
06/06/2023
Life can get messy. You have your unique story. You may of had kids, motor vehicle accidents, falls, and you name it. But, how are you going to get back to living a life you love.
It has definitely seemed impossible for me at times and I’m sure it has for you as well.
I’m sure you’ve thought this is what life handed me or this is the trade off. It can work that way and up until now it probably has for you. But, no. Decide today to not accept what people say is your fate.
I remember laying in my bed staring at a white wall after my mother’s death. It had been years after falling off a 100 foot cliff. I went to the doctors to try to get better. I would get another pill. I was told that I was going to be stuck with all the pain as it hadn’t resolved after 6 months.
In that moment sitting in that bed, it all hit at once. What had her suppression and going with the hand she was dealt done. She had years of pain followed by becoming immobile. She got bedsores. She learned that the medical community had changed their minds to think it is better to move if you have multiple sclerosis many years after the damage of not moving had taken its toll. I am glad I had her in my life for as long as I did. However, what the heck was I doing abiding rigidly to a system of healthcare that had always seemed to make no sense in its approach to most health concerns since I was a little kid looking up at my parents thinking there is something terribly wrong going on.
Why did I believe I had to be on medication because someone said I needed this for the rest of my life? (side note: Some supplements, medications, or hormones can be necessary for life though pain medication isn’t usually. Sometimes, pain medication has to be tapered due to physiological addiction or has to be continued as it is controlling a person’s dangerous physiological response to the pain)
Why did I care what my family might say if I looked elsewhere? I am not saying I don’t love my family, but what benefit would this actually provide them.
I had nothing to loss. My life was in the gutter, but your life doesn’t have to be to make this decision. I live a vibrant healthy life now free of so much that I was told