Roller Coaster Care....
Monday, January 07, 2013
Many troubling thoughts are in the fore-front these days. Dooms day has arrived and I am not standing or walking.
Physical therapy released me this morning and I have many mixed thoughts racing through my mind...
* In the beginning, they stated they have an aggressive therapy program and WILL have me up walking before I leave. Perhaps they shouldn't make promises they don't intend to keep! And those basic exercises are aggressive? Hardly....
* They often ask if anyone has tried - a platform walker, a knee brace, standing from a higher surface? Yet no-one follows through....
* On Dec 7th I asked why my engorged Lymphatic legs weren't being addressed? OT / PT sees every patient twice daily for therapy - WHY are our concerns / questions not being addressed to the nurses, to then be addressed to the doctor? WHY do we always have to be our own advocate?
Miss Perky Pants is able to keep everyone else in good spirits...but I'm struggling to do the same with myself. I took a long nap yesterday afternoon and the day brightened up a bit.
But dealing with all this crap at 60 does NOT make me look forward to the next 30 years... longevity bites!
Time to put on my big girl panties and look for alternatives. I NEED to get some independence back for sanity sake!!!