step, up and down, left then right, no hands. Then up and down half a flight of stairs, no hands. Twice. Then lots of heavy breathing. It all takes about 45 minutes. I’ve been doing PT at home for a year and a half, but it really doesn’t compare to this. Just completing it belies my thought that I was back to square one.
Had a talk with Wendy today, turns out it wasn’t the big boss who finally got the spinal right, it was the anesthiologist (that’s a lot easier to spell than say), and he’ll be doing the spinal on Wednesday, with a double or triple dose of valium. I also asked about a seventh injection, and they’ll let me know tomorrow.
My friends next door. Diane and Chris, brought me a present last night, McDonalds!I’m saving it. They get out more than I do; it was awfully nice.
Some turnover here, we’ve lost a few folks, and a new mom and her mother and 19 month old daughter from Capetown came in. At almost two weeks, I’m no longer “the new guy”.
This evening, 7 or 8 Drs., led by “Dr. Joe” gave me the once-over. I’m used to it by now. They did a lot of talking between themselves and even though Wendy was there, there wasn’t much translating, probably a lot of medical jargon. Dr. Joe was in his 70′s, a good 40 years older than the rest, a professor and his students.
All in all a fairly busy day. More of the same tomorrow and a spinal on Wednesday.
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1. sylvia | October 28th, 2008 at 5:06 am
Whew! Good to know that you will get what you need on Wednesday. Thx to Wendy, you know what’s what….a little help from your bilingual friends, eh?
It sounds more like boot camp than PT! Are you sure you didn’t get drafted over there? Good that you are still seeing some improvement. I am amazed at what you can do! (Bear in mind I am comparing it to myself…ha!)
Hmm…saving your McDonalds? Can you spell salmonella? Serious….I hope Diane and Chris aren’t scheduled to leave ya soon.
xoxo…yer MI connection
2. melissa tantillo | October 28th, 2008 at 6:03 am
Oh yeah, Mc’D's doesn’t last very long, I hope you’ve eaten it by now!! Was I right about the sandwiches, they don’t offer very much and it’s nothing like the McD’s here in NY. Not that it’s much good here either…
I had no idea that you could do the things that you describe in your PT sessions, that’s great! No kidding, if you could do those things , these treatments must be working their magic somehow. Keep up the hard work, I can’t wait to see your great results!!
We’ve got a new veggie for you to try when you get back, every tried Kohlrabi? It ain’t bad,but then if you sauteed just about anything in butter and olive oil it would probably be good!!
I’m going to have to read and re-read my entries here on your blog, I certainly never meant to insinuate that our cousins weren’t speaking, I just thought it was cool that people who didn’t ordinarily speak on a daily basis were now able to do so via your blog!!
Love you and miss you,
Melissa
3. sylvia | October 28th, 2008 at 11:48 am
No worries Melis…you were right on. The cousins are rallying! Mike, can you see how many hits your journal gets? I am sure there are a few relatives following your progress that haven’t chimed in with any comments yet. Not everyone feels the need to blah blah blah like yer aunt syl!
Hmm…kohlrabi…that white root thing? I am making spinach beuregs with filo for the canvassers. I usually make spinach pie, never made the triangles before. Melissa, email me if you know how to make them look nice.
xoxo
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