Physical Therapy

The last time I saw my Oncologist, she said I needed to go to a physical therapist.  I admit, I'm a righty so I never use my left arm but I didn't realize how much I really didn't use my left arm until this morning.  My 1st appointment was with Andrew at Aid Performance.  I found it through my insurance company and was happy to see that this place was only a few miles from my house.  In fact besides my primary care physician, this location is the 2nd closest specialist to my house.  Thank goodness!

So my appointment was at 8am.  I filled out a bunch of paperwork and sat down with Andrew as he went through it.  He asked a few questions and did a bunch of measurements.  Afterward, he told me lay down on a massage table.  He massaged my entire arm including my underarm where my scar is.  It was so relaxing and I could feel my arm starting to loosen up a bit.  He did dig a little deep into the scar which hurt a little but it didn't kill me.  I actually felt good when he was done I thought, geez, I should have done this weeks ago.  My arm was loose and I feel very alive and ready to tackle the day.

Of course after driving 1/2 hour to work I suddenly got really tired and thought oh geez, I should have taken the day off to rest.  I'm wiped.

In the beginning of our conversation, Andrew said I needed PT (physical therapy) 3 days a week for 90 days but then scaled it back to 2 days a week with a possible finishing date sometime in October depending on how I do.

Overall I'm happy I signed up for physical therapy.  I'm anxious to see how long it takes to get my left arm in proper working order.