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TKR out of the question when you've got PN?

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@ray666 Hi, Ray. Yesterday I went nautical. Great fun and excellent exercise. Working with - or against the buoyancy and against the resistance of the water. The tank had a treadmill in the bottom, a fold-down seat for seated exercises, grab bars on 3, or maybe all 4, sides. Tank was maybe 3 x 5 feet and water could come up to my armpits, and tank was full to chest high; PT-ist could raise or lower the water depth with an easy-to-operate control. Water temp was higher than I expected, but movement is quite limited so it needs to be higher than a swimming pool. Tank appeared to be plexi-glass. To enter the tank, I stepped into a side compartment, the door was locked, and it filled with water to about waist height; then the door to the main tank was opened, I stepped in, and the water in the side chamber emptied possibly into a separate steel tank where it was temperature adjusted. It was great fun and I'm going in the tank again next week! The PT-ist will get me back in the municipal pool yet (in Mobility through Water groups).

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Hi, Joan (@joanland)

What I find so heartening in your message is when you say, "It was great fun and I'm going in the tank again next week!" It is so refreshing to hear from someone who is not only being pro-active about her PN but is also having such fun! When I see my PT next, I'm going to ask, "Can we have fun, too?" 🙂

Cheers!
Ray (@ray666)