Angela's Blog

Hi again. I'm back. Got lots for you today.

As for last week - outpatient started out great. I had 1 PT appointment and 2 OT appointments. PT seems good but it'll be tough. I will definitely be tired on PT days. LOTS of practice walking. And I got some awesome new exercises to do every day. Like do the grapevine, walk heel to toe, and balance on my left foot while making the alphabet with my right foot. And I can already see improvements on all of them. I feel more stable and don't need to hold on to any one's hand anymore to do the grapevine, I'm getting better at the heel-toe by not having to hold on anymore and now I don't even look at my feet anymore either, and I got all the way to "r" today before having to put my foot down while on my left foot! These are all really big accomplishments for me! And OT seems good too. She is mostly working on fine motor skills so it isn't crazy painful as of yet. Kinda nice but I'm still wary. All OT to this point has been ridiculously painful so I'm still suspicious. Oh yeah, and I got cleared to get rid of my walker. Yeah!

Let's see, lots for next week too. Wednesday I have my TBI follow-up where I get to ask about going back to work and driving. Among other things. My goal for that appointment is to get the doctor's note I need to go back to work. Then Thursday is my ortho follow-up where I get to learn what the plan is for all the hardware in my arm. My goal for that appointment is to get them to schedule a surgery to take at least some of this crap out. It is really starting to bother me and my elbow hurts a lot of the time now.

So, big week, here I come. Stay tuned for updates. I'll post info when I get it.

Bye,

Ang