I had physical therapy today — PT intake, etc. I like the therapist. She does not like my plastic boot — and has ideas about what it should be, although whether insurance will pay for #2 so soon after #1 is debatable.
She says, however taht this isn’t just “foot drop” but right leg er the [...]
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Still voting for scartissue
Posted in chronic illness, foot drop on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Plastic Boot
Posted in foot drop on June 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I got my AFO boot. It stops my foot from trying to turn itself over which is wonderful, since I turned my ankle three times in three days before getting it, despite wearing a lace up brace to stabilize it as much as I could. It took two hours for the tech/specialist/whatever-she-was to fit it [...]
This mobility thing
Posted in chronic illness, foot drop, melanoma on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m doing ok getting around with a walker, and I understand better what happened to cause the need for it, but it’s all damn inconvenient.
The cancer started it.
The same place in my brain that the tumors set off swelling in last summer, got hit by the radiation on its way to killing one of the [...]
Today I got a walker
Posted in chronic illness, foot drop, life besides cancer, melanoma on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
And it’s a relief. I’m not more steady on my feet, but I’m not in fear of falling because of being unsteady. I need to name it, and decorate it, and jazz it up some. The doctor was willing to prescribe it, and insurance is fussing, because it’s not needed for a Melanoma diagnosis… duh. [...]
