Niece Winnie was struck by a car this last year (early June) on Edison Hwy and California Ave. She was lucky to be alive. Both her AND her youngest who, was in the stroller. Thankfully she managed to push the stroller out of harms way, taking full hit from the car (which sped off). The accident left her with a broken leg (which KMC never sat!) pins in the ankle and foot (foot did a 90 degree turn). She was wheelchair bound for few months and was finally allowed to stand with the aid of a walker which helped a great deal. THEN (months later) to have her divorce go through and move in with me. Think she's ready to go back to the otherside of town, now that she's been over there for close to a month (ex has been ill). Had hoped that she was ready to move on with her life but, she's not ready. Emotional or mentally.Summer finally ended with the college budget being our main concern. Getting called into HR for a mtg with boss woman, along with others from our department and not knowing from one day to the next, if we'd still have a job. In-fact; we're still at that point to this day.
With Fall came pain. What kind of pain? My back. At the beginning it was the nerve which led down my leg, therefore not allowing me to be mobile which SUCKED bigtime. After having Adam, Sharrie and Ray help me for 5 days, I had enough! Fingers did the walking in the phone book and after talking with Lindsay, I managed to go in and met with a Chiropractor. Mind you, my oldest brother had been going to one when he was diagnosed with Cancer so, it set me a bit on edge, having to go to one and be told that there was something seriously wrong.
L1-5 is majorly fuckered up. So much so, that L1-3 is disk on disk which there is nothing that can be done but to have the whole area fused. So; instead of having my back fused (and being off work for upto 11 months), I've chosen to do therapy instead which, has been working so far. And I know that there's only so much that he (the doctor) can do before I'm sent onto an Ortho Surgeon for MRI and injections.So there you have it. Up todate. :) I go in for physical therapy twice a week (cut down from 3 times) and dealing with pressures at work (possible job elimination) since our dept is funded by state (DSPS).
