We lost our first church member to Covid last Saturday – he was 60, young family, married late in life. Had other health issues, but was stable and fine one day, and two days later was gone. Another church family lost their 21 year old son – they don’t if it was an accident or suicide – they are leaning suicide because he wasn’t a risk taker at all. So sad.
We had our Thanksgiving last weekend with my family safely – just my youngest son and his wife and daughter – little Kairi – she’s 16 months old now. I had food coma for two days. LOL
Mom and I will be alone tomorrow and that’s just fine by us. We’ll pick up a Papa Murphy’s pizza after dinner to keep refrigerated for tomorrow noon. Work on a puzzle I started yesterday and watch some TV – laid back day.
After having my stem cell injection in my right shoulder for a shredded rotator cuff, about 2/3 of the way into physical therapy, I started going downhill. It was quite frustrating and no one knew what was going on and eventually after 12 sessions, they simply dismissed me. So, I took the bull by the horns and went to my long standing PT guy, Dan, and sure enough, he knew just what I needed, and after just one visit, I felt so much better. They had never manually manipulated my shoulder joint – after only 6 sessions with Dan, I’m cut loose to work on things from home now – just some strengthening exercises to continue and beef up each 2-3 weeks. My range of motion improved 50-62 degrees since seeing him – my shoulder was nearly frozen. I’m so glad I went to him for his evaluation and care.
I’m now sleeping my 8 hours uninterrupted again, which is huge for me, and I no longer hurt when I’m NOT doing anything. Those were the only times I was in pain – sitting and watching TV and sleeping. Didn’t make sense to me at all. So, this year, I’m very grateful for Dan, my physical therapist, and I got choked up today telling him what he means to me in his profession. I sanitized my hands right in front of him, took his hands in mine, and told him what a blessing he is to me. He said I made his day, but had already made his day seeing what great improvement I’ve made and how much better I feel.
Take care. Blessings to you and yours always!
Ruth