First, in case you missed my update earlier in the week, I was introduced to an absolutely fabulous product that helps people manage pain - of course I had to try it and I'm amazed at the results, no.....I'm in love, absolutely in love, with this product. It's a product you can get from a company called FGXpress - the product is "Powerstrips". These thin adhesive strips are nothing less than a gift sent from above. You can check it out here, or send me a message with any questions you might have. I've been using these on my chronic pain and have been enjoying NO PAIN since! Check it out! Seriously, do yourself a favor and check it out!
So as I'm enjoying my new pain free living I went along with my week and on Thursday my world was turned upside down. It was a snowy morning - typically in March and April we get lots of heavy wet snow between our bouts of warm spring weather. Thursday was no different than years past, heavy wet snow falling. I took my kids to school and noticed as we were driving that the snow was really heavy and wet - really slick in places on the roads. I dropped my kids off at school and headed home. On my way down the road to my house I had the foresight to put the van into a lower gear as the road was slick and I was getting ready to go down a pretty precarious hill that turns to the right towards the end. Before I knew it....whoosh.....I caught some slush and my van took off sliding sideways......I couldn't get it back in line or pull out of the slide and ended up plowing down a pole with a reflector on it and barreling into a large boulder right off the road - it was loud, it was scary......my van bounced from one large boulder to another with a thud and boom......when everything stopped I was fine for the most part, my coffee had flown down to the floor, many things that were in the center console were now at my feet.........I was shocked I'm sure........my airbags did not deploy so I got out the car to survey the damage - not looking good at all.......I got back in and called my husband and lost it - I started crying uncontrollably. I've never been in an accident and I was scared and didn't know what to do!
My husband assured me he would be on his way. Meanwhile, a neighbor in the area came running down to me to check to see if anyone was hurt and to inform me she had called the fire department - she said that I hit a boulder and moved it several feet from where it originally was so she was sure someone was hurt - thankfully that wasn't the case. I've included some pictures of the damage. It was about an hour of action from the time of the crash, fire truck, police, neighbors - and me......in tears and hysterical.
By the time my husband arrived it was just me and the van. He got me home and we called the insurance and set up a tow truck to come haul the van away. We also made an appointment to see the chiropractor that afternoon as I was already starting to feel the pain in my neck and back from the accident. I was concerned how my body would react to being jolted around....with fibro you just never know. We still don't know what the story is for the van - we kind of think it could be totaled as it's only worth about $5000 at this point (before the wreck)
As of now I'm seeing my chiropractor every other day to work on my body and healing. I'm pretty sore in my lower back, ribs and shoulders/neck. I keep getting more sore so it's a good thing I was able to get into see him. As soon as my inflammation goes down I will begin putting the pain strips on my pain to help with that. Until then I need to just use ice and biofreeze to help. It's really more stiff and sore than it is painful.
Saturday was my birthday. Considering everything it was a good day. I got my hair cut and the family took me out to a nice dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. That is my favorite place - mostly because they have the best cheesecake ever! I had my favorite dish, Alfredo Pasta with Chicken and sun dried tomatoes and for dessert I took home a red velvet cheesecake slice - it was DELICIOUS!
Today I went back to work after having a 2wk Spring break. It was tough to get up and going this morning as I woke up sick. Of course I didn't get sick all the time I was off work, had to get sick the day we go back. I managed to get my butt out of the house and stay at work all day even though all I wanted to do was come home and crawl in bed. Now I'm just on the couch, my entire body aches and it's all I can do to not go crawl into bed now - I think I will be doing that soon though.
So that's about it for this update - quite a bit to digest. The past 5 days have been a little on the crazy side - probably why I'm getting sick now. It always seems that if it's not one thing it's definitely always another!
Until next time, to your health! And NO PAIN!
Gerri
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