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I need to share my physical therapy experiences.  I saw my radiologist a couple weeks ago and prescribed physical therapy because the steroids had caused my scar tissue to harden under my skin which apparently only happens to 10 percent of patients.  So I start physical therapy and discover that what needs work is my scar tissue which requires her to use those awful scrapers (like a windshield scraper for ice).  But what I didn't know was that my quadriceps have tightened up because of my scar tissue soooo the physical therapy has been two fold.  Work out the scar tissue with the scrapers and pull and rub my thigh till I cry.

Well that is just what happened.  I went to PT and she scraped me and rubbed me till I was crying.  but when I got home ... my knee was swollen and hurting so bad I couldn't walk on it.  It happened like this for the next 4 visits and the last visit on Friday John Allen went with me.  We got there at lunch time and everyone had gone except for my therapist.  So I warmed up and then went back to "the room".  It was the worst PT yet and I realized as I was leaving that Allen probably heard me in there.  So when I got in the truck I asked him if he heard me. He said yes and that it sounded like I was in a torture chamber.  Yeah, needless to say I am thankful that it is getting a little better after every session. Today I took some oxycodone before going to therapy and it helped, I still cried but at least it is getting better.  All of this to say it has been a hard three weeks, lots of pain, not much sleep and even having to use a cane.  I can't tell you how discouraging a week of lying on the couch with my leg up and iced can make you feel.  You watch your house get dirtier and dirtier and the chaos and laundry...yeah it gets crazy stressful.

I find that I spent a lot of time praying and He reminded me that He has never left me.  I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.  So I go to PT knowing that my Father is holding my hand and that He will get me through.  Thank-you, Father, I love you!!