Guest guest Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Hello Everyone, Tia had an experience today that she asked me to ask everyone about. Today, in PE/Gym class she had to do the " chin up- hold " . She stood on a chair and when she was able to put her chin over the bar and hold herself in the air, the chair was removed. Tia is very athletic and things like this are usually no problem. She said that as she was holding herself up she could " feel her esophagus stretching and pulling and the spot of surgery really hurt " . Makes sense to me and Tia loves this class so I don't think she would be trying to get out of anything. She said she was able to stay up for about 25 seconds but afterwards she said things really hurt. She appears to be fine now. Did she tell her teacher, of course not. She asked me to email her teacher so she doesn't have to do this " exercise " again. I really want Tia to speak for herself. I told her that I would write to her teacher and let her know that Tia needed to speak to her. But, that she would need to explain what happened and how it affected her. So... Tia's questions are 1. Has anyone ever done an exercise that " hurt " in some way like this. 2. Could the pain just be normal and nothing to do with her surgery? My questions are 1. Am I supporting Tia by having her speak for herself or is 11 too young to expect her to do so? I'm only emailing this on her behalf because she is doing homework and I type much faster than her. 2. How concerned with her doing this particular " exercise " in the future should we be? Thanks you guys for any suggestions.. Take care, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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