Posted on August 17, 2008 by raandme
I’m in for a very stressful next few days. My brother and I are moving.
Last year the town I live in built an apartment complex for low income renters. Its not like anything else that’s available. Its very nice. They have a certain minimum monthly income you have to meet. Which is also good. They [...]
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Posted on August 17, 2008 by raandme
Everything is progressing fantastically.
I’m somewhat confused though. From the knee down, everything is getting straighter. But from the knee up it still looks like I’m preparing to jump. I don’t get why that isn’t straighter yet.
Nevertheless, I looked at my knees in the mirror today, and laughed a bit. But it was a good laugh.
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Posted on August 11, 2008 by raandme
Well I completed another week of physical therapy. Ive very proud of myself. I’m been doing the exercises as much as I can at home. And Friday I actually felt the bottom half of my calf muscle touch the examining table! I gasped out loud. She thought she hurt me, but I was just shocked. [...]
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Posted on August 3, 2008 by raandme
I finished my first week of physical therapy. I’ll be going three times a week for six weeks. We took it fairly easy this week, but it was no picnic. I havnt hurt this much since before steroids. But its different this time because I know the pain is actually accomplishing something. Every bit of [...]
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