I worked with Mike on Friday and he razzed me about wearing make-up (I wasn’t Friday) and my lack of paparazzi. I told him and Megan about how DIFFICULT the ropes were and how I REALLY felt it Thursday morning. Mike helped me onto the black table and we did our usual PNFs. It still felt productive. I was thrilled that that production lasted ALL WEEK! It feels good to make continual strides. However, I’ve had MS long enough to realize that that production can change on a dime. Not that I anticipate a setback; I just am aware that one is possible. In the meantime, I will bask in the production and work hard.
In recent weeks, I have felt a flutter inside my left knee. I compared the feeling to feeling the first sign of life when I was pregnant. It is the same little flutter and I didn’t have control over it. It’s an exciting feeling because I FEEL my knee. After jokes, Mike told me that it’s a muscle spasm. I don’t know what it is but it makes me happy because I can FEEL it and the feeling reminds me of the first time I felt Sean move during my pregnancy.
Mike pulled me to the end of the table and I sat up. He went to get something and came back with 3 medicine balls I had never seen before. He told me they were new and they had straps on either side. He handed me the 2lb one and showed me what I was to do. Extend both arms up and to the side alternating sides. The 2lb one was a little to easy so he gave me the 4lb one. I needed the straps to be tightened and he adjusted them to fit my “baby hands.” I ended up liking the 6lb medicine ball the best. Extending my arms proved to be difficult after a while. My sides burned! Mike said it was “A.R. #1” (like A.D. but the A.R. stands for “after ropes.”