Fuzzy's Romp Room

SAS thanks for the info... What exactly do you mean by full body stretch and do you mean the helper pushes on the foot? I have been using magazines, I am up to 2 of them.. I put the ball of my foot on magazine and stretch my heel to the floor... Been doing those three times a day... Will try the warm pack.

Folks any one wanting to read about Musical Ear here's the link to the site that I felt gave the best info. The way it reads  this is the person that coined the phrase Musical Ear Syndrome versus auditory hallucination. I'm going to C&P it to Fuzzy RR and BG's too. 

http://www.hearinglosshelp.com/articles/mes.htm

Crog stretching: basically taking each body part and stretching in each direction  the joint moves. Laying around actually fatigues the muscles, which translates to "stiff and sore". If you only work on the foot, by positioning yourself to get to the foot , you will be stressing the other body parts until they get their own bit of work. In re: to the helper, there are multiple maneuvers they can do. I hope I can describe them.

1.---Left Leg flat, helper use ring and long finger to ring the ankle of your left ankle. This is to stabilize the foot against the bed. Helper takes palm of right hand and places it in arch with fingers going up towards toes, helper pushes towards your head. You will feel a stretch in the arch>>achilles>calf>>some of upper leg>>>hold for say ten seconds >>relax and then repeat. This maneuver was the BEST when any cramping of the lower leg post polio. I used it in nursing for years. For your situation where tendons are tight in foot and lower leg it's great.

2. This one is harder to describe, but is a good stretch for the whole leg and buttock. Particularly, helpful with Pyriformis. Lay flat--helper takes left leg cradles it on left forearm with the foot against helpers bicep --the lower leg will effectively be laying on helpers forearm with helpers hand supporting the upper calf. Raise leg at 45 degrees off bed. Helper slowly and gently leans towards your head with their body. The foot against the bicep will start to stretch (flex)towards your head. Just even standing with it positioned as in the positioning sentence, you will start to feel a stretch on the whole leg and foot. when they start to lean forward, the stretch becomes stronger. If the tendons are very very tight, minimal lean towards your head  by helper will produce a stronger response by you. At first just staying in the positioning stance will be all you may want to do at first.That's why slow and gentle. Don't force. It may take days  to be able to advance to the lean this will be so, if tendons are very very tight. So have your helper read this and practice on someone else before they do it to you. The knee will have a tendency to want to bend --the helper gently places the right hand at the knee to keep it from bending. Once helper is able to add leaning , you will feel the stretch in the bottom of foot(Plantar fascia) >>Achilles>>calf>>hamstrings>>buttock. This was a standard maneuver in post polio exercises or when cramping occurred. Nothing like a post polio cramp. I have seen athletes do this in warm ups. Little did they know it came from the teachings of Nurse Kinney who developed the polio stretching exercises in Australia.

 Crog I know this is long , but it will make a huge difference. As always I must say get permission from your doc first.

Had a patient one time that was screaming in agony with cramping of hamstring and pyriformis(butt). Thankfully , it was first thing in the morning, doc was there to tell her MRI's of spine and pelvis showed no displacement and that she would have to learn to live with it and that he was making a referral to a pain mgt doc. I asked him if I could do the post polio stretches with her. He said I could. Within less than a minute her spasms were released. Every time she spasmed that day she screamed for me. I taught husband. Frequency decreased throughout day. When I left her that night she was a happy lady. Two reasons they both knew what to do when she spasmed and the pain with a spasm was controlled b/c spasm was controlled. There is another stretch for the pyriformis(butt), but this is over long now. Read through and have helper practice on a volunteer first. If it doesn't make sense ,then delay till we post.

SAS. Thank you again for your info. The first stretch we are already doing so.. Will have my husband try the other one on my left leg first before he tries it on my bad side (right side)... If you want to PM me on the third stretch feel free to.... I am up for any help I can get...

Crog-Still confused apparently------the operative side was the left. The bad leg nonoperative side was the right. Shouldn't do anything to which ever was operated on without doc clearance.  Even the stretch for the non-operative side should be cleared with doc first. The third stretch is specifically for pyriformis. Unless doc clearance is given for this stretch I won't describe it. Because of the nature of your surgery on the operative leg.

Thanks Fuzzy! It took a couple of hours for that news to really sink in.

Its time to do the Happy Dance ...

veggy - yay!!!

I love the trike too Fuzz!!! It looks like a blast. If I had a garage I might get one, but no, I would get another motorcycle. I rode motorcycles from 15 to 52ish. I think that's when I sold the last one. The roads are just too crazy. People on their cell phones pay too little attention. The cars are quieter inside now except for the nicer sound systems, so they don't hear bikers. Anyway, it got to where I could not predict what they were going to do. Still, if I had a garage, I'd get another, even if just for Sunday rides.

VEGGY, glad things are simplified now, and that's fantastic to get a PET scan.  So, just that one dang boob!  Loved the Snoopy cartoon!  GG

Yeah Veggy!

Fuzzy---Love love the trike- it's so cool and FUN looking!!! 

I am still learning this new format& can't seem to find my way around well on the site!!

Happy Thursday sisters.

Lisa

Yay for VEGGY....doin the happy dance for you sista.

Hi Dune!  Actually, Fuzzy also wanted this room to be where you could just rip it up.  That's what I used to tell Goldwyn, one of our dogs, and boy would she tear into this little fur "baby" she had.  I'm personally very glad you are taking the day off, makes for a long weekend, I hope!

Let's see, you asked what to do.  I think you could pick and choose from some of these ideas:  I think you could put together a brief letter, in which you quote the website & name of the section that protects women who have cancer with leave time, and a line or two as to what it says.  Here's a couple places where the eeoc.gov talks about leave time.  The FMLA, I believe that applies when the company is 50 employees or more. 

Equal Employment Opportunity EEO info on cancer:
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/cancer.html
ADA Section 11 discusses accomodations for employees with cancer
http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/fmlaada.html
Family and Medical Leave Act defines length of medical leave

Then quote in the letter what your boss said about watching your leave time, and explain that you cannot help but feel awful sometimes, and that's why you're protected by law.  And if you can put one detail that is VERY graphic as to how painful a specific thing is, do it.  Then, this is the kicker, make sure you carbon copy the top one or two head guys in the place, not to mention a top female in the place perhaps.  Then just hand it out, starting with the top bosses, ending with yours.

Keep it in your mind early retirement, just focus on that when you feel lousy about how you're being treated.  Your insurance will carry you a little while, but you may consider going ahead and getting, for example, an AARP supplemental insurance card, it's better than nothing.  And of course start saving a percentage, also perhaps find things in your home of value you don't really need anymore and plan to sell them, stash that cash in the bank, too.  Also, remind yourself if you've been there a while, you should not feel too threatened, really, altho there are exceptions.

And then, if it gets quite serious down there, you can contact a lawyer, tell him the story, that you would appreciate it if he would send them a second letter, that you are prepared to go to court, and suggesting they do whatever you demand.  Then if absolutely necessary, you can tell the boss above yours as relates to whatever else bad comes up, that if they want to, you would be happy to sue them, or you might vacate without notice your position as early retirement, if that's what they want, and you would expect a severance pay equal to whatever (three months' pay, a round figure, etc), and they should begin to draw up Cobra papers, and they'll need to request the solution they choose via letter to your lawyer.

Hey, I don't know anything.  But that's what I'd do.  Most women don't like confrontation, this is what makes these things so hard, and MEN KNOW THIS.  So, a letter, and/or a letter from a lawyer, this is how to avoid them sons o'beeches, plus if the top boss gets a copy of the shenanigans your boss is trying to pull off, THEY know the consequences of violating employee protection laws (lots of money), so you'll have bettter results by copying your communications from that nutcase boss of yours.  And if he ever calls you to his office, you grab SOMEONE you've arranged with earlier to be a witness for you, and also to substantially protect you from any "abuse" in anger by your boss if he has a mind to yell.

Fuzzy probably can give you some tips, maybe she'll message you.  Love, your sister, Gail

 Sometimes you just want to hit some people (bosses included) over the head with something...

But like this nail, they don't learn their lesson and continue to be stupid...

If you sneak up on them and bash them while their back is turned...

Might make the problem worse.

So take Dogeyed's advice...

 Equal Employment Opportunity EEO info on cancer:
www.eeoc.gov/facts/cancer.html
ADA Section 11 discusses accomodations for employees with cancer
www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/fmlaa...
Family and Medical Leave Act defines length of medical leave

Contact them.

Thanks so much Shelia for all your help with exercises. You have been such a big help to me.



So the music is back.. Going to read the link you posted...



Have a great day everyone...



Cindy

Dune - I've been having the same problem with idiotic male bosses, and just work in general.  HR gave me some bad advice, which I took not knowing it was bad, and that screwed things up for my royally.  I'm doing what I need to do for me and just saying F them!  Don't rely on HR to help you.  Ladies here have recommended documenting everything that happens.  They can't discriminate against us, we're protected under the ADA.  Take care of yourself, and if you feel like its really unfair, get a lawyer.  They're the only ones who will be on your side when it comes to work issues.

Crog - PT did wonders for me.  Although yesterday was a bitch and I kept having back spasms so she couldnt work on me.  Does your PT specialize in BC patients?  That was my requirement.  We do massage, stretching and strength training.  What a world of difference.

So my exchange is in less than 3 weeks and I can't wait.  I'm counting down to getting these awful bricks off my chest.  I feel like I'm at the end of a pregnancy when you're so big you can't move and just laying down hurts, not to mention trying to roll onto your side or get up.  I can see the light, although its dim at this point.