On a couple of small victories

I’ve progressed to the point where I am only getting physio three times a week from now on. Yesterday was the first weekday without a physio session. Therefore, in the morning, I tried break my record of gym laps using the walker. The record was five and I beat it by two, for a total of seven. It was a small victory as seven laps equates 350 meters which I don’t think gets me from my apartment to the Metro. It was a victory nonetheless and it was hard earned. 

So hard, that it was only after lunch when I had transferred to my bed for a rest that I noticed that the gym orderly had put a neatly folded towel on the back of my wheelchair! When I returned to the gym to get some cardio time on the Nu-Step machine, I made a point of thanking her for her stealth kindness. She was amused by my use of the word “stealth” in my thanks.

At the beginning of January, the replacement Physio had me stand on two scales in order to see how much weight I could put on my left leg. The most I made was a little under 30. During today’s physio session, I asked if we might do that test again. So we did. This time, I could easily put 40 kilos or more on my left leg. As my left leg is currently rated at 50% of my weight and said weight is currently in the high 80s, I didn’t try to put any more. Another small victory.