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My hubby went to inpatient rehab after open heart surgery and total knee replacement...and after a couple other medications problems. I swear by it! You are forced to do PT 2x/day vs 3x/week. We called it "boot camp".

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Hi, @loislane1950. I also spent a few weeks in a rehabilitation facility after discharge from the hospital where I'd been treated for a sepsis infection. And you're right: PT 2x/day! At first I thought, Whoa! 2x/day is waaaaay too much! But today I'm grateful for my "boot camp" experience. I remember how twice each day "Bob," my PT, would appear in my room's doorway, grinning and saying, "Ready? Let's go!" I put his name "Bob" in quotation marks because if ever I entioned to one of the other patients that my PT was "Bob," they wrinkle their brows and say, "Bob? There's no Bob." I'd ask Bob, and he'd assure me his name was Bob. It remained a mystery the entire time I was in the rehabilitation facility. Today I think: Maybe there was no Bob? Maybe Bob was a spirit? Like one of Scrooge's spirits? The Spirit of "Ready? Let's go!" Whoever––or whatever––Bob was, I'll be forever grateful for making me do those 2x/days! 🙂 –Ray (@ray666)