02/07/2024
REPOST: Damn PROUD OF MYSELF!!! I did it! Without any help I accomplished a huge task. A task I only regret wasn’t done when my grandmother & Cookie were alive. 😢 💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫 ⌛️One year ago today I made a conscious but difficult decision to live life differently. I had no clue what challenges I would be up against. Could I physically do this? Could I physically still teach? Would my decision sabotage my capabilities to work? Would I be worse off????? What could be worse was “Not Trying!”Time would tell.⏳
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Today I CELEBRATE Being OFF ALL PAIN MANAGEMENT MEDICATIONS!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I Quit the pain center I worked with for 25yrs. I am OP**TE FREE!!!!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I was terrified what my pain would feel like. Would it be worse? No it wasn’t. I found out being on an op**te actually was tricking my brain by releasing pain signals. For 25+years I was told to take op**tes. Everyday at the same time in the AM & PM so the pain would never get to extreme. F**k that!! It was extreme for years!! I was always exhausted mid day right when my body was calling for the evening dose. Now my energy is balanced. I feel incredible. I still have pain but I can handle it without that crap in my body!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
January 26, 1990 .... I suffered a neck injury C3, C4, PTSD & soft tissue injury that left me with permanent damage & chronic pain. It was 30 YEARS AGO! When I hear that I think DAMN 30yrs?? It literally blows my mind to remember everything I went through. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
But I am surviving chronic pain.
I am being ME.
I AM living more in balance.
I do believe Pilates has helped me rid my body of op**tes & find more balance/peace with my injury & my pain.
I do believe my mindset has shifted tremulously.
I AM FREE!!!! 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻
🎤Celebrating 5 YEARS FREE 2/5/24 at 55yrs old. 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🎤
No one would ever think I live with chronic pain at work as I dance between classes, joke ,laugh & say horrible rhythm’s all day long:) 🤣😂
