DAMN THIS FATIGUE!

So, I walked the length of my BIG living room--along my "walker"--EIGHT TIMES this morning.  PLUS, I, PHYSICALLY, turned around TWICE! However, later, I remarked that my LEFT leg felt WEAKER than normal.  THIS was evident during my transfers in/out of my mom's car, when I couldn't even bear SOME weight on it without my left leg BUCKLING.  ( :( ) I felt like I "took a step BACK" (FIGURATIVELY), like I tried too hard. But THEN, I thought, "Lightning has just struck my brain."(--'Hook') MAYBE I was TIRED from so much "walking" this morning.  PLUS, I hadn't even TRIED the turning-procedure since my injury/accident, so I'M SURE that my UNEASINESS about THIS NEW TECHNIQUE caused my muscles to work EXTRA HARD to COMPENSATE.   (Logic AGREES with me.)

"MOMMA SAID THERE'D BE DAYS LIKE THIS!"

... (THOSE are song lyrics.)  I was tired, because I woke up early this morning, but ALAS "Rule #76: No excuses.  Play like a champion."(--'Wedding Crashers') I STILL "walked"--WITH MY "WALKER"--the length of my BIG living room ... EIGHT TIMES.  THEY weren't ALL ALWAYS PRETTY, but I had my moments.  Also, I DIDN'T fall!  (THANK GOODNESS!) (My left hand was VERY SWEATY, so I had difficulty maintaining my grip.) (NONETHELESS, I persevered.)

"NO PAIN, NO GAIN."

... Well, I'm not hurting. ON THE CONTRARY, I--personally--think, and my Physical Therapist concurs, that my left leg/knee keeps "buckling" today because I've been working' it so much/hard.   I don't have P.T. again 'til next Tuesday, so that nice little break should provide AMPLE time to "recover". OH, YEAH! I did SIX MORE walks--WITH my "hemi-walker" as a leaning support--across the length of my BIG living room.  My Physical Therapist is physically supporting me--as I walk--less, because he says that he thinks that I have been improving lately.  He feels that I can handle the EXTRA workload.   So far, so good ...

MORE P.T.

... (of MY OWN design):   I did 10 reps of 1.5 minute-stands (THAT'S 90 seconds ... for those who are NOT mathematically-inclined.) (May God have mercy on your souls!) (FAKE tears) (SOB, SOB!) while gripping the railing in my shower.  (RELAX, LADIES!  I was FULLY-CLOTHED!) I normally do ten reps of 60-second stands, but I felt GOOD, so why not "up the ante"?!

not QUITE "LUCKY SEVEN"

In my Physical Therapy just now, I--with the aid of my leaning on my "hemi-walker" AND the "holding-onto-me" assistance of my Physical Therapist--WALKED ACROSS my BIG living room (~40-60 feet) SIX TIMES!    (I've noticed that my MIDDLE STEPS are usually my best ones.) (It takes me a few steps to "develop a rhythm", and towards the end fatigue "sets in", but in-between are some QUALITY-STEPS.) (Yes, I'll "toot my own horn".)

""THE FORCE" is strong with THIS ONE.""

... --'Star Wars'   I am referring to myself in that I have the self-control to NOT yank out my "peg-tube"/"G-tube"/gastric-tube--out of which I eat--that sticks out of my intestinal/stomach-area and leads INTO my stomach.   So, I've been ignoring "the Emperor" ('Star Wars' reference), when he says, "Give IN to your ANGER!"   (I'm greatly displeased with my whole BODILY-SITUATION.)

"Beware the Ides of March."

--soothsayer, 'Julius Caesar', by Billy Shakespeare   I had my TYPICAL Thursday today: wake up, brush my teeth, do some "walking" along my parallel-bars during Physical Therapy, "watch my mouth" ("figuratively") in Speech Therapy, pedal on my ARM-bike, shower, etc.    From the words of ol' Willie, I'm "keepin' my guard up" for a DANGEROUS POTENTIAL HAZARD.   (THIS was a joke--HA HA.)  ("Knock on wood.")

It's IMPORTANT!

... HAPPY PI DAY! ("3/14" = pi = ~3.14)  ACTUALLY, pi ~3.141592654 ...   Ergo, the fear/worry would be more appropriate in three years--3/14/15.    OR EVEN 420 years ago (3/14/1592)

"THAT'S what SHE said!"

... --Michael Scott, 'The Office'   I'm not wrestling anymore--as I did throughout high school.  So, I'm not TRYING TO "cut weight", but my FEMALE (Hence, "SHE said".) nurse told me that my G-tube (Gastric-tube) ("peg-tube") (stomach-tube) is getting loose.  She said--with her medical KNOWLEDGE--that "it's probably getting looser from the all the exercises (I) do and muscle (I'm) developing". BEFORE THAT, how could I have GAINED WEIGHT by simply "consuming" liquids?! I'll answer my own question: It depends what's IN my LIQUID "formula"--in terms of my CALORIC INTAKE.  (I'm not gonna argue with her "diagnosis".) (... Besides, I have an appointment for a tube-change tomorrow morning.)

"EIGHT Days a Week!"

... (FIGURATIVELY) So, my Physical Therapist--due to scheduling conflicts--couldn't see me Thursday, Friday, OR today.  Ergo, I will have P.T. on Sunday--TYPICALLY my OFF-DAY.   THAT'S "commitment".  (NO pun intended!)