
17/04/2025
A little springtime update
Spring greetings to all my Cuerpo peeps. Sooooo... lets just hop right in here, I am now 1 week post-op from a Microdiscectomy for a herniated lumbar disc. The actual injury happened late Jan and I tried my best to heal with multiple non-surgical interventions. I commend my body for doing the awesome job of healing it did and even almost got back to a full regular work schedule, thank you to everyone who worked with me through that time! The thing that didn't heal and made me decide on surgery was and still is the persistent drop foot of my left lateral leg/foot. We're hoping with time and rest the nerve will be able to heal and regenerate now that the herniated cartilage has been removed and blood supply has been returned to the L5 nerve root. The surgery went well and hats off to the team at Neurological and Spine Surgery and the Bryan West surgery center, I was very well taken care of there. And of course to my home team who've been bolstering me with copious amounts of pillows and chocolate pudding, iykyk!
With all that being said I just wanted you all to know the big reason behind there being no availabilities on the calendar. I'm really hoping that I'll be able to get back into the studio for some version of wellness appts in May. Whether that might look like facials, waxing, yoga, sound healing, energy work, sauna sessions, sky's the limit right now but I do not anticipate being able to do massage until this fall. I am going to be exploring new options during this season of new beginnings and hoping to share some of that with you all before I 'hopefully' will be returning to Alaska in mid June this year. Stay tuned for more details.
Keeping my fingers crossed to get back my previous strength and as your now fellow low back patient I'd like to encourage everyone not to wait to listen to your body. If something hurts and its ongoing don't keep pushing through pain. Rest and listen to the cues, maybe dial it back and/or seek the right medical attention/imaging you need before the situation demands it. You've got this, I've got this, let's all have each other's backs! Happy Easter and spring season, hope to be seeing you soon.
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