Slowly Getting Stronger....

Tonight I went to practice massaging one of my friends. That was pretty rough. I was able to last 30 mins before my arms were done. It was good to be back at Massage Envy and see some of my friends. I miss them. I'm getting better at physical therapy. Doing the arm bike has gotten a lot easier. The body blade and the stick with the weight attached to it are still kind of hard to do. I think doing the DDP Yoga with Troy has really been helping with some of the pain. My low back and glute muscles are still pretty tight.
Also, test results for Troy are in. High cholesterol and pre-diabetic. My results were perfect. So we made some pretty big changes to our diet. Got rid of all our candy and sweets. Cake mixes, brownie mixes and much more that we don't want to eat anymore. It was a good starting place but know we are stuck as to where to go. We need to eat foods with low sugar and low sodium. Any tips? I've been reading my moms Dukan Diet book. Pretty interesting. But we are trying to come up with a list of foods that we can eat and things we should limit. Obviously if something isn't on either of those lists, we aren't going to be eating it. So if anyone has any tips, it would be greatly appreciated!

Let's Begin!

Look what arrived today!!!!

I am so excited! Troy and I took all of our measurements and did the first session where we learn all the moves / stances we will need to know. Troy said, "I thought yoga was just a bunch of stretching." Yeah, even though we were just learning the moves, we got in a good mini work-out. So excited to officially start tomorrow! So glad Troy is doing this with me!

And The Results Are In...

At the beginning of this week I had an MRI done on my neck. On New Year's Eve I had one done on my low back. All my doctor said was I had some arthritis going on in both areas. Luckily, I am going to see a back specialist on the 26th. He is going to take a look at both MRIs and see if he sees something else. Today was pretty painful. Not really my low back from yesterday, but mostly from my waist down. As I was standing, my legs would start to go numb. And my knees keep wanting to lock and not bend. I'm very tired of getting in and out of the car from taking kids to and from school. So I'm glad we have nothing to do the next 3 days!!!

Physical Therapy

I had physical therapy. I go every Tuesday and Thursday. Today Holly decided to do something different from just regular massage. She wanted to do a cupping method. You use suction cups similar to these....

You suction them onto the body and move them around. It helps release the fascia, increase circulation and lymph flow. So it helps break up stagnate blood. Oh and helps relax muscles. Unfortunately, this is what I was left with....

Atleast it doesn't hurt. During it was pretty tender. I just hope it goes away soon..... Not likely. But I can always hope, wish, dream and cross my fingers... Right?

Reality Check

I talked to my boss this morning. We talked about my physical therapy and other issues that have come up. It was a hard talk. It was just hard to actually agree that I will not be back to work anytime soon. Even though I didn't get seriously injured in the accident, something serious happened. My boss is wonderful though! She said they will always have a place for me. She said some of my clients refuse to go to other therapists and told me how loved I am. Now don't get me wrong. I am absolutely loving my time at home with my family. I love that we get to have dinner together each night and that I get to tuck my kids into bed. But I really miss working. I miss my coworkers and my clients. I miss massaging and seeing how I was able to help my clients. Someday. Someday I hope to be back!

Sympathy Not Wanted

sympathy

n.noun

1. A feeling of pity or sorrow for the distress of another; commiseration.
   
   
   Yeah. Not wanting it. I know people aren't meaning any harm, but it isn't doing any good either. I know what situation I am in. I know how how much pain I'm in. I understand I know I can't work right now. Oh, I also know how much it sucks that I can't do what I went to school for and what I am passionate about. I'm not putting my pain out there in search of sympathy.
   It has just been a day full of realistic thought and questions as to what am I going to do. I just don't know. At this point I just want to be in atleast less pain, if not pain-free. I am so tired. I'm tired of saying how much pain in in. I'm tired of crying myself to sleep.

Sleeping With One Eye Open

So since Friends was added to Netflix, Troy has been an trooper and let's me watch it every night before we go to bed. Such a wonderful man! I think I started to fall asleep during the episode where they go to the beach and Monica gets stung by the jelly fish. He he!! I really don't feel like my body can be going as much as it did before the accident. It makes me very nervous for my job. I just don't know what is going to happen. But I'm excited to see how DDP Yoga can help Troy and I.
Today I got my first pair of leggings. They have the denim look, so I guess they are jeggings? Anyways. They make a couple of my shirts look a lot better than they did with pants.so that made dealing with Wal-mart crowds worth it for today.... Not really.

Home Therapy

So tonight I started doing a few things my physical therapist has me do. We got a 2 lb weight at Wal-mart and Troy attached it to this bar for me. You hold the bar with both hands with your arms straight. You turn the bar so it rolls the rope up, raising the weight. Once it gets to the top you turn it so the weight goes down. It is quite a work-out for my arms and upper back area. Troy found some grips for me to use also. Those were making me frustrated. I have done them in the past no problem. After those I did some exercises with a resistance band and some repatterning techniques I learned in school. Man! These exercises aren't intense, but they sure made me sore! 

I seriously have the most amazing husband. He got the heating pad out for my low back and pelvis. And also rolled a blanket up to go under my knees to take pressure off my back. I love him so much!

Rough Equals Tough.... Right?

Today was a rough day for my pain... But on an upside I did go get a massage which was great! Also, I ordered....DDP Yoga!!!! I am so excited! Troy  said he will even do it with me! I'm looking forward to laying around for a bit tomorrow. My legs could use the break. But if the weather is nice we might take the kids to the park so they can get some of their energy out. They didn't have school today. I love my kids, but I also love their teachers!

Getting "Healthy"

So every year it is a goal of mine to get healthy. Sadly, every year I haven't done anything. This year I started with some injuries. I was in a car accident, my fault, on December 19th. Our car was totaled while the other car got a couple of dents from the license plate bolts. No bones got broken, but I'm dealing with some whiplash and nerve issues. I'm slowly getting answers tint pains, but it will be a long toad back to the strength I was. I am needing to take time off work to focus on getting myself better. I'm lucky to be working where I am. They are saving my spot. I can only hope my regular clients understand. Anyways. Back to my healthy goal. I have been looking up a ton of "healthy" recipes. I write them on a note card and place it in my photo album that has my recipes. Tonight we tried Honey Sesame Chicken. I think it needs more honey. But we also decided that if you serve it WITH the sauce, it gets too salty. But we will try it again. Tomorrow I'm going to start doing yoga again. I'm not in any shape to start doing Turbo Fire or anything like that. I have been looking at DDP Yoga. Now that looks pretty cool! What are you doing to be "healthy" this year?

So It Begins...

So it was New Year's Eve and I was thinking about what I want to do this year. The usual things ran through my mind. Lose weight, more family time, take some classes, go on a trip... It just went on and on. Then I figured it out! Why don't I just start a new blog (there are many) and I'll figure out what I will do along the way. I don't write like I use to. I don't do a lot of things like I use to. So this will give me a start. So on to the introductions!

My name is Becky. I am a wife and a mother. I am a doTERRA Wellness Advocate, a CNA and a Massage Therapist. I am married to my sweetheart Troy. We have been married for 6 amazing years. We have 3 beautiful children. For the sake of their privacy, we will call them by some of their favorite characters! Anna (Frozen) is 5, Elsa (Frozen) is 4 and Spiderman (well, Spiderman) is 2. They keep us pretty busy being so close in age. And they all happen to be Autistic. Yes. All three are Autistic. No they are not all the same "degree" and they are not like "Rain Man". We will talk more about them later. And then we have out wonderful dogs. Domi, she is a Pit Bull, and Belle, she is a Yorkie. Lastly, we have 5 chickens. Love fresh eggs!

So that is my family. We may be crazy, but we sure are great!