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Originally Posted by ECHOES
I was anxious about it beforehand, but tried to approach it with curiosity and just see how it went, something good for me to practice - seeing how it goes before deciding how it 'is' 
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Being on the main floor sounds like a possibility of a exit strategy that would be even quicker... Do you think? |
This is a good attitude to have, I guess it's like an experient of sorts. Good point about the first floor providing a quicker exit strategy totally forgot about this.
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Originally Posted by Perna
I would not necessarily worry about hopping up to the second floor; I'd worry about hopping down! Coming down stairs could be much harder and scarier and I would not want to have my T worry about that? I'd try the changed room and if it were difficult, I'd remind myself that as soon as my leg healed we could change back.
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You make a very good point, I didn't really think about the impact on T. I think the short term impact of the new room if any seems way better than having T attempt to try help me.
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Originally Posted by eastcoaster
I had knee surgery last year and was on crutches/could put no weight at all on my left leg for 6 weeks. My T's office is on the second floor of an old house witUh a dentist office on the ground floor, so no possibility for changing. So... we figured out that my climbing up and down on my butt was the safest for me. The first time, she went to the bottom of the stairs to meet me and took my crutches. I moved slowly up the stairs and it was really embarrassing and I got quite sweaty. Then I got the top and we had no idea how to get me up... She found a chair and I stood up backward and then fell butt first into the chair. She and I turned it around some so that I could get up and then crutch to her office. I was exhausted, sweaty, and humbled... Then we ended a little early so that we'd have time to get my down the stairs before her next client came. In her haste, she forgot to hug me (which hurt me, but I didn't point out as I was really worried about getting to my car and absolutely exhausted). Down was easier on my butt, but just the whole experience was rough and threw me off for the therapy. It got a little better, particularly as my crutching arms got stronger and I got more used to the situation, but arriving into her office into that state and worrying toward the end about getting down the stairs did throw me off. Having gone through this, if my T did have the option for a first floor office I would have taken it! Hope your knee heals soon and that you're getting lots of help! Food preparation and moving the food to the table was the hardest for me.
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Wow 6 weeks that must have been rough - they told me 2-3weeks. The first floor option is seeming like the better alternative. While I have climbed stair on crutches the prospect of T being worried and attempting to help me doesn't seem worth it. I have reluctantly staying with my parents so food prep has been luckily taken care of.