If the pandemic had not hit, I would have had my routine appointment with Francis, my Pain Physical Therapist, on April 24. But, in the throes of the pandemic, that day came and passed and I thought about emailing Francis and asking him…well, I didn’t know exactly what I would ask in an email. So…
Category: physical therapy
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…
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…
Pain Physical Therapy #13
Friday, September 27, 3:30 p.m. Francis left me a voicemail saying that he would have to move my 3 o’clock appointment to 3:30. No problem. It gave us an extra half hour at home before leaving. We got to the Union City Kaiser facility at 3:21 p.m. and I didn’t wait more than 5 minutes…
Pain Physical Therapy #12
I anticipated and began this session with a mixture of delight and guilt. We chatted easily at the beginning, as we always do, about my recent road trip to Portland and back and about Francis’ planned trip to France in early September. Then I told him about my first two counseling sessions with Lisa Galen…
Pain Physical Therapy #11
Friday, May 17, 2019, 3:00 p.m. I had a lot of ambivalent feelings prior to today’s appointment. Major feeling was guilt in extending my pain physical therapy treatment this long! Wasting Francis’ time with me when I can’t get motivated to walk. And being a pain for Linda to have to drive me. But not…
Pain Physical Therapy #10
Friday, March 15, 2019, 3:00 p.m. Linda and I both forgot that we needed to get gas before going to my appointment, so by the time we got to the gas station and were on our way, I knew I was going to be at least 10 minutes late! I felt an immediate sense of…
Pain Physical Therapy #9
Friday, January 11, 2019, 3:00 p.m. I didn’t know how I should feel about today’s physical therapy appointment, whether I should look forward to it or dread it. It’s been one week short of two months since I’ve seen Francis, but it seems like much longer. A lot has happened since November 19. We’ve had…
Pain Physical Therapy #8
November 19, 2018, 4:00 p.m. Linda and Emily and I had enough time at Olive Garden to enjoy a leisurely lunch and drinks. We stayed as long as we felt it was appropriate, and we still arrived back at Union City Kaiser an hour an a half before my physical therapy appointment. Linda left the…
Pain Physical Therapy #7
October 15, 2018, 3:00 p.m. I’m having a great deal of trepidation about today’s physical therapy appointment. My eyes are teary, and I hope to God I can hold it together when I’m actually in the treatment room with Francis. It will take a great deal of restraint on my part to not dump on…