Flossing

I started Physical Therapy this week. I'm actually in pretty good shape (again remembering the bar is pretty low). I have been doing the exercises that I was sent home with ten weeks ago and have added walking and drumming to the schedule. My lowest scores were in balance, standing on one leg, walking backwards and my hamstrings. You would have thought I had been drinking before the tests!

The therapist said we need to "floss" my nerves. Doesn't it always come back to flossing? It isn't enough that you have to get that question every 6 months in the dentist's office but now I'm getting it in PT? At the dentist there is always that moment of, do I just tell them I'm flossing? Can they tell? But then I tell the truth, proudly admitting to flossing at least once a month and suffer through the lecture. So now I'm back to flossing again. The plan this time is to stretch my muscles to get the energy and oxygen around the nerves making them want to grow. So far everything I've been told and have read is that I can't "make" my nerves grow, but I also know I'm moving into a dangerous area with atrophy so I'm going to floss those nerves until they grow or I have six-pack abs. Either way its a win-win.

My legs are still my weakest so we will focus on core strengthening. This means I will still have my friends around for a bit. Because of this, I have upgraded them to better reflect who I am. Of course you all know the bell and cup holder was added to the walker. I also changed out the cane for one with polka dots! I think it says Janis so much better than the standard issue. What do you think?