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Waiter, make it a double.
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Pack for your (bedroom) camping trip
When you travel, do you start laying out clothes and toiletries a week in advance, or throw a bunch of stuff into a bag at the last minute? If you are in the latter camp, I suggest you get some assistance in building a list and making your way through it. You could think of…
Be your own physician
No, I’m not suggesting you do home surgery. Nor am I suggesting you ignore anything your MD, surgeon, nurse, PT or other medical professional guides you to do. Do what they tell you! But it will not serve you to follow blindly (ask questions if you don’t understand, or if you are thinking that you…
Overview of Scar Care
I just spoke with a woman in her 40’s who had a hip replaced 18 months ago and is preparing for her second. I asked how her 18 month scar looked. She said “It’s not so great. I wish I’d done more for it.” Scar care is like caring for a fern or a goldfish. It needs just a little bit…
My biggest mistakes
Overdoing it by overruling my intution and following a PT’s suggestion On my fourth day post-surgery, my Kaiser home visit PT (someone I had never met before) visited and, impressed with how easily I was moving around the house, asked me if I had been outside. “Outside?” I replied. “I wasn’t planning on leaving the…
Breathe with the sensations
There may be times that you are experiencing uncomfortable sensations with a strong intensity. Your body may instinctively tense up against those sensations, but I invite you to explore another way. Let the sensations move through you, as if they were waves. Waves of sound. Waves of water (we are mostly water, after all). Breathe. Wiggle. Sing…