Yeah, it's been a long time since I posted. The auto accident took more out of me than I first realized. Walt and I have both been seeing the chiropractor three times a week, plus having a weekly hour long session of Muscle Activation Technique (MAT). Recovery has been weird. I would string two or three or maybe even four days together when I felt good, and then wake up the next morning feeling like I was back at square one, the day after the accident, the proverbial "hit by a Mac truck" feeling. For my husband it was even worse, with almost constant pain and fatigue. I didn't want to even go there, but we finally had to consider the possibility of Fibromyalgia, which is often triggered by auto accidents and other body trauma. The good news is, we are both feeling quite a bit better, and have "graduated" to a once weekly chiropractic visit, plus the ongoing MAT. A friend gave us a packet of diclofenac epolamine topical patches, and I was researching those (it turns out this is an NSAID) and I came across this little slide show, which I thought was kind of cool: Fibromyalgia Slideshow: Fibro-friendly Exercises on RxList.com
For us, exercise lately has consisted of a group of gentle stretches prescribed by the Dr. John Gentner at Gentner Chiropractic. What I really like is that Walt & I did not get the same stretches. We each got an individual treatment plan, tailored for how we were injured, and we're recovering with the treatment that we are getting. Even though the stretches are super-gentle, I hurt afterward, which was a total surprise and more evidence that the accident was more severe than I thought.
And the knucklehead that hit us? Seems he's pleading innocent to the criminal charges so a court appearance may be in my future. Watch out Judge Judy.
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