I thought I was going slow! I also thought I'd be ready to go back to work 3 weeks from now but when I saw the look on his face while I was talking I felt my plans go down the drain. He said that's probably not realistic.
Really? I know progress is slow but come on.
Then I started to believe him when he explained that yes, I could go until I hit pain, but then I needed to stop immediately, NOT keep going for a little bit and then stop. And that if I did get sore, I shouldn't still feel sore the next day and if I did, that means I over did it.
Oh.
Then he did an exam and all the movements we made came with a small sharp pain at some point or another and that's apparently also a sign to slow down.
Because overdoing it (even a little bit) every day slows down your overall progress.
So that whole appointment was disappointing, overall.
To drive the whole point home (pun intended), I have been in pain all afternoon. Why? Because I drove to the appointment (about an hour) and I felt a little bit of pain after about 30 minutes but kept going. This was before the conversation with the doctor. Had I stopped and switched with FH and he took over the driving, I might not be in pain right now.
Sigh.
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