those are the hard ones to hear --- On Sat, 11/20/10, Dalton Garis <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Dalton Garis <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TMIC] the hurt says the leg is still usable... To: "john snodgrass" <[email protected]>, "transverse myelitis" <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, November 20, 2010, 1:39 PM One of my good friends had a very tough form of MS. He became wheelchair bound within about five months. Anyway, he didn’t exercise his legs, or even elevate them, and they got to look like huge sausages filled with fluid. I miss him. Dalton From: john snodgrass <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 09:24:01 -0800 (PST) To: transverse myelitis <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TMIC] the hurt says the leg is still usable... Resent-From: <[email protected]> Resent-Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 09:24:03 -0800 my right side and my right leg sure are usable today! --- On Sat, 11/20/10, Jan Hargrove <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jan Hargrove <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TMIC] contracture questions To: "Kevin Wolfthal" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Saturday, November 20, 2010, 11:38 AM Happy Thanksgiving to you, too! I'm having the same type of problem now while I still can't put weight on my broken ankle...........it feels like my PT is trying to make my knee go the other way! HURTS!! But nust keep doing therapy or leg will atrophy and become (more) useless...........so keep it up. (I've considered making/using a voodoo doll, but don't think it'd get to my PT.) Also, remember, the hurt says the leg is still usable... janh From: Kevin Wolfthal <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, November 20, 2010 12:54:03 AM Subject: [TMIC] contracture questions Hi and Happy Thanksgiving all, The past three months or so, I've been getting physical therapy at home because I've developed contracture in my legs. I cannot straighten my legs fully, primarily from lack of use I guess. I have gotten some improvement from the PT, but now I am supposed to go for outpatient therapy because my therapist feels he's done as much as he can in the home setting. I have to say that this therapy, particularly when he stretches my legs, is probably the worst pain I've had to endure. Has anyone else experienced contracture? If so, did you get any improvement with therapy? Best regards to all, Kevin
