therapy... and other stuff

  well i've had one week of therapy under my belt. sleeping has become easier, i did pass out like a drunk after the first day. i'm still having trouble rolling over when laying down. i think if this persists i'll bring it up at my next doctor appointment.
  other than that this is the week where i start tracking my food intake. being unable to be active has equaled somewhere in the 35-40 lb weight gain. so i figure if i can get rid of that and some more it should equate to my back healing quicker. also my wife and her bff are starting some sort of weight loss/tracking regimen this week, so the more the merrier with encouragement.

shout out

i'd like to give thanks to my lovely wife natalie for being my cheerleader, caregiver, and absolute best wife that i could ask for. putting up with my mood swings along the way and keeping me grounded as needed. you literally doubled your housework load in addition to going to work AND taking care of me, you're the best ever. to my mom for being there for natalie and carting me to some appointments and just human contact in general. to my dad for keeping me in his prayers amongst other things. and to everyone else close to us for just being there, you all know who you are. did i mention my wife, she also had to literally wipe my ass for 2 weeks post surgery. a humbling experience if there ever was one.

PT has begun.

nothing exciting to report on this front. it was only an evaluation, the real therapy starts next week. i have been doing light stretching about twice per day since my last dr. appointment so i thought the evaluation would go smooth. wrong on that one...my flexibility is for shit still and the fact that rolling out of bed is a chore has hampered my recovery efforts. i will also be adding elliptical machine for about 10 minutes or so a day to work on my ass muscles along with hips to get them in shape. this was approved by my therapist as i should be further along in some areas, i'm better in some others though. i'll be going to therapy twice a week at the moment. see you all next week.