Finally today at physical therapy I was able to do straight-leg raises without any assistance. (Except for the electrical stimulation machine). The therapist also had me start doing partial squats. The partial squats were pretty hard. To do them, you stand in front of the table, and place your hands on the table for balance. […]
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Yesterday after physical therapy, my wife took the kids to go and visit her mother and sister about an hour away. They planned to stay overnight. This was my idea, I felt like she needed to get out of the house for a change of pace. She was really worried about leaving me alone, but […]
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I had my stitches taken out today. The doctor said that the scar is healing up nicely and he advised that I start using Cocoa butter on it to help it heal nicer.
He was a little concerned that my quadriceps hadn’t progressed more. He advised me to keep my knee immobilizer on whenever I’m moving […]
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Its been nice being able to spend so much time at home. I get a surprising amount of work done and am still able to stop and read books with the kids or play with them. Having a loose schedule is a big help. A strict schedule doesn’t work as well for us.
We have […]
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I’m always amazed by how good I feel after physical therapy. Even doing the exercises at home as best I can doesn’t compare. My favorite part is the TENS therapy. My leg feels so good after that.My normal therapist is out of town this week and next so I am being seen by his assistant. […]
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Today I was also able to take a shower without a plastic bag on my leg. Since we have a hand-held shower head, I decided to try it by myself. The hardest part was getting myself into the tub. The important thing is to remember to have everything you need within sitting reach before you […]
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Today was my second day of physical therapy and it was exciting. The first thing that was different was the electroshock therapy. The therapist has a machine sort of like this one with two wires that connect to these sticky electrode pads. He then placed two of the pads on top of my leg, one […]
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Since today was Sunday, my wife and kids went to church. I wasn’t quite ready to make that big of a trip yet, but I most likely will at least go to sacrament meeting next Sunday.
Being home alone while they were at church was really, well, lonely. I didn’t realize how much I enjoyed […]
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Today we had lots of visitors. It was nice to have so many people interested in seeing how were doing. First our neighbors came by to see if we needed our lawn mowed, (we had already hired someone to do it for us, but we thanked them). Then another neighbor came by and gave us […]
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Today was the first day of physical therapy. We arrived at the therapist’s office at about 8:00 and filled out all of the insurance paperwork that bogs down our healthcare system. When the therapist called me back, he asked me some questions about my goals for therapy, what types of activities I wanted to get […]
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