OK first for the ACHES AND PAINS:
I can’t believe I am only 35 because sometimes I feel so much older – physically I mean (not mentally that is for certain). I have many aches and pains that have plagued me for sometime and seem to get worse as the time flies.
It all started many years ago when I was 17 when I was playing Field Hockey in High School. I started getting Sciatic pain radiating down my right butt and leg. So what does the doctor do – gives me muscle relaxants….if I only I knew what that and asprin does to your guts (can you say IBS?)…then when I was in the militia the back pain got worse, always on the right side, creeping up to my right shoulder blade, pain down my arm and neck. I was in physio for 2 years..didn’t work. Finally I had a boyfriend (his blog is here—a very very good artist actually) who said “why don’t you try a Chiropractor”? I’ve been going ever since – but not without its pitfalls.
When I started going to the Chiro in Orleans things seemed to go well…however one year my neck went out so badly he didn’t help. I was also tired of bussing out to Orleans from Sandy Hill. So found Dr. Mark DeGruchy. I’ve been with him for 10 years now and he is awesome – not only as a Chiro but as a human being and wellness coach (he gives me tips all the time). My back felt pretty good. Then I started really working out at the gym which was amazing to help the pain, and seeing a massage therapist and viola….relatively pain free manageable back!
Until 2 years ago…..the back is still really good, but the right knee started hurting with pulling pain on the inside when I did squats in Body Pump. Fine – I went to physio. And discovered my outside quad was stronger then my inside quad. It helped a bit. Of course I am very remiss on doing my exercises and I-T band stretch, which is not good. Then last year I did a show with Vision Theatre which was uber physical and now I have been living with Achilles tendonitis for a year now. I can only seem to wear custom orthotics in shoes, or sandals (that are very expensive). I have a lot of tense muscles….I have lots of joint pain….so lately I’ve been biking to work and feeling this knee pain, and still have this ankle pain (all on Right side though). And in the last 6 months my hip has pretty much has this small gnawing pain that I can’t seem to stretch out. There is a pattern I am sure is happening –as they say “The knee bone’s connected to the ankle bone. The ankle bone’s connected to the”…yada yada. My thoughts on this though are…if I hurt like this now, what will it be like when I turn 40? Is it because of my workouts that I have some of this pain?
I am still young. Now I can’t complain too much. I am pretty healthy, don’t get sick very much and my pain probably is no where near some of the people I know. But I have been living with this since I was still really young…so does not seem to bode well for the future. Especially since Fibromyalgia is hereditary. OH JOY. Can’t wait for that to settle in soon!
Tim and I always joke that he should take me outside behind the barn and ….well you know…”take care “ of me…..maybe I should just take him up on that offer now, save myself some trouble. Ah, and a few years ago I thought I was doing so well……
Second for the Memoirs of a SGWM : I'd say go see this show by Tototoo theatre , but then you wouldn't get tickets because it's sold out! I'll give my review next week when I see it Saturday (I know the producer). But this is the theatre company Tim and I are directing shows with. SOLD OUT..yahoo. That bodes well for our shows!
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