I owe replies on my last post. All the comments mean a lot to me. That being said, a bit of an update. The new rehabilitation facility is good. One of the docs here specializes in pain and PT/OT. His first visit was over an hour. He did a complete physical on me. My right is a spot of incredible pain. I have tumors in my hip, back, and spine. He began checking my right hip. He started pressing. No reaction. He pressed another spot and said “This hurts here, right? “ I yelped “Yes”. He kept checking and knew which press would hurt or not. He told me he had a pretty good idea the pain was from the bursa and related damage, and not the cancer itself. Between falls and other things it was a possibility. He recommended a cortisone shot. So this Friday I got the cortisone shot. My pain is basically gone. My brother said the difference in my pain before and after the shot is obvious. Anyway, I have been doing my best with PT/OT. In order for me to get back on cancer treatments, I need to be at the physical condition I was a couple months ago. I have gotten to the point where I can roll over and sit up on side of bed without assistance. Then I progressed to getting into wheelchair with some help. Then yesterday they got me standing between parallel bars - i held the bars and had some assistance. After that they rolled my wheelchair in front of the elliptical bike/hand pedal machine. I did 15 minutes. And got my HR up to 115. This was big. Each day of a new accomplishment helps. Then improve the accomplishment - turn standing 15 seconds to 30 seconds- then add another accomplishment. Got my plan laid out. Hoping to look back in a couple of months and seeing how far I improved.
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