Christi,
This may not be as serious as it seems.
I was told the same thing at about the same
time, and I was ripped. I set out to fight
it --- doing my homework by gathering my
hospital records and getting a second opinion.
[I went to see the head of Physical Medicine
at Dartmouth.] I came to the same conclusion;
I had needs, severe needs, but a PT was not
amongst them.
Mostly, I needed to rebuild my strength. I
joined a health club to use the fitness
facilities. Instead of two hours a week with
a PT, I started two hours a day, almost every
day, of intense exercise. My rate of
improvement skyrocketed.
I have some range-of-motion problems. They
weren't getting much attention by the PT,
and they aren't getting much attention now.
I should do something about this, but it isn't
high priority for me.
My wife helps me with some flexibility problems.
I'm working with an orthotic specialist (at
the insurance company's considerable expense)
to help with a "club foot" problem. I should
write about this in another note, but the
germane point is that a PT would not be of
much use, I think.
So, in response to your question,
> At what point do you give up PT & say this
> is as far as I can go?
the answer is that the two are not tightly
related. I didn't give up my determination;
I have made great progress since I "gave up PT."
Alton, who is no longer angry with the
insurance company