Going to Physiotherapy...

[fajrdrako]

Yesterday I remembered to take my camera with me when I went to physiotherapy at the Riverside Hospital. I thought you might like to see the place I've been talking about, and spending so much time; I thought I'd like to have a photographic record of it.

Now, usually when I've been there, it's been sunny and beautiful, but as luck would have it, yesterday was an overcast day. It got worse. Today is rainy, too. That's weather for you.

1. The Para Transpo bus picks me up. That's the front of my apartment building there; if you had x-ray vision and could see further, you'd be looking right into my apartment. As it is, you get a reflection of the house across the street.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. The Para Transpo bus, seen from the outside - here it is, stopping at the Riverside Hospital, outside the front doors. Imagine all that bus, just for me! I had to share it with two people and a wheelchair going back, though.
   
   
   
   
   
3. The entrance to the hospital, showing some of the parkland behind it, leaving to the Rideau River. There'd be people sitting there reading newspapers or drinking coffee or waiting for someone to pick them up, except it was starting to rain.
   
   
   
   
   
4. The interior of the cafeteria, just inside the front doors. Nice view while drinking coffee and munching toast.
   
   
   
   
   
5. The long hallway that leads straight to rehab. That's the front doors at the far end. Picture me lurching on my crutches all the way down this hallway! Along the route, there are traps: craft sales, and people selling lottery tickets to raise money for the hospital. On my second day there, I bought an apron with dolphins on it. Yesterday, I bought a really nice red and black Chinese handbag, just before taking this picture. I took the photo while standing outside the rehab department.
   
   
   
   
   
6. The rehab waiting room, beyond which you can see the physiotherapy facilities - bright-lit because the windows there overlook the park and the river.
   
   
   
   
   
7. Right inside the doorway of the rehab waiting room, there's a quilted hanging with a picture of a panda. How could I resist taking a photo?
   
   
   
   
   
8. I asked Debbie if I could take her picture, and she said none of her clients had ever asked her that before. I said I wanted a record of the goddess of rehab. She obliged.
   
   
   
   
   
9. Then she took a picture of me. Note the crutches, the Boot, the pathetic demeanour, the absence of my usual gazelle-like grace.
   
   
   

Comments

[ceindreadh.livejournal.com]

I've seen elbow crutches like in your link, but not having gone crutch-shopping, I don't know what kinds are better than others.
The main advantage I found with them was if say I needed to open a door or something, I was able to let go of the crutch handle, but the cuff would prevent it from falling on the ground.
That and the fact that I was able to shorten them considerably which made them easier to strap to the crossbar of my bike.

But the best thing about the ones you have...is that you're well on your way to not needing them any more!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

if say I needed to open a door or something, I was able to let go of the crutch handle, but the cuff would prevent it from falling on the ground.

Yes, that would be a big advantage. What to do with the crutches when not walking is always a problem - and they're always falling about and almost hitting people.

When I go outdoors now, I use the cane, not the crutches. It still falls but it's smaller.

the best thing about the ones you have...is that you're well on your way to not needing them any more!

Yes! Oh happy day. I've been moving around today without crutches or the cane. My foot gets tired fast, and I'm limping, but it works. What a thrill.