Wow its been awhile!!!

The last post update I had was back in February and as I am sure you are wondering how has life been since then. Well a lot of things have gone good and then not so good. We started out back into physical therapy and life was going well. I was studying as you know to pursue a degree in teaching at that time. That has drastically changed since the last time I updated this.

I had sat down with my wife and talked out what the best thing for me was going to be in the long term. We decided that stgopping school for now and trying to focus on getting my self back to work and getting my body healthier was going to be the best option for me. Trying to work adn go to school and trying to do PT three times a week was just way to much to try and handle right now.

So i started a new job at the end of March and I really enjoy what i do now. I am working at Starbucks All the coffee I can handle is a great benefit!!! They also have great benefits for employees as well. So for the health benefits when i qualify are a real plus for sure.

As far as PT goes it has been an up and down battle for sure. I had started going again back in March I think? I cant remember. This was after I finally got the insurance issues worked out as to what plan I was going to be on. Since at the time of my accident I didn't have any i was put on the state covered insurance. They kept changing me back an forth so I could never find someone who would take my insurance and if I did they would change it again and the new plan was not one they took. So anyway it finally got to be a consistent plan and i started to see a therapist. I had progressed to the point of not having to take pain meds to survive my days. I still would end up a little sore by the time my next appointment was but still it was a lot better than it has ever been.

We were making great progress in my thereapy and I had great hopes of getting back on the water this summer to ski and I had set my sights on learning to ski the slalom course by september. I know big goal! But why not? I was beginning to think that I had finally got to that point of seeing some good progress and seeing results from what i was doing. I had totally stopped pain meeds and the massage therapy along with the electric stem treatments on my neck as well as the exercises we were doing daily at home and in therapy were working great.

I know you can just see that this all building up to a really crappy outcome huh. Then the lovely insurance plan said I had used all my visits and they were not going to approve any more. Unless as a result I was unable to resume my normal daily functions. Really!!!! I have not normal daily functions for quite some time now. Fo some strange reason they think that stopping thereapy suddenly is the best course of action to allow my body to heal from such a traumatic injury, They also said i can appeal if my therapist and doctor felt that by stopping it would prevent me from returning to work and effecting my daily life.

It just boggles the mind at how ridiculous some of things they say are really. So that is what I did. I appealed and asked for an expediated answer to be able to resume therapy. Now my idea of an expedited quick answer is a couple of days. Boy was I wrong apparently it means a minimum of 14 days. How do they think someone who needs the PT three times a week is supposed to maintain there current level of progress without going to thereapy anymore?? Beyond me on why they do the things they do.

Still waiting to hear back. The even better part is that now I have to take pain meeds again to just maintain a somewhat normal day. It really sucks. I can openly play with my daughter for maybe an hour than I have to stop cause it will hurt to much. That is the worst part. I would love to be able play with her and not hurt after.

SO the waiting game continues on......UNtil next time.

Februaury Update

It has been quite awhile since my last update and I feel bad for those who actually keep up on this and read it. A lot has been going on for me since Novemeber. I am making progress in my recovery and can do the normal walking around activities with little pain. I am still having big issues when I do any kind of physical activity though. Just before Christmas we went sledding and I did as well. Nothing to major just played in the snow and played with my daughter Alex. We went to Leavonworth after to walk around. By the time we were getting ready to go home my head and neck started to hurt. It didnt seem to let up at all even after a couple of pain pills. It got so bad I couldn't even drive at all. The next day I had a miagraine all day as well. Then again last week went roller blading along the trail for about 20 minutes. That evening the same thing started again. It's not a muscle pain but feels like it is in between my skull and spine. It is a sharp pain that just wont go away for awhile. I guess I need to take it easy still and go slowly back into to physical activities. That is such a bummer for me. I really wanted to try and get in better shape leading into the summer so I could get back on the water and ski again. Well Maybe the end of summer is a better goal. We will see.

I am starting physical Therapy up again next week to hopefully try and get some more movement in my neck and try to get the stiffness to be less.

On another topic I have gone back to school and I am studying to get my BA in secondary teaching to teach high school math. I am really excited about this and cant wait to start the program this summer.

The other big hurdle I have been dealing wiht lately is trying not to hurt so bad in the morning after sleeping so crappy. I have tried everything. New pillows, more pillows, less pillows, none. It seems to be a crap shoot every night as to how I will wake the next morning. Hopefully it will get better soon.

Have a great day until next time.

Bryan