Last night I dreamt that the phone rang and in my dream, I walked through our living room and up the two steps into the kitchen to answer it. It was a sensory dream, because I really could feel myself walk as though none of my current issues existed.
During my ballet career, I used to have these types of sensory dreams, when working on particularly challenging choreography. Oddly, I still experience these dreams of rehearsing and I have the organic experience in these dreams that I am back seventeen years in time, physically executing complicated ballet steps.
Today, I went to my third PT appointment and after doing thirty minutes of different exercises to challenge my leg strength and ROM (range of motion) I practiced walking without my crutch.
The more that I focused on my movement the more natural it became.
When I arrived home after doing an errand I went to Paul to "show off" a bit. With determined focus on my stride, I walked around the house(no crutch) with hardly a trace of my post surgery, stiff legged limp!
Paul, was absolutely blown away and amazed by my "performance".
It is now a few hours later, and I am sore, leg elevated with an ice pack, but so encouraged that I lived my dream of walking normally.....well let's just say, close enough. It will take lots of work and unquestionably plenty of back slides, but now I not only think I can....I KNOW I CAN : )
well I guess it's not a dream Dorothy. The ruby slippers really are magic.
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That a girl.. ofcorse you can..I never doubted a bit, good dreams are always a positive sign of what´s to come., keep dreaming good dreams Kathy.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful weekend with your wonderful friend..where would you be without him ?;)"
Love, Liisa
I am so absolutely proud of you girlfriend! This is the performance of your life, the most beautiful performance of all. This is a ballet performed to the music in your head, and the voice in your heart. This is finally a performance for YOU!
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