shunger's Journal

This morning I didn't feel very well. I was quite sore. I do not know why except that when I looked at my pill container I may have taken the wrong day of the week with out any pain medications in it because this is the week that I refill them. After PT I am doing much better must be the endorphans kicking in.

I am very happy with my rapid progress in PT. Today on the tredmill I walked at 1.4 mph for 20 min. I am almost upto the speed of an average person. I also rode the bike for 5 min. Then did a bunch of stretching and stregthn building excersises  took over an hour for this part of therapy. Then was stretched out by my PT and hot pack before going home. I pushed my self extra hard because I new that I would have 3 days to recover. It feels great physically and emotionally to see so much progress without much pain. I feel like I might be getting my life back finally. I was so physically active before my injury and to see that I might be able be that way again. My physical therapist said that if I keep pushing I might get back to my pre-injury state within 1-2 years. I am already so much better off than what I was before the surgery. Even though I had that little setback overdoing it on sunday. I only took 3 days to completely recover. Before the surgery that type of overdoing it would have taken weeks to recover from.

I am very glad I did my research and didn't allow the doctor to fuse me in 2003. I suffered for a few more years but if I get a normal life back after this disc replacement surgery it will all have been worth it in the end.