Thursday, April 25, 2013

Gym, gym, gym, gym, gym... REHAB!



We go through life thinking that what if…?

Is it irrational thoughts to want that what if to be to physically improve you?

Even when you know that you have an illness that can’t be cured?

Perhaps, the only not logical thinking is thinking that you can go backwards in time to be what you used to be? We all know that is impossible? Or is it? One can only try to prolong their life with every tried and true methodology available that is legal and logical, hmm?

And so with a healthful diet, as always, and an exercise plan in the works, I am on a journey that I have been on before… and it did work, but not with all these obstacles in my way…all any of us can do is try. And since I received an award for Perseverance in Business way back in 1968 from the Berkeley School, perseverance is perseverance and it has worked for me in all aspects of my life before and so here I go, continuing…with my determination!



Any-who… today, I went back to the rehab in spite of my collapse on Tuesday; you know, you just have to do it, Nike!

Knowing that even  though I had a nasty morning this morning of hip pain going down the left leg like sciatica, which I have had many times before, but not recently.

Had to look up what to do for it since I forgot, used to be an issue with my discs pinching the sciatic nerve in the tushy but with the MS it is usually an issue with my nerves demyelination in the spinal cord in the same area though. But the care for it is the same, rest, and, alternating warm compresses with ice packs and a warm bath seemed to help by the time I wanted to leave. And probably the fact I had my daily Copaxone shot and two doses of about half my eighteen pills for the day done by then, couldn’t hurt and it didn’t any longer and so we went!

One of the slant boards was available, but here they both are, due to Hubby taking this shot after the woman was all done. This is on the side where the treatments are for PT and OT, specifically; in the area where the arm cycle is, is as well as all the other equipment that is for independent users and patients too.
Foolishly at first, I was going to wait for the arm cycle because someone was using it and it was how I had been doing it, the arm cycle first than the slant board. But I reversed my usual, doing the slant board first than the arm cycle and it all worked out just fine. Still at ten minutes on the arm cycle, and 25 reps and repeat with 25 more on the slant board. Hopefully soon I will be capable of moving up to more reps on both. Today was sixth visit.


This is the arm cycle with the seat slid off to its left, removed, to pull my wheelchair in.


Now the arm cycle being demonstrated how it works, while sitting in a wheelchair.
Sadly, that is me, but you all knew that.
Hubby blurred the photo, which is good, not my best side; the additional weighted look is due to me wearing my cooling vest.

On that note of some note of minutia… allow me to be the very first to wish all of you a very happy good night and ask you to kindly to count all your blessings and share all your overages with you know who and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear?!





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