JerrisBlog

JerrisBlog
Can you say "arterial fibrosis"? It seems that's what my doctor thinks I have....maybe in both knees. I looked it up online....which I almost never do because of my tendency to panic at too much bleak information. This time it motivated me to stop being so nice to my knee. I went back to water aerobics, which my PT had told me to stop for a while, but my doctor gave me an enthusiastic "all clear" to exercise again. If I don't get all of the scar tissue stretched or broken to the point of being able to bend both of my knees over 100 degrees by Oct. 17th, then I will be hospitalized and they will forcefully bend my knees under anesthesia and I will have intensive therapy after that! You should have seen Don, my sweet hubby, using a plunger on my knee last night (thanks to Jerry Bridges) while I was talking to my mom about my sick Dad. I was trying not to yell as he plunged away and then massaged my knee to the "point of pain".....as my doctor advised.
My knees are toast! Well....okay....my scar tissue is toast! Don and I have declared war on it. After water aerobics I went into the hot tub and forced bend and flexion in both of my knees while everyone else shuffled to the far side of the hot tub. I felt my bone in my leg move down as I pushed on it, so I took that as a good sign. I got up this morning and felt a little less pain. So I guess the saying should be "first pain....then gain....then no pain....again!"
(Can you tell I'm a poet.....and avoiding the yoga I promised myself I would do this morning!) Okay....I'm outta here. God is teaching me something.
Oh, I have to say....the best news yet is that our friend Claire is getting baptized Sunday! Thank you God! In the midst of all of this struggle...something wonderful! Life is always miraculous, even when it's really hard! More later....now I have to go to my "zen" place! :)