Tuesday, November 13, 2007

C.R.M.C.

Thanks Kevin and Adrainne for the nice comments.....Today I went to the Cortland Regional Medical Center for an evaluation. You never know what to expect, in a new place, new people and their going to talk to you, see how you operate, listen to your brain and examine your performance. Sounds fun doesn't it? The two girls knew what they were doing. Some of the tests were the same, some of the stuff is just watching you get around in your environment. It was not as bad as I thought it might be, it really went different then I was thinking it might be. The physical therapy person is most worried about my balance and my endurance as a work day would go on. I am getting around just fine, but not in a work environment. They want to be sure that's not a problem. Taking a nap at 12:30 everyday is not that realistic, we would all like that to happen......but probably not..So she would like me to come back a couple of times a week and she had some exercises to do at home too. The speech/cognitive therapy person was pleasantly surprised. She went through a lot of the same tests as the St. Joseph's therapy people, and came up with similar results. The speech seems fine, the word or image recognition is fine and reading is OK too. So right now, no cognitive therapy. We were getting all three today(including occupational therapy) but the last one was sick. Later this week we finish this process .

1 comment:

Art said...

It is very heart warming to see, and read, of your progress. I don't get to see the results of my occupation very often. I thank you, for your friendship and brotherhood in the fire dept. Art