My appointment was an hour later for Barwis yesterday. Mia was not there when I got there. Instead, I got to watch Garret do squats. Watching him was the MOST impressive thing I have seen in a long time! He did A LOT of squats seemingly with ease. Garret is a paraplegic so I know that it wasn’t easy for him. It just looked SO fluid. It looked like fluidity that my body is NOT capable of. I watched him until it was my time. Mike walked over and told me that we would do squats this week and I asked him if saw my look of longing because I know I had one on!
I was pretty stiff. It rained Sunday and temperatures have been higher than they were so the snow has been melting so it has been VERY damp. Mike stretched me out very well. I didn’t so much focus on how much it hurt but rather how relaxed it was making my body feel. It was the calmest my legs had felt ALL DAY! Megan came over and sat by the blue table to talk for a bit. I asked her if Garret’s body would react to the weather. She told me that it didn’t. I remember what Jesse said to me so long ago about how people with MS differ from people who are paralyzed. He said that people who have become paralyzed have ONE accident and they get better from that day but for people with MS, EVERYDAY is an accident! For me, right now, the accident is PRETTY serious!!!
I drove home feeling REALLY good! My legs were calm and I was tired. I was looking forward to a good night’s sleep. I went through my nightly routine before going to sleep. My crunches and laying on my stomach. I fell asleep easily but was awakened just as easily in an enormous pain before midnight. The pain persisted throughout the night robbing me of any peaceful sleep that I may have had. Before I knew it, it was time to get up for work. Work was rough because I was tired from lack of sleep and the humidity was at 80%. My body hurt SO MUCH that I didn’t even notice how my hair was reacting! Even as I write this at 9:44 p.m. It is STILL at 80%. I hope I get some sleep tonight!