November 27, 2007

Now there are NONE!

Today I went to physical therapy, and it was so crowded. After about 10 minutes of heat and stims, the nurse came over and reminded me that my next appointment is on Friday. I thought it was sort of odd that she was telling me this since I already scheduled it and I know. I nodded, sort of puzzled, and she went on to say, "You know, you’re not supposed to be here today. Your appointment was actually tomorrow."

I have absolutely no clue what day it is ever. Thankfully they were able to fit me in and my PT was super nice about it, saying that he was going to have a busy afternoon, but that tomorrow he’d be happy about it when he had one less patient at the end of the day.

I did all the usual exercises, added a new one in as well, got to use some tension on the bike today and bumped my time up to 12 minutes. He told me to really go for it, so I cycled as fast as I could. I broke a sweat and it felt great. I walked to the leg press machine without my crutch and asked him when I could ditch it. "You can ditch it as soon as you feel ready" he said.

Physically, I’m there. I added another 5 lbs. onto the leg press machine, completed three sets of leg curls and decided I’m done with the crutch. I’m the most stable I’ve been since the injury happened. I’m not twisting, pivoting or turning with weight on it. I’m sort of robotic as I walk in straight lines but it’s so much better than walking with crutches.

After PT, I stopped at a mini-mart. The guy who held the door for me looked at me a little strangely as I very slowly walked through the door; but I did it on my own without a crutch. For the first time in nearly five weeks, I am crutch free and despite the slow pace at which I’m moving, I am so deliriously happy to be without them. I have two more physical therapy appointments before I see the surgeon again. I feel far from perfect; but there is no doubt that I’m improving. Ten days until decision time.

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