Hi there. Never think you have nothing of value to say. The fact that you responded means a lot.

Today I went for my first physical therapy. I was a bit hesitant until they started. OMG, it felt wonderful. The funniest thing happened when I walked in with my walker. You see I'm 66 years old but I'm 21 in my head so I don't think or act like any 66 year old. So they are assuring me that I will be helped by the physical therapy. I let them do their thing. They put pads or electrodes and covered them with hot packs and revved it up. I had to tell them when it was too high. I told them, and they left it on for 20 minutes. Felt great. Then the guy came in and massaged my knee, then the other guy came in and did the ultrasound. Then they said "we are going to bring you into the exercise room". I said 'I'M DOING EXERCISE???" They misinterpreted my asking and assured me "Don't worry, it won't hurt, it will strenthen your muscles, exercise is beneficial". Well, I burst out laughing and exclaimed

"Will I be able to return to my Senior Citizens Center and attend a sword wielding class". They looked at me and I took out my Kindle Fire and as they say, one video is worth a thousand words". I always take videos to show people what I do at the senior center. They actually have sword classes and once I held the sword and was wielding it while someone took a 15 second video. You should have seen the look on the physical therapist's face when I showed him my video (and the other ones where I'm doing chair exercises with other people and I'm moving every part of my body" He burst out laughing.

So today in the exercise room, he put 2 pound weights on my ankle and I did what I was told to do. I was also told that one cannot heal a torn miniscus because there is no blood flow to it but one can heal the rest of the knee so it won't get worse (at least I can hope to achieve this). I know me, I'll do whatever is necessary.

I will be going 3 times a week. I had a ball at the physical therapy place.

Might even be wielding a sword again some day. rofl.

Melody

Hi Melody,
I'm sorry you're dealing with all this at the moment.
Nice to see you're in such good spirits as usual.

Just wanted to say "G'day".
It's been a while.

Lara

G Day back at ya. I do try. With all the gloom and doom in the world, I like to go around smiling. Even using a walker or a cane. Do you know how many people (that I personally know) have approached me and exclaimed "you use a cane??" Then they say "I would NEVER use a walker or a cane". Then I say "Then you are stupid and vain and don't you care if you fall??" Their response? "no, I won't be seen using a walker or a cane". And they continue to wear flip flops outside which is beyond stupid if one is 80 years old. Good Lord, the stuff I hear on a daily basis.

And today at the physical therapist's office there was a woman with sciatica who used an old fashioned kind of walker (without a seat). She saw my walker and exclaimed "Oh my 89 year old mother uses that". I said "thank god for this, it comes with a seat, how come you don't use this kind (because she had her own walker)". Her response "I would NEVER want my boyfriend to see me use that kind of walker, that's my mother's kind of walker">

rofl.

Melody

Hi Melody,

Sure enjoyed reading about your physical therapy session. Keep up the great job you are doing. You will be wielding that sword again before you know it.

I did physical therapy once for several weeks, three times a week and I did NOT have an enjoyable experience. I guess with YOUR attitude, you can turn anything into a good time. Maybe I just had the wrong attitude. You are an inspiration.

Thanks so much for sharing with us. And I LIKE the walkers WITH the seat and I am in MY 60's. I wish I had one. They aren't for old people,..... they are for people that need to be able to sit at times. That's me. I can't stand or walk more than a few minutes before I need to SIT somewhere and there is not always a place to sit sometimes. I have had to take to the floor of a store before because I just could not stand for another second and there was no place to sit. Then I couldn't get UP from the floor. Now, THAT is embarrassing. I think a walker with a seat is a far better preference than the store floor.

THAT I can relate to. When admonished to act my age, my standard comeback is, "mental, physical, or chronological?"

Not knowledgable enough to respond to the OP.

Doc

To all of those who are interested in what people do at a Salvation Army Senior Citizen center, here is a video I made about 3 months ago. I had NEVER done these things in my life and this was my first attempt and of course I grabbed my little video camera to record the whole session. I then began doing this every Tuesday and Thursday (that's when the chair exercise lady comes in). I got so good they made me a teacher (so I could teach them how to dance). That video is titled "They made me a teacher" and the video I'm showing now will link to that one.

But this video is called "I will never need a chiropractor) At least I think that's what I named it. Nevertheless you will see what we all do at the senior center. That's why I found it funny when the physical therapist was treating me like a helpless 66 year old. Me?? Helpless?? Don't think so.

So all of you have a laugh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1ku...SvHfp7dPN4O05w

Melody