Massry Pavilion

   Today was my first visit to the Massry Pavilion.  My appointment was at 7:30 A.M., so there was a fair amount of work-related traffic, especially apparent when making a left turn off Hoosick Street into the facility.  Next time, I think I'll go through the Frear Park Circle and so take a right turn off Hoosick.  I'm used to seeing a black pickup parked on the Circle and a man tending the flowers there.  I feel bad about driving there because I know the Lansingburgh  murder victim worked there as a landscaper, and I think the picture posted looks like him. 
   Because of the change, I was discharged from the facility at Samaritan, and registered as a new patient at the Massry Pavilion, having to fill out the requisite paperwork.  Security now is tighter, with employees tucked away in their bulletproof enclosures, and paperwork shuttled out to you.  The door to the therapy area is kept closed, and presumably secured.  I mentioned this change to Sandie and she said they never used to even think about security, but already this year they have had 2 "silver alerts." 
    Otherwise, things are pretty much the same.  The exercise bike is the same one I used at Samaritan, recognizable by a chip in the dashboard area.  I used the leg press today for the first time; no problem with any of the routines or exercises except the "zone of discomfort" that accompanies manual flexing, or rather stretching, of the knee.  My right knee was at 124 at this stage, where now the best I've achieved in the left is 115.  It seems like a wider discrepancy to me now, but maybe the right knee has improved.  The "experts" say 90 degrees is enough, all you need for rising from a chair, climbing stairs, or getting in or out of a car, but I would prefer that they match.