My turning may be over.

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Prayers sent. Do your part and do the therapy to the best of your ability. Then, Lord willing, you'll be able to return to your turning.
 
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prayers for you and for god to help you and to heal you! here is a resource you might look at it is called hbot it is used in healing the body by the use of hybaric medicine and has helped save many ppl you can look it up on youtube type in hbot in the search bar many conditions are helped and even successfully treated even stroke here is another website that may lead you to find more info that may help you!
 
Thank you

I am truly overwhelmed by all of the support from you guys. You all helped me to realize that I have the capacity to overcome this setback and you've given me the push that I needed to stop feeling sorry for myself and make recovery my number 1 priority. My first therapy session is tomorrow morning and I'll be going Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for a 1 hour session each day. I will also have daily exercises to do and it's going to be hard but it's also going to be done.

Thank you for the encouragement, I do appreciate it.
 
First session

OUCH!

I am hurting.

We went through the evaluations and found that my left arm only has 38% of the strength that my right arm does (not good when you are a lefty) the left leg has 73% of the strength of my right. They gave me a funny looking pen to write with (might be a market in these) and we discussed the goals and milestones for rehab. I think this girl loves to hurt men cause she beat me up pretty bad but she is also very pleasant to look at and we're going to arm wrestle a little on Wednesday so I guess I'm going to stick around. We only worked out for 20 minutes but it feels like it was longer. Home exercises are stretching, curling and holding a 1 lb weight, and squeezing a "grip ball". She says the best is yet to come. I sure hope so.
 
Pic of pen please?

The first therapy sucks. Keep at it. It might not get much easier for a while but it will get less painful. After my dad's stroke he was not expected to walk ever again. In fact he was told that by a PT guy. A young lady fresh out of PT school ignored the guy and he was not only walking in 6 seeks he was walking on his own without support. The right therapist and self determination will get you where you need to go, but you have to do what they tell you even if their methods are reminiscent of the Spanish Inquisition.

I just started therapy for my back and I hurt too.
 
I actually tried that first type when I tore up my wrist. I never could get use to it. The second though, might be a good idea.
 
A little Progress

Well,

Another session completed and I think I can see a little progress. First off, I don't feel like I've been hit by a truck. Secondly, I have feeling beginning to return to my left hand. I can feel my pinky, ring finger, part of my middle finger and the heel and palm of my hand. The rest still has that "pins n' needless feeling" but even that is progress. :smile: I also learned that arm wrestling with a pretty therapist is fun :biggrin:. Unfortunately she's young enough to be my daughter and she's married :rolleyes:

On the path to recovery one must take many small steps, I've taken a few now and will continue.
 
Years ago I broke my wrist. For awhile, after surgery, getting my fingers to even twitch was like an excercise in bending spoons with your mind! It takes time but each step in the right direction is a positive sign.

Wishing you patience, perseverance and plenty of the cute little girl holding your hand! :wink: :smile:
 
More progress

More progress. The feeling has returned to my left hand but I do have episodes of the tingly feelings that come and go. Therapist thinks there might be a bit of carpel tunnel going on so I'm scheduled for a test on that. Strength is increasing on the left side and now we're working on range of motion, dexterity / hand-eye coordination and of course continued strength training. Funny how heavy a 1 or 2 pound weight is when you try to hold it at arms length for a prolonged period of time. She says I'll be ready for the endless pool in a couple of weeks. She also said that my progress is ahead of the predicted schedule and if I can maintain my current attitude she thinks I'll be 100% by mid March instead of the projected beginning of May that the preliminary tests indicated.

Thank you all for the encouragement, It IS making a difference.
 
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