The roller coaster of recovery continues on.

So I haven't been very good about keeping up to date on my posts for you all to follow. After you read this I think you will see why I haven't wanted to .

The last three weeks have gone by really fast for me. I have had good highs and low lows. The first few days without my halo felt really weird. The hardest part was sleeping at night. I couldn't find a comfy spot at all with the pillows I had. The I had posted on FB to see if anyone had a tempurpedic pillow they don't use to see if it would help. By the grace of God I was blessed by my uncle with a new pillow.

Talk about heaven in bed. The first couple of nights I tried to sleep with my brace on as well and could not sleep very well. I kept waking up in pain and lots of discomfort. So I treid to take the brace off and sleep with out it. I was finally able to sleep. I slept thru the whole night and woke up pain free. I felt so great to feel good in the morning for once. As the days since the halo removal I have been able to slowly keep from wearing the brace during the day at all. Everything was going great in my recovery until the last few days.

About four days ago while I was in bed I woke up and stretched a little and felt my neck crack a little. It felt like when try to crack your neck. It wasn't painful at all. I didn't think anything of it at the time.

Then slowly I start to notice I am in more and more pain, day after day. I have lots of pain at night when I sleep and more during the day as well. I am not doing more activities but can't explain why I hurt more. I go back to that night when I felt and herd my neck crack.

As this continues to bother me and gets worse I start to feel worse everyday. I find my self sleeping more in the morning cause I don't get good sleep at night. I wake up every 2-3 hours at night to take a pain pill. I haven't had to do that for quite some time.

Dealing with the pain can be exhausting at times. The biggest issue I have though is that my fingers and arms fall asleep at night now. It is very worrying for me to have this happen. The doctor had said I may have electrical pulse go thru my arms and legs if the vertebrae isn't stabile. This is my fear. If that is the case then surgery it is.

Every time I turn my head side to side it feels as though my vertebrae has to move to the side for me turn further. To me it feels as though my vertebrae is moving back and forth. It feels really weird to have my vertebrae move side to side. Not a feeling you want ot have to experience.

So my request to all who reads this is that you pray for me. I have an appointment Monday at 2:30 pm to find pout what is happening with my vertebrae. Pray for me to be healthy, whether it means my neck is doing great and it is just me thinking it is moving. Or if it is the alternative and I need surgery. Then Pray for the surgeon to have the knowledge he needs to fix me. Just pray for me. Thank you.

I love my showers!!!

So life begins again without the Halo. It has been really refreshing so far. I still have some instances that are a little painful. The biggest and best thing is I get to shower now.

You have no idea how good it feels to have hot water run down your face. Letting the hot water stream down on to your neck and down your your back has never felt so good. It is amazing how we over look the simple things in life.

I have finally been able to leave the house and not have to have Mindy drive me. The freedom feels really great.

So daily stretching is in order for me. The more I can do this the better mobility I will get back. The doctor wants to not see me wearing the hard brace by the 20th at all. He only wants me in it at night when I sleep.

He also said I can start resuming normal activities as soon as I want to. So I may not lose all my winted as well. We will see what is next in my chapters of life.

I want to thank everyone again who has helped and prayed for me during all of this. THANKS.