I'm sure it is all about 'case-by-case' and perhaps I need to ease into things a bit...but I'm such a perfectionist I want to know EXACTLY what I can/can't do, ya know? In our home it's just my beloved and me and she's a little 5'2" lady that is not strong enough to do some of the things around the house that have been left for me to handle (like crawling under a sink, heating a pipe with a torch, breaking it free so we can replace a faucet). She's tried a few things (like the aforementioned faucet) and simply couldn't handle it - that's fine, that's what I'm here for - but do I dare do something that requires me to twist up my body a bit to get into this rather small opening (especially with me being about 40lbs overweight )? I know, no one out here has that answer - it's just frustrating not knowing exactly where those limitations are. So probably not the faucet job but so - when?? It has to be done at some point.

One positive is my doc is supposedly ordering PT for me and the gal I'll be seeing is one I've had before and she is good!! Her focus will be strengthening the extremely weak leg and building some cardio (as well as plenty of stretching out that pathetic leg - this is something I am really dreading!).

Anyway, thanks for letting me vent (as usual). I do plan to call the doc and ask some pointed questions about all that and hopefully get some answers in the next 2 weeks...and hopefully the PT gal will have some good ideas as well.