A few more shades

You know what that means......It's physical therapy time.  I must admit, I was so not in the mood to go to physical therapy today.  I'm just having a hard time commuting to work, working an 8 hour day, commuting home and going to 1 hour of physical therapy.  It's a long day.  Then add dinner, dishes, shower and bedtime for Cody.  I feel like by the time I actually get to sit down and rest it's time to go to bed.  It's actually frustrating.  Oh yes and add the chilly mornings, nights and the sun going down earlier doesn't help either.  I'm a summer girl and I love daylight and warmth.  And those sunny days are coming to an end.  Only highs in the 70's this week.

So anyway, I made my way to PT and Andrew greeted me with a smile.  I'm sure he has some fun in store for me today.  His assistant which for some reason I can't think of her name right now handed me the dreaded bendy bar.  Man that thing makes my arms burn.  But I must admit, my underarms aren't giggling as much as they use to.  Maybe I'm toning up a bit?  Anyway, I did my required exercises and then Andrew called me over to the massage chair.  Every Tuesday and Thursday I dream of a heavenly massage.  But nope, I got the opposite.  He had me lay on my stomach with my arms extended.  He used the ultra sound machine on the back side of my armpit and rubbed it from side to side and in a circular motion.  It felt good to a point.  That machine loosens up the tightness.  Then he massaged my shoulder blade and my neck muscles.  That is where the pain jolted me off the table.  I screamed of course as he told me to relax.  How can I relax when it hurts?  He then worked on the back of my shoulder and also cracked my back a bit.  Strange but it felt really good.  In fact when he was done, I felt so much better.  My arm as usual is still tender and sore but I do really see some major improvements.

So even though I had no desire to go to physical therapy today.  I'm glad I did.  But I am still looking forward to getting back to normal soon.  If there is ever such a thing as normal after cancer.