Monday, March 7, 2016

Monday, March 7, 2016

Tonight's picture was taken on March 9, 2005.  I decided to capture this moment because Mattie was RARELY sitting still or lying down! He only did this at bedtime or if he was ill. Otherwise, in the day light hours Mattie was FULLY ON, engaged, and looking for stimulation and activities. It may seem odd to others that I took a photo of a sleeping child, but this moment of down time was noteworthy and even back (even pre-cancer) then I had the where with all of the importance of snapping photos that captured the essence of Mattie!

Quote of the day: If you find it in your heart to care for someone else, you will have succeeded. ~ Maya Angelou

Today I had my first session of physical therapy. I debated for a while where to go for this treatment but in the end I decided on a place walking distance from my home. I had researched this center and my neurologist also recommended it. What I like about this center is all the therapists have a doctorate in physical therapy and I liked the comments patients left about their experiences working with these therapists. 

When I met with Autumn (the therapist), she was very personable and did a thorough oral and then physical evaluation of all my issues. Though I did not go into therapy to work on my pelvis, I learned today that it is misaligned. She looked at the length of my legs and apparently my left one was slightly shorter than my right. I learned that your pelvis is made up of several bones that are fused together.  There is a group on the left side and a group on the right side.  They come together in the middle and there is cartilage in the very front joining them together. On each side, there is a grouping of bones, called an innominate.  Innominates can move.  When this happens, you are considered “out of alignment.” 

So literally she had me lying on my back, I bent my knees and had both of my feet lying flat on the table.  Autumn then put her hands on either side of my knees and asked me to push my knees into her hands as hard as I could. When I did this, I literally felt something pop! The pop was my pelvis going back into alignment. It was a truly an odd feeling.   

Needless to say, I have two months of therapy ahead of me. Which means going twice a week and in between doing home exercises. We shall see what this accomplishes for my many symptoms.