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…
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Pain Physical Therapy #14
Friday, November 22, 2019, 3:00 p.m. I was so depressed last week that I actually considered, for a fleeting moment, canceling my appointment with Francis, my Pain Physical Therapist. I was also, in that moment, considering canceling my appointment with Lisa Galan, my therapist. In my Facebook private pain/depression group, I wrote the following: “Does…
Arthritis Flare Left Hand & Wrist
December 31, 2017 I was awakened early this morning with sharp pains in my left wrist and radiating down through my left hand to my fingertips. I couldn’t move any parts of my left hand and wrist without severe pain. In addition, my hand appeared to be swollen. Now this is what I would identify…
Off to a Slow Start
This first month of 2016 has passed awfully fast! I did well the first week, going out for a walk every day, wearing my pedometer, and averaging 2,121 steps a day. (Only 7,879 steps to go!) Then it started raining and I started on nonstop migraines. For 20 days out of 31, I had debilitating…
Arthritis Flare, Left Hand
January 22, 2016 This has been an emotionally difficult month for me, having been “demoted” from Webmaster to Website Technician. Barley has been sick and peeing a lot on the bed—on my side!—making it impossible for me to sleep there. So I have grabbed blankets and made my “bed” in my recliner in the family…
A Look Back at the Year
Tonight is New Year’s Eve, and we’ve just come back from an early party at the senior citizens’ group. I was lucky that there were big bowls of green salad on the buffet table, so I filled my plate. Then I topped the salad with 1/4 c. of potato salad, just to see what would…
A Look Back at the Year
Tonight is New Year’s Eve, and we’ve just come back from an early party at the senior citizens’ group. I was lucky that there were big bowls of green salad on the buffet table, so I filled my plate. Then I topped the salad with 1/4 c. of potato salad, just to see what would…