Ah...wonderful comp...aren't they just the best? I think all we can ever hope for with any treatment is to be at least a little better after than we were when we started. Sounds like you have a plan and I hope it works for you. Improving the function was so important for me...not just for my physical health but for my mental health as well.

Have you considered maybe at home physical therapy? I don't know whether comp would go for it or not but I found it incredibly helpful. Even if it's only once a week or once every two weeks...everything they give you to do you can do on your own and it's easy to keep up after since you don't need to rely on any special equipment in order to make progress. This doesn't work out well for everyone but if you are very motivated and can trust yourself to do these things EVERY day then it can work out great. I like that even on bad days I can still revert to the beginning exercises I did. I now have a rather large portfolio of exercises and none of them require any special equipment which is great for me. Of course...it helped that I had a great therapist. I had one come as a sub once when my regular therapist was out of town and I am SO glad I didn't have her as my regular because things could have turned out VERY differently. But I guess you always run that risk with any kind of therapy.