Hi, Joan

That's interesting: how you describe the motion of the PT machine. I believe they're the sort of cycle we had in the gym in the rehabilitation place where I spent a month recovering from my sepsis infection. I fairly certain it was the combo of the too-many weeks I spent in the hospital and rehabilitation recovering from the sepsis––not my PN–that rendered my legs so weak. I was wobbly before the sepsis, but not like this, and I don't recall blaming the wobbliness on leg weakness.

This extreme leg weakness came on post-hospital and post-rehab. I mention that we had a cycle similar to the one you describe in the rehabilitation gym but I was invited to ride it only rarely. In fact, I wasn't given much in the way of PT the whole time I was there.

Now, however, I have a therapist who comes to my home once-a-week. At-home PT is convenient, that's true, but I don't have the advantage of being in a room filled with PT machines. Here at home I have a recumbent bicycle. My therapist wants me to ride it, at a minimum, 20 min. x 3 days/week. I can do that fairly easily, even with the resistance cranked up, but being able to say "fairly easily" has me wondering if the bike is doing anything for my leg strength. That's why your remarks grabbed my attention. I can't but be wondering what am I not doing that might accelerate recovering my leg strength.

(Whoops! My partner just called. Supper is ready. I don't dare keep her waiting. 🙂 )

Cheers!
Ray