Yay For Thursday

Today is Thursday, August 10, 2023 and I’m so thrilled it’s the last day of the week! Aren’t you? Thankfully, it’s been a good week….But it was also a tiring week. Going from 10 days of barely moving to 5 days in a row of daily workouts is a lot. It really hit me this morning when I woke and got out of bed…Ouch! I was so sore all over, but I was especially sore in my thigh muscles. They were killing me! Still, I got dressed and headed to PMR.

I arrived earlier than usual as I was scheduled to go into the hydro pool at 9:45 am. Luckily it was just me and 1 other patient today so it was nice and quiet. I told my physical therapist before we started that my muscles were really sore. She took it ‘easy’ on me today and we did all my lower body exercises with 10 reps instead of 20 as initially planned. She asked me to swim free style instead of breast stroke but I asked if I could do it back and forth along the width of the pool, not the length. I did it! But it was super challenging. My muscles always feel great in the water and the exercises feel good as I perform them…But the exhaustion sets in as soon as I’m out of the pool! I showered, got dressed and headed to OT.

The nurse took my vitals before I started my occupational therapy session and my blood pressure was slightly on the lower side. I was feeling a little tired after swimming so thankfully my OT said today’s session will be very short and easy. We spent just 15 minutes working on some upper body exercises and by 11:15 I was done for the day. Actually, I was done for the week! YESSS! Time to go home and relaaaaaaaaax. I’m really looking forward to some rest and recovery this weekend because my body definitely needs it. I hope you all get your R&R too. Enjoy your weekend!

الحمد لله حبّاً، والحمد لله شكراً، والحمد لله يوماً وشهراً، والحمد لله عُمراً، والحمد لله في السرّاء والضراء، والحمد لله على ما قسمه الله لنا.