I got to Barwis on Monday and as I wheeled inside Mike walked over to me and we clasped hands as he asked where I was on Friday. I couldn’t explain it and just said, “It was a rough day.” I wheeled over to the chairs and waited. I worked with Sue on Monday and I felt EXTREMELY productive. She helped me on to the black table and we began PNFs.
They really felt good! Sue was impressed and that made ME feel good. When she would tell me to push my legs down, I did and it was surprisingly with deliberate force. When I write “surprisingly,” I guess it is not a surprise. I’ve been working for over 2 years and I guess it is starting to take hold. I told Sue that I’m telling me leg muscles to do something… And they are starting to listen. That feels really good! I felt like my performance was promising. To further the promise of my showing on Monday, my feet were having dorsiflexions. I remember Jesse telling me about this, it looks kind of like a twitch but I know that it is SO much MORE than that.
Feeling is coming back to my lower extremities. It has taken some time but I guess it is better late than never. Sue had me sit on the edge of the table and positioned herself so I wouldn’t fall over and had me lean over pretty far to elongate my spine. It felt REALLY good; almost as good as it feels to tell my legs to do something, for them to move a certain way… And they listen.