working with the mood tracker during my time with Dr. Brian Ablitz

I began my Thursday morning at 6:00 a.m. by stretching and doing my upper weight exercises. At 7:00 I then went out into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa and eat my breakfast. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom to do my leg exercises. After taking an air flo reading 470, 490, 460, at 7:50 I then took my shower getting ready for my day ahead. Once I had cleaned my bathroom, I then grabbed my lunch and my bag with my things in it along with my Ipad and went by the door to wait for my ride. Upon my arrivel to WestSide, I had meet with Dr. Brian Ablitz. We first talked about how my mood was, by looking at the results of the mood tracker. This is an app I use on my Ipad to rate my mood each day. Whether it be happy, down, depressed, anger, or other its purpose is to guage how I feel each day. after my stroke once I had returned to WestSide I have had a lot of anger, frustraion, saddness during the process of recovery. We then discussed how things are going in general. At 11:00 during my P.T. session with Dan he had me doing timed trials on the tredmill. My first time I had walked 12:17 and burned 48.2 calories. My resting blood pressure was 112 over 72. My working blood pressure was 120 over 70. Dan then strapped the gate belt around my waist and we walked twice around the lower level of WestSide. Dan then had me back in the gym in the parallel bars doing leg raises. Dan then had me doing side stepping. This is not easy believe me, especially when reliing on that right ankle. At 12:00 I then went into the dining area to eat my lunch. Today I sat with Greg and Ashly while eating. Once I had finished eating I then made my way up to the lobby at 1:00. Larry from United took my home. I arrived home at 2:30 immediatly riding the swin air dine for thirty minutes. I then put laundry away while I was downstairs. There was not much there so I thought I would do it. Most of it was mine any way. My mother had arrived home at 3:30 about the time I was going to my bedroom to do my stretching. I stretched unitl 4:15 before taking my shower to get comfortable for the night. I then took an air flo reading 500, 490, 470 before sitting down to blog. Once i was done blogging I then ate dinner. Another busy day towards recovery.