Friday, April 8, 2011
Workout Tuesday pm, Wednesday, and Thursday
On Tuesday I took another walk after Little Britches went to bed. In total, I walked 5 miles on Wednesday. On Wednesday I took another spin class. Love it! This morning I walked 3.5 miles. All the workouts have been good. I am trying to back off my sub 15 min. mile pace walking so I don't jar my neck too much. The last thing I want is to not get better!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Brave!
My adorable Little Britches as a mullet. She doesn't mean to, it's just that her hair grew out in the back much faster than the front is growing. I try to get around this fact in one of two ways. I either put a huge bow in her hair or I put her hair in pigtails. See examples below:
See, it helps. Right? When I put her hair in pigtails it hurts a little bit as I twist the rubber band around. I have started telling Little Britches that she is so brave as we go through this process. Now when it starts to hurt a little she will say, "I so brave, I so brave!" I thought of this as I listened to the introduction of our new Bible Study on Wednesday. The name of the study is Brave: Honest Questions Women Ask. As I look over the study I can tell there are times I will want to shy away from the deeper issues because that may hurt a little, but when those times come I am going to say to myself, "I so brave!" and just dig deep anyway. Who knows it might be the catalyst of change in my life- change that could transform something even more dreadful than a baby mullet. It could change my heart and mind for His glory. That is my prayer for the next 7 weeks. I will let you know how it goes.
Workout Tuesday pm, Wednesday, and Thursday am
On Tuesday I took another walk after Little Britches went to bed. In total, I walked 5 miles on Wednesday. On Wednesday I took another spin class. Love it! This morning I walked 3.5 miles. All the workouts have been good. I am trying to back off my sub 15 min. mile pace walking so I don't jar my neck too much. The last thing I want is to not get better!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
MRI / Tuesday workout
I had my MRI today. I usually have no problem with these types of things. I think the only MRI I have had was when I was about 13. Maybe I was smaller then, maybe it didn't hurt to lay still for 25 min, maybe there was music, but something about today was not good.
I bee bobbed into the room all ready for a "no big deal test". The lady had me lay down with my head and neck in this form on the table. Then she put ear plugs in my ears and told me she would talk me through the test. I got into the machine and could barely hear her when she would talk to me. The first segment of the test lasted 3 seconds, no big deal. The next segment of the test she told me was going to last some amount of time but I could not hear her. When the test started it was LOUD, and the whole machine shook with the noise. All I could hear was my heart pounding in my ears. I took deep breaths and prayed. I tried to say the name of Jesus out loud. By this time my arm was completely tingly and hurting a lot. I was getting very hot and sweaty in there and I didn't know if she said the test was going to last 6 minutes or 16 minutes so I squeezed the ball to tell her all was not well with me. She pulled me out of the tunnel and I told her about my arm hurting. She said we could try again with more padding under it or with pain meds, but I would have to come back another day. My husband was home with our daughter. I didn't want to waste his morning off by not getting the scan done, so I started negotiating for the things I needed: to move down on the table so that form was not pushing down on my shoulder where it hurt so much already, music, my socks off, and as much information as possible during the test. These changes definitely helped. My arm still hurt. I counted my breaths, prayed, and sang, but at least it was a bit easier with the distraction of music and being able to actually hear what she had to say.
Next time I hurt myself remind me to hurt my toe or foot so I can go in feet first and let my head hang out.
I won't see the doctor until April 21. I will start physical therapy April 15, though, so hopefully I will be getting better soon.
Oh the MRI center is right next to my gym, so I worked out and then went to have my MRI. That was a good way to squeeze in some exercise!
I bee bobbed into the room all ready for a "no big deal test". The lady had me lay down with my head and neck in this form on the table. Then she put ear plugs in my ears and told me she would talk me through the test. I got into the machine and could barely hear her when she would talk to me. The first segment of the test lasted 3 seconds, no big deal. The next segment of the test she told me was going to last some amount of time but I could not hear her. When the test started it was LOUD, and the whole machine shook with the noise. All I could hear was my heart pounding in my ears. I took deep breaths and prayed. I tried to say the name of Jesus out loud. By this time my arm was completely tingly and hurting a lot. I was getting very hot and sweaty in there and I didn't know if she said the test was going to last 6 minutes or 16 minutes so I squeezed the ball to tell her all was not well with me. She pulled me out of the tunnel and I told her about my arm hurting. She said we could try again with more padding under it or with pain meds, but I would have to come back another day. My husband was home with our daughter. I didn't want to waste his morning off by not getting the scan done, so I started negotiating for the things I needed: to move down on the table so that form was not pushing down on my shoulder where it hurt so much already, music, my socks off, and as much information as possible during the test. These changes definitely helped. My arm still hurt. I counted my breaths, prayed, and sang, but at least it was a bit easier with the distraction of music and being able to actually hear what she had to say.
Next time I hurt myself remind me to hurt my toe or foot so I can go in feet first and let my head hang out.
I won't see the doctor until April 21. I will start physical therapy April 15, though, so hopefully I will be getting better soon.
Oh the MRI center is right next to my gym, so I worked out and then went to have my MRI. That was a good way to squeeze in some exercise!
Saturday, April 2, 2011
April Fool's Day
I am not a big trickster. I was in college, but it was girls dorm stuff, nothing truely mean spirited. So I don't get into April Fool's Day, but a friend from MOPS had a GREAT April Fool's Day joke for her hubby. It has made me smile all days, so I thought I would share...
I will change these girl's names since I did not get permission to share:
The lady at my MOPS table, Melissa, is married to a big jokester, so she planned the ultimate joke. She had another lady from our group, Sally, who is 9 months pregnant take a pregnancy test and give it back to her. Melissa then took it home and told her husband she was pregnant. Being April Fool's Day he did not believer her, so for proof she produced the positive pregnacy test. OH MY GOODNESS! That took forethought! Melissa is a very cleaver trickster who knows her husband well. hehe!
I will change these girl's names since I did not get permission to share:
The lady at my MOPS table, Melissa, is married to a big jokester, so she planned the ultimate joke. She had another lady from our group, Sally, who is 9 months pregnant take a pregnancy test and give it back to her. Melissa then took it home and told her husband she was pregnant. Being April Fool's Day he did not believer her, so for proof she produced the positive pregnacy test. OH MY GOODNESS! That took forethought! Melissa is a very cleaver trickster who knows her husband well. hehe!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Workout Thursday
I went on a walk this morning with a friend and meet another friend at Body Jam tonight.
I did see the doctor today who said I most likely have a herniated disc in my neck. I need to get an MRI to confirm diagnosis, go to physical therapy, reduce impact activities, and wait 6-16 weeks. So tonight at Body Jam I did not jump around much. I am glad to know what is wrong, but sad it has such a long recovery time. I guess the 3 weeks that have passed since this first happened should count in my recovery time, so I am down to 3-13 weeks!
I did see the doctor today who said I most likely have a herniated disc in my neck. I need to get an MRI to confirm diagnosis, go to physical therapy, reduce impact activities, and wait 6-16 weeks. So tonight at Body Jam I did not jump around much. I am glad to know what is wrong, but sad it has such a long recovery time. I guess the 3 weeks that have passed since this first happened should count in my recovery time, so I am down to 3-13 weeks!
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