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Posted 2018-11-01T22:06:52Z

Three, two, one.........

Well, it's official: yesterday was my last day of out-patient rehab. I was given another certificate attesting to my diligence over the past six weeks and am now a member of the fraternity of Shepherd alumni. The last week and a half since my last post were spent honing the skills described in previous posts, and I'm happy to say that the depression transfer has finally clicked for me. It isn't 100% reliable, but when it happens it's a thing of beauty: head drops low in the opposite direction, extension of the near arm/shoulder/back followed by liftoff of the pelvis coupled with a pivot toward the landing zone. The physics of why it works still eludes me, but I'm okay with that. It's allowed me to get up from low couches, ascend the distance between my w/c and the seat of an SUV, and to boardlessly transfer to and from the toilet, shower and bed. So, yeah, I'm kinda stoked.[...]