My First Physio Appointment Post Treatment

May 21 I went to Panther Physiotherapy for my first appointment. I told my therapist my history and that I wanted to run again and asked him what my chances were. He did a strength assessment of both my legs. The right side was definitely weaker but what I found surprising was the weakness was not so much in my feet or legs but in my hips and buttocks. After examining me he said there was no evidence of anymore foot drop and after strengthening my muscles and ensuring my balance is stable I will be able to run. He showed me some exercises to do twice a day, every day for a week and then come back in and see how I'm doing. I was shocked at how easy and matter of fact he was when addressing my desire to run. WOW! :D

May 22 I slept well last night other than a painful twinge in my right groin area. This is the same area the catheter for the angioplasty was inserted and it twinged all night long. (Probably from the stretches and exercises I did yesterday) This morning I did the same routine and found my right groin soar at times but nothing brutal. My physiotherapist told me to continue the routine unless of severe pain so I'm okay for now. He told me to go back to the gym and work on the elliptical, weight bearing exercises and yoga. He said to keep riding my bike as often as possible too. I need to gain strength and stability in my core in order to be able to run and not injury myself. He told me to keep walking but not to try running on the treadmill as my body was not ready yet.

On another note I have been drinking 2 Kale and fruit smoothies per day for the last week. I have been told that the Kale is a powerful antioxidant and will work like a cleanse and purge all the toxic crap out of my system. One thing my husband noticed was that my breath smells horrible! lol I was also told that will go away once all the toxicity is gone. I have also been adhering to Ashton Embry's MS Diet and I've done really well. Safeway has a great selection of gluten free products so I don't feel like I'm denying myself anything important. The hardest part for me is going without the sugar. It's no wonder I have had chronic yeast infections as I have always had a huge sweet tooth. I have been eating lots of fruit including dates when I get the craving for something sweet.

As far as everything else goes, I haven't observed anymore changes in myself; good or bad. I'm hoping that I am in the healing process right now and I plan to take extra good care of myself from now on.