PT vs MS

After only 5 visits to physical therapy (including my initial evaluation which I don't really count as a session), I'm vastly improved. During my initial evaluation, there was a survey that had questions such as “What do you expect from physical therapy”, and “On a scale of 1 to 10, how difficult is doing blah blah blah”. I guess it's so they can somehow measure progress. Anyway, on my initial evaluation survey, I had a score of 43, with a goal of 70. We redid the survey today, and my score went up to 65!!

I'm feeling better to the point that I'm at the critical stage where I feel like I can do everything I used to do before I hurt my back. That's dangerous (okay, dangerous is a strong word, and even though I fancy myself a writer, I can't think of a word that fits better. However, I am open to suggestions) because I'm still not fine, just better, and there's a good chance I could undo everything I've done. Remember the post from last week about vacuuming? 

So as I said, I've been to therapy 5 times, and nearly every time I've been there, I've heard a familiar voice. The first time I heard this voice, I looked around, because it's a voice I've been hearing since I was a teenager, except for the 10 years we lived in Chicago. Sure enough, the voice belonged to exactly who I thought it was.

This person is a local media personality, and I feel like I know this person, but I'm not sure we've ever actually met. I really want to say hello sometime, but I also don't want to bother this person while this person is getting PT. I probably won't say anything, but I want to. If I were well-known, I'm not sure I'd want random people coming up to me and trying to talk to me while I was rehabbing.

I'm essentially at the halfway point of therapy if my therapist was right about 8 visits, and I do feel more than halfway better. My only experience with physical therapy was a looooooooooooong time ago when I had my knee surgery, so I was expecting Pain and Torture. I haven't experienced that here. Hmm? Oh, my knee surgery happened during my senior year of high school. A looooooooooooong time ago indeed.

The weekend was really hot here, and my MS was in full force. Even though my amazing husband put in the air conditioners, once I get overheated, it doesn't matter. Once I'm hot, my symptoms come blasting like the heat, and even if I cool off, the symptoms take a while to subside. Plus I've been having trouble sleeping again; I fall asleep all right, but I can't stay asleep. I'm up every hour to every two hours. Of course, when the alarm goes off in the morning, I feel like I could sleep uninterrupted for a long time.

By the time I find the balance between PT and MS, my PT will be over. Unfortunately, the MS will be here for, well, forever.