Therapy Therapy

THERAPY    again...

ok.  physical therapy
It had been a few months and my wrist was not getting any stronger, I could not stretch a full octave on the piano, AND, I could not get on my wedding ring. 
So I was given orders for 6 weeks of accountability. 
Now, after just two weeks, my strength is much improved !
I have great praise for PT's and OT's
 and some PA's.
Just a hint to K and K...next time I come in with pants that do not match my jacket, you have permission to tell me.  I know you liked my shoes. They are cute and they match. But when I looked in the mirror when I got home  :(  .

Just another hint,  the other kind of therapy is sometimes needed,
 but I don't want to talk about it.   

Therapy here and there

   
                            

getting there is half the fun on a sunny day.

  did I promise to show the outcome of my first stop?    
                                   

Kathy N. you are probably the only one who might notice.
                                        Hubby didn't .

                                Therapy

                                          creativity

                                             just plain fun

                               Time for good byes.  

k, k, and k.  you do realize that Grammy got everyone involved in her therapy.

Equal Time

I try not to have favorites, but when your name starts with K you have an advantage.
                  Oh, Kristin and Kathy both start with K.

                       And that is why I have no favorites. 
  Kathy did make a very nice herringbone patch for me

and everyone will be glad to know I can now hold a goblet.  
                             Yes, it is plastic, but it is full !
                 And that is the latest update  for this Kathy.  

there is a picture of kristin somewhere.... 
i just need a little more flexibility in the wrist and i know i could find it ...

I live an  exciting life

They missed me

                                                      and i missed them

                                       thank you ladies from my BSF group.
                        Next week i should be driving myself.   
Today, Friday, is my first day to face K & K without "the pill". 
 But it means i can drive myself and maybe, say, go out to lunch, or at least for  a frosty  ! 

moonlight in the morning

Starting   a new day

   

                                          and maybe a final therapy chapter.
                             final day in jammies  ( ok sweats )
                             tomorrow could be my final visit 
                                        to my cute doctor
                                    final week without driving 
                                first week back in BSF  circle 
                                                        

Goal: totally off meds by Sunday
  Not to be taken lightly.  So far I have needed anti nausea meds before therapy.
                                   Therapists  can be so ...
     anyway, next week, will be the first time ( since the first visit )  without  "fortification"
                               

                                                          I can do it
remember Phillipans 4:13  I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me

Watch out K and K

    because I am getting stronger
  

                                               but  how much longer before
                                        I can hold a big cup of coffee ?

Therapy for all

   The longer i wear this little purple brace, the more i hear about others who have been through therapy AND  the value of following through at home.
  But on my first visit, i knew nothing about the  "details"
   

                                    

 The friendly smile in front is Kristin.  She is an expert in  hand therapy.  She explained very carefully what was going to happen,  how I would participate, and other information that i cannot remember. But Karrie, also with a friendly smile, bobbed her head in agreement with all of the above.  She has been a patient here before.  This time, her injury was job related.   She helps people in the theatre world to get in and out of their costumes.   Somehow, her hand got under a large shoe while trying to help get her client in or out of trousers.  

Me?  Well I was not smiling so much.  It had been a big day with the PA sawing off my polysomethingorother splint.   This put me in a prone position and popping an anti nausea pill. 

That prepared the way for a somewhat pleasant encounter with Kristin. ( as noted above ). This was Monday.   On Friday I returned to meet Kathy  ( sorry no photo ) the other very best hand therapist in Bellevue...no in the state of Washington...probably in the whole USA.
The appointment did not go well.  I don't want to talk about it.  Kathy said my face was about the color of my hand, so she let me go home. 

So we go home and I call Kelly, to make an appointment for the following week.  
And now you know what took place in those first two weeks after surgery.

You can see the 7 little screws  in the "right" place in my "left" wrist.

that is enough information for one post !  

p.s. if  you notice some similiarities, it means you actually read my story, it all the similarities are true.  

I live an exciting life.

Getting closer

                   
                 and closer   

I  have "good" use of my  fingers on my left hand, so I  can  now use the computer !  
 Weight bearing is what is in need..........
                 Kathy  and Kristin .. I need you ! 

getting closer

ok...kristin, kathy and kelly

 I can now hold my own banana......what's next ?  
   ( I know, but i am not going to tell you, until you  guess )