How to explain fibrofog to a PT? Or how to handle it or somethin...
I have been going to physical therapy for like, 4 weeks for a slipped disc. I didn't mention to my PT that I have fibro, because a lot of previous ones would harp on me about exercising more or it's not real or yada yada. I get tired of being judged, and I knew my back was not related to it, because it was a new problem that was very specific.
I've been sick (I'm sick all the time and missed two appointments (Monday this week and Friday last week) because of it. The week before THAT I forgot an appointment- wrote it down as thursday, but spent all week thinking it was friday, so thursday afternoon I SAW IT ON MY CALENDAR and assumed I wrote it down wrong.
Well, just realized I forgot an appointment Friday. Probably because it was at 1 and I slept till 2:30/3pm. And because I've been so busy I've felt brain damaged. And because I had a show last Saturday and I've been having a flare up ever since... spending 7 hours in a corset does NOT help those back issues. Nor did the stress help.
When I first started going there I read the policy thing and it said if you do too many no-shows they'll refuse to reschedule you.
This is the first instance in which physical therapy has had a RECOGNIZABLE difference in my pain. It is really helping, and I've been working hard to do all my exercises at home.
I'm also pretty quiet about complaining about pain, and the main PT I've had was really nice and the minute I said something hurt we'd stop. They switched me one week to Mr. Marquis De Sade, who didn't give a flip, and had me do a LOT more difficult exercises instead of slowly working me up to new things. I spent two days in bed afterward.
The last problem with this situation is that they have two receptionists, a female, who is middling friendly, and a male. He acts like he's disgusted with everyone, and seems annoyed when you have to ask him to make you an appointment. I have a lot of social anxieties about calling people on the phone or needing something from someone, and I'm almost in tears with the idea of him picking up monday and having to explain that I forgot.
What would you do in this situation? I'm upset to the point of tears, and I realize it's pretty stupid, but I HATE these situations.
I've been sick (I'm sick all the time and missed two appointments (Monday this week and Friday last week) because of it. The week before THAT I forgot an appointment- wrote it down as thursday, but spent all week thinking it was friday, so thursday afternoon I SAW IT ON MY CALENDAR and assumed I wrote it down wrong.
Well, just realized I forgot an appointment Friday. Probably because it was at 1 and I slept till 2:30/3pm. And because I've been so busy I've felt brain damaged. And because I had a show last Saturday and I've been having a flare up ever since... spending 7 hours in a corset does NOT help those back issues. Nor did the stress help.
When I first started going there I read the policy thing and it said if you do too many no-shows they'll refuse to reschedule you.
This is the first instance in which physical therapy has had a RECOGNIZABLE difference in my pain. It is really helping, and I've been working hard to do all my exercises at home.
I'm also pretty quiet about complaining about pain, and the main PT I've had was really nice and the minute I said something hurt we'd stop. They switched me one week to Mr. Marquis De Sade, who didn't give a flip, and had me do a LOT more difficult exercises instead of slowly working me up to new things. I spent two days in bed afterward.
The last problem with this situation is that they have two receptionists, a female, who is middling friendly, and a male. He acts like he's disgusted with everyone, and seems annoyed when you have to ask him to make you an appointment. I have a lot of social anxieties about calling people on the phone or needing something from someone, and I'm almost in tears with the idea of him picking up monday and having to explain that I forgot.
What would you do in this situation? I'm upset to the point of tears, and I realize it's pretty stupid, but I HATE these situations.