July 18, 2022, 11:30 a.m. Today was my last appointment with Francis, my Pain Physical Therapist for the past 4 1/2 years. Both the parking lot and the waiting room were eerily empty today. Francis said they are like that all the time now. We remembered the days of the in-person Pain Management Program when…
Category: Pain Physical Therapy
Pain Physical Therapy #17: April 2022
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 I don’t ordinarily schedule medical appointments on Tuesday because of that being grocery shopping. This appointment was originally scheduled for Monday but Francis emailed me and said he needed to reschedule. Since I only have to go to Safeway today, I agreed on the 11:30 a.m. appointment on Tuesday for Pain…
Pain Physical Therapy #16
January 17, 2022, 11:30 a.m. It’s been two years and one week since my last in-person appointment with Francis, the Pain Physical Therapist at Union City. I felt guilty for asking Linda to drive me there since it was her birthday, and especially because she just had her COVID booster yesterday and wasn’t feeling well….
October Transitions
Tuesday, October 5, 2021 Alameda Farmers’ Market Ron (the egg guy) told me that their main supplier, a family poultry farm for generations (Great Valley), is going out of business at the end of October. But he said he has found another farm with pasture-raised poultry where he can get the eggs. Pain Group Online…
Pain Physical Therapy #15
Friday, January 10, 2020, 3:00 p.m. I was ready today to see Francis for Pain Physical Therapy. I didn’t even feel guilty that Linda had to drive me, especially since she had yesterday to recover from Wednesday, and because she found her new tube of eye gel on the “running board” of the van on…