1.  Medical Stuff:

• 1 Day of PT.
• 2 Days of Home Rehab.
• I had my monthly appointment with Larry to assess how I am doing, and for gentle manipulation work on my ribs, neck, and jaw.  When I told him about my physical therapy dilemma, he basically responded in an, as diplomatic way as he could, with “over my dead body,” and “your doctor is the one who decides that.”  So, his plan for me is to take a physical therapy break over Christmas break to see how I do,when I am not teaching.  His bottom line was, “We are not messing with school and PT right now.”

1.  Medical Stuff:

• 1 Day of PT
• 2 Days of Home Rehab
• Had a Dr. Rosen appointment.  Theme:  Continuing to learn to manage because life is not fair.  Simple as that.

1.  Medical Stuff:

• 1 Day of PT.  That was an interesting session since it was right after I received my very scary certified letter  from the school district (See this post.)  Let’s just say, I have never pounded the peddles of the recumbent bike so hard.
• 2 Days of Home Rehab.  Working on my stubborn lower scaps!
• Faxed more medical records.  Office Max and I are becoming real tight.

1.  Medical Stuff:

• 4 Days of Home Rehab.
• Requested and requested and requested and faxed and faxed and faxed more medical records…

I’m back! Since I was on vacation all week, this will have to be the vacation edition of Five For Friday.

1.  Medical Stuff:

My PT gave me permission to “just relax and enjoy the week” since I was on vacation.  However, I did do one day of rehab at the beach house, which I quickly figured out was not enough.  After 5 days of no rehab, I began to feel like my joints were coming unglued again.  It is amazing how fast my joints start to go downhill, without doing any strengthening.  At one point, I picked CeCe Baby up, and my shoulder popped out of socket.  Thankfully, my Mom was there to catch her.  Good to know, but also a big reality check that rehab will forever be a part of my life to maintain function.  Needless to say, I will be back at it hardcore tomorrow…