Garret’s mom helped me out of my car on Wednesday; she is REALLY good at transferring people! I felt a bit tight and my legs were kind of stiff but it was a little bit easier when Phil stretched me at the plyo boxes. I was talking with Jerome and the new intern the whole time so I didn’t really notice. I’ve figured out that I tend to ramble when I am uncomfortable. Being stretched went along with being uncomfortable. It hurts! I realized that I do this at my Dad’s viewing before his funeral. I saw his friend Peter and he smiled at me and we sat on one of the couches at the side of the room. Later, I saw him talking with my Mom in the lobby and she called me over and asked if I had seen Mr. Kramer. I looked at him apologetically and said, “Yeah. I already talked his ear off!” He gave me a small understanding smile. I was a bit uncomfortable just after my Dad’s death too.
My legs were really beginning to loosen up and I asked Phil what we would do next because they felt good. It would feel REALLY good to do something a little active! He kind of shrugged his shoulders and stood up and pointed to the stander. He pushed me over and I reminded it to do its worst! Phil and the intern strapped me in and Phil began to crank the stander up. My body (my legs) resisted minimally and I kept telling Phil that, “It feels REALLY good! He would tell me, “Good! Keep standing!” He would remind me to put my shoulders back and adjusted my feet a bit. It REALLY felt good! It was the first time I felt REAL weight on my feet and that felt good! I had no idea how long I was standing until Phil told me that my time was up and began uncranking me. I’m just standing once? I told him to take a picture of us when I was is the stander but Phil was bumming me out (as usual) and said, “No.”
He told me that I stood for 20 minutes! What?! Really?! YAY!
Total time in stander: 96 minutes
Phil put me in my car with ANOTHER different variant of his “bends” after I tried on my own a few times to no avail. My lower back was KILLING me!!! I drove home feeling tired but accomplished and that feels REALLY good!!!