Norco dose frequency
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wrote on 5 Mar 2022, 23:20 last edited by
@horace Update?
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@horace Update?
wrote on 6 Mar 2022, 00:41 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in Norco dose frequency:
@horace Update?
Hi TG, thanks for asking. Progress is slow and steady. I had my first follow up appt with the physician's assistant last week, where they took the staples out of the incision. There were 33. Physical therapy is set to start two weeks from now.
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@taiwan_girl said in Norco dose frequency:
@horace Update?
Hi TG, thanks for asking. Progress is slow and steady. I had my first follow up appt with the physician's assistant last week, where they took the staples out of the incision. There were 33. Physical therapy is set to start two weeks from now.
wrote on 6 Mar 2022, 00:45 last edited by@Horace said in Norco dose frequency:
There were 33.
Why am I not surprised you counted, LOL.
Physical therapy is set to start two weeks from now.
Sounds like the appropriate timeframe, about 4 weeks or so to let the tendon scar down and heal. Premature exercise can ruin the healing/scarring.
You've danced this dance before, and you know that PT can be a bitch. Please keep us posted.
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wrote on 6 Mar 2022, 13:23 last edited by
Glad things are progressing normally.
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wrote on 23 Mar 2022, 13:01 last edited by
Oh, I’m hobbling along thanks George. I have no balance, strength, or range of motion, but it gets a little better every day. Today is my first physical therapy appt. Not looking forward to that twice a week tedium that I’ll know the whole time I could just as easily be doing at home. But experts, so shut up. The knee bends one way and I need to stretch it out so it bends more that way. Last time with my other knee I lost patience for going in after a few weeks. Maybe this time I’ll stick with it. But last time, I think skipping made no long term difference.
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wrote on 23 Mar 2022, 15:12 last edited by
Sure it did. The PT group made a lot less money.
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Oh, I’m hobbling along thanks George. I have no balance, strength, or range of motion, but it gets a little better every day. Today is my first physical therapy appt. Not looking forward to that twice a week tedium that I’ll know the whole time I could just as easily be doing at home. But experts, so shut up. The knee bends one way and I need to stretch it out so it bends more that way. Last time with my other knee I lost patience for going in after a few weeks. Maybe this time I’ll stick with it. But last time, I think skipping made no long term difference.
wrote on 23 Mar 2022, 16:51 last edited by@Horace said in Norco dose frequency:
Oh, I’m hobbling along thanks George. I have no balance, strength, or range of motion, but it gets a little better every day. Today is my first physical therapy appt. Not looking forward to that twice a week tedium that I’ll know the whole time I could just as easily be doing at home. But experts, so shut up. The knee bends one way and I need to stretch it out so it bends more that way. Last time with my other knee I lost patience for going in after a few weeks. Maybe this time I’ll stick with it. But last time, I think skipping made no long term difference.
Helps if the therapist is good looking.
My last one was a stone cold fox.
I knew her grandpa.
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wrote on 23 Mar 2022, 19:38 last edited by
My first visit was a smashing success. I got there 30 minutes early to fill out paperwork, as they instructed, and I completed it in 10. Missed an important work meeting for it. Then I waited for another 30 minutes, 10 minutes past my scheduled start time, when the reception guy came up and sheepishly asked me if I had the referral paperwork from my doctor. I told him I did not, and asked him why he wanted to see it. It was because the physical therapist assigned to me had no idea what my injury was. No information whatsoever about her new patient. I let the reception guy know that I could let her know what the injury was. So I was finally seen, 20 minutes late, and she gave me exercises to do, all of which involved stretching the joint to a fuller range of motion, and flexing the quadriceps to straighten the leg. Hm. It's almost like that's all there is to possibly do. Anyway, A+ appointment, grading on a curve for PT. Will go again.
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My first visit was a smashing success. I got there 30 minutes early to fill out paperwork, as they instructed, and I completed it in 10. Missed an important work meeting for it. Then I waited for another 30 minutes, 10 minutes past my scheduled start time, when the reception guy came up and sheepishly asked me if I had the referral paperwork from my doctor. I told him I did not, and asked him why he wanted to see it. It was because the physical therapist assigned to me had no idea what my injury was. No information whatsoever about her new patient. I let the reception guy know that I could let her know what the injury was. So I was finally seen, 20 minutes late, and she gave me exercises to do, all of which involved stretching the joint to a fuller range of motion, and flexing the quadriceps to straighten the leg. Hm. It's almost like that's all there is to possibly do. Anyway, A+ appointment, grading on a curve for PT. Will go again.
wrote on 25 Mar 2022, 11:01 last edited by@Horace said in Norco dose frequency:
My first visit was a smashing success. I got there 30 minutes early to fill out paperwork, as they instructed, and I completed it in 10. Missed an important work meeting for it. Then I waited for another 30 minutes, 10 minutes past my scheduled start time, when the reception guy came up and sheepishly asked me if I had the referral paperwork from my doctor. I told him I did not, and asked him why he wanted to see it. It was because the physical therapist assigned to me had no idea what my injury was. No information whatsoever about her new patient. I let the reception guy know that I could let her know what the injury was. So I was finally seen, 20 minutes late, and she gave me exercises to do, all of which involved stretching the joint to a fuller range of motion, and flexing the quadriceps to straighten the leg. Hm. It's almost like that's all there is to possibly do. Anyway, A+ appointment, grading on a curve for PT. Will go again.
Wow. Does not inspire confidence, does it? At least you know what the exercises will be, so if they continue wasting your time, you can do the exercises in the waiting room.
I can see why you would rather just do them at home.