At the end of this session, I did my best to sound like Scottie and say to the therapist I've reset the dilithium crystals, captain."
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
This is your hand. This is your hand on occupational therapy.
I have mentioned the Edward Scissorhands device that occupational therapy uses to improve my ability to extend my fingers. And here's a picture of it.
Another gadget that outpatient therapy uses is a device for measuring how rapidly I can recognize lights at the edges of my field of vision and respond to them. I think that it looks like a computer from the original Star Trek television series.
With my occupational therapist, Heather:
Clayton, soon you're going to need to carry rocks in your pockets to keep from blowing away in a strong breeze.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you doing and looking well!
Those things work. My wife's mother had a stroke at 88. At 89 she started shooting a pistol. At 90 she told us she wanted to shoot standing up like everybody else. Now she has a 22/45 Lite, and shoots steel plates.
ReplyDeleteShe has been to two Appleseed events and shot a 194 (with a rest) in October. Next spring she hopes to earn a Rifleman patch.