Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Uuuuugggggg!


Ouch. I have a new love/hate relationship with the Graston Technique. It has been the only thing that has worked to start the process of accurately massaging my nerves. It is absolutely painful but incredibly worth the suffering. My PT and I plan to try this once a week and see how it helps with nerve fibers, tenderness, and swelling.

http://www.grastontechnique.com/

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

The Fall breaks in and I broke out of my house!


Woot Woot---Week 11 arrives!

I had a great check-up with the doc last week. I thought he was going to keep me on crutches for two more weeks, but instead, a week ago, he told me to move to the cane. I have two more weeks left on the cane (which he considers to be almost full weight bearing) and then I can hopefully walk without any assistance. The first week I truly needed the cane and felt unsteady. Now I am getting used to it and find myself strengthening more and more. My range of motion seems to be increasing and numbness even seems to be decreasing. That said, I am sitting here with ice on my leg because it feels so darn good.

Jen told me she will get me a top hat to go with my cane. I think our youth at Outreach would get a kick out of this look.

I increased my acetabular coverage by over 20 degress--I was so glad when Dr. Scheid shared this news.

I will start PT on Friday (2-3 times a week for 6 weeks). I will go as much as they'll let me--we didn't hit our deductible for nothing! I hope to try out aquatic therapy which provides an underwater treadmill in a warm pool. This may or may not be that helpful, says Dr. Scheid, since he now wants me to start weight bearing. The pool may help but from the chest down it's non weight bearing.

On a different note, the husband and I escaped Indianapolis this past weekend to rendezvous with my beautiful friends and family. Oh, and Nate got to see, in person, the Nittany Lions prance all over those Wolverines this weekend! A nice treat after 10 weeks of nursing me back to health.