I had talked to a number of people of my inability to stand on Monday and how much that shook me up and broke my heart. Even though they all just told me to shake it off and keep working, I was taking it pretty hard. I wanted to show Mike what I could do and it ended up being nothing. It has almost been 22 months and I felt like I had nothing to show for it. Now, I KNOW that isn’t true but it just hurt so badly. I wondered what this day would be like at Barwis.
I pulled up and the doors were open so you could see in. I sat there for a little bit and was talking on the phone. Mike was training someone and they were walking to a machine by door. We looked at each other and he started waving frantically like a little kid and didn’t stop until I waved back. So, I smiled, laughed, and waved back. He did it again when they were walking away from the machine. Then Dan comes over to the driver’s side of my car and grabs the window pane and begins rocking the car. I laughed again and Mike comes over to join him. The other Mike came too and Dan looked at them and said that they could flip my car. I looked at him and Mike and told him to let me put my seatbelt back on first and Mike kind of laughed a little. Then all 3 of them began rocking my car A LOT!!! It wasn’t until they REALLY got the car going that I laid on the horn. They stopped and began laughing just as Deeds came out to see what was going on. I smiled and was happy that I was here. Madison came out to push me inside as I transferred and she took me to the chairs.
As I was sitting there waiting for my turn, Mike came over and asked if I was better today and I kind of shrugged and shook my head. I told him that I tried to hold it together but Dan saw me cry a little on Monday. Then an intern came over and I asked him his name. He told me to guess. I told him that everyone at Barwis is named Mike so I think it’s Mike. He smiled and nodded. We talked about his experience here and what he thinks of it and how long he will be here. He thought until the end of summer and I told him that I hoped I was walking by then. Then Mike comes to get me.
He pushed me to the blue table and put me on it. He kneaded and knuckled me and told me to lay back. Before I laid back, I asked if he was going to hold my knees again. He nodded and told me that it was going to get me standing. Well okay then, I asked him how long he was going to do this and he said until I relax. Well, how can I relax when it hurts so badly?! I laid back for what seemed like forever and he had me sit up to rest a little. He had me lay back again and it was a little bit easier. I was more relaxed but not totally. It still hurt.
When he was stretching me like I was sitting like a man, I was able to snap this pic because it WAS “Wacky Sock Wednesday”:
I had pulled up my pant leg earlier to show Megan as she was working with Garret. Mike stretched me out really well and the stretch was better as I laid on my stomach; I asked Mike and he agreed. Mike put me semi-easily into my car this time. Elle had come over while Mike was stretching me and told me that the had a product in that Mike suggests for injury recovery clients. Well, that’s me too because I am trying to walk. I forgot to get it before Mike put me in my car so he served as my gopher between me sitting in my car and Elle at the front desk. When Mike brought the powder – IGNITE out to my car, we talked about how I may be effected because my body reacts crazily sometimes to new things and the benefits of using it before workouts. I think I will try it out on the weekend and see. I was tired when I got home and slept well again because of my EXCELLENT stretch and my PM Sleep Recovery!