A quick happy note this evening – – I went to my fourth physical therapy appointment for my knee today and I earned a gold star. Unfortunately the PT didn’t have any gold stars, but he said if he did I would get one for “doing the work”.
Truth be told, I am not a great patient – –my cells do their magic on their own (though I do give them thanks and praise!), while I only do about half of my exercises – – but starting from nothing, this is enough for noticeable improvement, and it is starting to build as I get strong enough to be able to get stronger, if that makes sense?
I mean, being injured and in pain, it was hard to start to exercise, and it takes a while to get feeling better, and then it all starts to take hold, become possible… gets easier, even if I’m actually working harder.
So that’s cheering!
I just got back from a nice evening walk with bink and her dog, Astro – – we went and sat at the park on the Earth – – she’d been feeling a little disembodied, and there’s nothing like sitting on the planet to be literally grounded.
It’s good to be in our bodies.
I have three more PT appointments, one every two weeks – – I hope that now I am in less pain (a lot less!), I will be able to focus more on getting stronger.
Take good care of yourselves, as you are able.
It is difficult to do exercises regularly..there is so much else to do!! Well done on the improvement
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