It feels like I haven’t posted in a while. This is probably because I haven’t. I again apologize for this. Well let’s get to it, this week was the week of my first evaluation at Shepard Hospital and I must say it went well. I like it there. It’s almost like a mini community for people with disabilities. During the evaluation the physical therapist had me do a couple of things to test my range of motion and test my current abilities. Of course after everything I had to ask if I would get back to normal and she said it was to early to tell and that she would have to work with me some more. So I think I will approach the question again in about three weeks. After we were done they said there were going to call to set up a schedule for next week but I haven’t heard from them as of yet and to be honest I’m getting kind of restless. You see I understand that I have a six month window where my likely hood for getting back to full strength is the greatest. My relapse happened at the beginning of April so that means I’m already nearing the end of my 3rd month, and I’m not getting a little anxious about everything. But regardless I think they can help me. She seemed to know a lot about my condition and told me things about myself I didn’t even realize. One big thing is that I “weight shift” without thought. I know a lot of you guys are like what is “weight shift.” Well the best way to explain it is have you ever sat on a hard bench and you butt began to hurt. Hurt so much to the point that you would have to get up. Well this is because we have the ability to sense when we have been sitting in a certain spot for too long and blood is not flowing to that area of our body. Well in the cases of someone who has no sensation or weak sensation in those areas such as myself there is nothing to make us aware that we need to shift our weight or get up and let blood flow back to those areas. So every 30 minutes we have to shift our weight to one side for a minute, and then to the other side for another minute to prevent skin sores. Skin sores in some cases can be really hard to treat and can even lead to serious infection and death. In fact we all know Christopher Reeve who played Superman for many years but fell off a horse, which left him fully paralyzed. He died due to a skin sore infection. Me doing “weight shifts” subconsciously means that I’m being to get more sensation back which is a good thing. So I ultimately have to be thankful rite? As far as everything else goes I have to continue to have patience that things will fall through.
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