Personal Best Performance

I haven’t walked for seven years; I injured my leg and was having severe spasms, the fourth spasm left me in the wheelchair. I used to walk 7 – 8 miles daily and was very active and a happy person all the time — living a great life… you can imagine how I felt being in a wheelchair or confined to a room for seven long years! I saw 39 doctors and Mayo Clinic, all they were interested in was my insurance and payments. As time lapsed, my condition grew worse adding more medical challenges to the existing one. I was losing hope and no longer I was the same happy person that I used to be. On September 30, 2011 I had a dream of a man who told me «in five years I would be walking again.» Of course, I wasn’t going to wait five years to walk again or seek help; and I continued to search for answers to my condition. Whenever I lost hope I clutched on to my dream — that’s all I had and it helped me to survive. Than by chance in July of this year after seeing a few therapists, I went to see Frank Puc, thinking «another disappointment» it will be, but when I walked in and Frank, who was doing therapy on himself, came to greet me, I almost dropped from a shock — he was the same man that I had seen in my dream! As I stood there before him in silence, all these emotions ran through me, I didn’t know whether to cry, scream out my dream, hug Frank or merely just stand there staring at him for eternity of feeling this powerful joy which I had lost 7 years before. Frank was very professional, explaining his work… though I was smiling because I held a secret… his words rang through my ears, his voice reminding me of my dream. He asked me about my condtion and complaints. I told him everything but my dream. He said, «If I can make the pain go away, will you try to walk?» I responded with excitement «yes»! I asked him, «Will I ever walk again?» He said he would tell me «in 20 minutes.» I had my doubts but his professionalism was commendable and of course my dream kept knocking at my every doubt to believe. Frank checked my physical abilities to determine my condition. I studied his every gesture very carefully to see when he would stamp my forehead with REJECT! I could have saved him time I thought as he was checking me by simply telling him that I was a MESS! Frank poked the right side of my stomach deeply, I could feel his fingers on my back, this pain arose from somewhere and I growled… though Frank had warned me about the pain and aftermath, I hung on to hope, my dream. Frank removed his fingers away from my stomach, stepping back, his one hand on his hip and the other gesturing me to get up and walk. For the first time in seven years where I couldn’t make normal movements, I leaped and jumped off the table and walked back and forth! You cannot imagine my happiness — it was a miracle! I was like a little kid in a candy store! Frank was smiling, his professionalism kicked in and he began to explain medical terms… I wasn’t paying attention, I was walking back and forth babbling with joy, wanting to hug Frank forever! Well, now I have been in therapy with Frank for three weeks, I’m walking daily for 40 minutes, doing exercises, some house chores and for the first time in seven years I went grocery shopping! I was going wild in the store shopping, I’m surprised no one called National Security! I took time out to write, thinking there could be people like me looking for hope, trust and help in getting better. I would say your best choice would be to see Frank Puc, he’s very compassionate, takes care of your needs, works with you at your pace and most of all he knows what he’s doing. I still have a long way to go to recover completely and my therapy will take me well into next year, completing the five year mark period as in my dream!