On the Road Again.....To Recovery

This is the 2nd time now I've traveled down this road to recovery. I have to post my current health report. My chiropractor just told me today I can start seeing her 3 times a week again!! Woo-Hoo!! This is a MAJOR breakthrough! I am soooo elated!! For the past 4 weeks I have been seeing her 6 days a week!! :O Yeah, that's a bit much. It was hard (especially when I didn't have a car) manuevering schedules around to get in to see her. Yesterday was the first day I did all of my exercises without having to stop due to back spasms or just mere tightness and pain.

I have definitely learned my lesson!! I am a sick, sick, person, and I need to take care of my back. God only gives us one and we gotta take care of it!! Shoot, it's gotta hold ya up for the rest of your life!! :D

The only thing I haven't held back on any is picking up Savannah and Josiah. I'm trying to be more conscience about not twisting too much while holding them, but I still should probably cut back altogether. Baby steps for me though. :)

I've made a few observations. When you're in pain, you pray constantly for the Lord to relieve it. Then when you're starting to feel better, you thank Him for every day when the pain is a little less....and even throughout the day when you realize you just did something that 2 days ago you couldn't do without cringing. When you haven't had a pain for a long time, and the memory of what you went through is almost completely gone, you forget entirely to thank the Lord for your health and for the movements you make everyday that you take for granted.

I've also noticed the compassion you have for others in any kind of need (but especially those who are going through something similar as you). You feel their pain, you pray more sincerely for them, and you hope for their well being/recovery as much (if not more) as for yourself.

If we could thank God more, and be more aware of the needs of those around us, this world would definitely be a much better place. I would ask the Lord to keep me ever aware of this, but out of the selfishness of my heart, I also don't want Him to keep me in pain! Myabe my heart needs a trip down Recovery Lane.