hi folks!

susie has had wonderful results with the very aggressive therapy for the
rsd in left foot ankle - now down to one day a month for therapy unless
it flares up too bad.

now it's off to find plain old regular pt to try to build up strength
and flexibility in left foot/leg - so things are looking much better for
her at this time.

for myself - i'm in pt 3 mornings a week. m-w-f start at 8 am - two
hours of pt guinea pig: whirlpool, electro, traction, heat, shots, you
name it, then i go home and collapse

since i last posted about right shoulder and arm, the left one also
started to tighten up and when looked at - adhesions there also. so...

since i am willing to try 'bout anything to not go under the knife
again, it has been numb shoulder and elbow up - break lose as much of
the adhesion as i can stand, and then pt work to lengthen ligs and
tendons and trying to keep things freed up.

in the six weeks have gone from almost no rom function to being able to
get my arm 8 inchs out from torso, and raised to just below mid chest
level

yeah!!!!!!!!!!!

still cannot reach back, twist the arm, or reach straight out,  but what
the heck - each week i get a little more back. and just as important to
me - each little bit helps on the virtually constant pain,

now i'm spending more time in bed at night, than in the chair  - and
that has been a long time coming.

damn pred ...put on more than 30 lbs at waist in just 3 months from it.
but will try to taper back later - right now just keep working on
shoulders and elbows.

since i'm there so much anyway, pt decided to also work on sciatic that
has been flared up so long. no real progress so far, but time'll tell on
that also.

anywho - just thought i give an update

time for a nap

paul