Back is Better

My back is slowly getting better, finally! I was beginning to wonder if it ever would. I had been having lots of pain on a daily basis and would end up feeling pretty miserable most days after work. Now that I have had 3 sessions of Physical Therapy I am noticing some improvement. Not nearly as much pain. It comes and goes during my work day. There are stretching exercises I am supposed to do. I do them but not as often as I should. But them some is better than none. I am able to continue with my strength training I do once a week on Thursdays. I have definitely improved my strength since I started that in March of this year. This strength training program helps to reverse aging by turning your flab into muscle. I can tell that I am gaining muscle by how much I am able to do at my workouts. Go Me!!

Today I had my work physical along with the TB test we always have to do once a year. Working in a medical facility, this is especially important. I currently have this little black circle on my arm so they can see where the TB test was done when it is checked again on Friday. Oh, and I passed the physical. Even with the back problems. So on to another year. As long as I stay healthy I will be fine with the job. Oh, and in case you don't know what it is I do, I am a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant. I have doing this for almost 6 years now. It was a midlife career change for me. Prior to that I was an Instructional Aide in a Special Education classroom for 12 years. I worked mostly with severly handicapped children. I worked with a wide variety of handicapped children over the years. Now I am in a geriatric setting. Quite different from working with children. I frequently learn interesting things from my patients because they have experiences that are different from mine.