18 months ago today I was paralyzed. ---Pics.---
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Amazing and very inspiring! Thank you for sharing!0
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You are definitely an inspiration! Great job!0
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wow...that's incredible! Thank you for sharing!0
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Wow! Amazing! Truly inspiring.0
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OH MY GOD!!!!
You are amazing! I loved the way you told your story and I loved all of your pics.
I am a nurse and work with spinal cord injured patients. Wow, I am so impressed!!!!!0 -
Thank you so much for sharing your story! You are phenomenal!!!!!0
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Wow this is amazing!!!! You did great!0
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Congratulations!! You are truely amazing and inspiring!!0
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Very good. Great attitude. You are absolutely correct. Anything is possible if one commits, and you certainly did. Very inspirational.0
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Awe inspiring story!!! Just Amazing!! Congrats!0
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This is very moving, I love your story! You are such an inspiration to me!!! Congratulations on your fantastic acheivement!!! You have such a wonderful, wonderful attitude, thank you so much for sharing it and for this inspirational post!!! By the way, you look absolutely gorgeous!!! You rock!!!!0
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Wow, what a transformation! Looking at those trousers you are literally half the woman you were. Well done, be proud of yourself x0
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Thank you so much, you are my. Inspiration.0
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This is an amazing and inspiring story!!! They days I don't feel like doing something... I will think of you and all the adversity you fought to get to where you are!! You rock and look AWESOME!0
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Amazing!!! Thanks so much for sharing, your story will be put in my stack of inspiring people when I'm struggling to get my butt moving!0
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I don't even know you and am so proud of you!! Amazing story and such an inspiration to us all! Thank you for sharing!0
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Absolutely amazing and inspiring. You look beautiful as well as your family. I'm sure they are extremely proud of what you've been able to accomplish in a relatively short period of time. It was a true test of your spirit and will to succeed facing that mountain of obstacles and challenges. Big Kudo's to you and keep on pushing and inspiring the rest of us!0
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Wow, you are just amazing. Your story really touched me. Your children are adorable and you are beautiful. Congratulations on your weight loss and all the best wishes for your continued success.0
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Today is a big day for me. It was 18 months ago today, June 11, 2011, that I was rushed to the ER in an ambulance because I had lost all feeling below the waist. I was transferred to a bigger city hospital where I had emergency spinal surgery - laminectomy, discectomy, and decompression of my spinal cord. Diagnosis was cauda equina syndrome due to a severely herniated disc.
When I woke up I could not move my legs. I could not stand or walk. I was in a wheelchair. For a few weeks I lived at a rehab hospital to regain strength as I sloooowly regained sensation in my legs. It's not all fully back - to this day I'm still numb down the back of my right leg and the bottom of my right foot. Chances are I'll never get that feeling back.
At my discharge appointment with the neurosurgeon on August 17, 2011, he told me to prevent this from happening again, that I needed to lose weight. I took his advice to heart.
I've posted on here before but I wanted to again because today is a big milestone for me. It's been a year and a half. It seems like so long ago but 18 months really isn't that long. It's been 18 months of the hardest work of my life.
18 months ago when I had this injury, I weighed 270 pounds. Now I don't. I weigh about 161-165.
18 months ago when I had this injury, I couldn't walk. Now I can. And I can RUN 12 miles at a shot.
HOW? MyFitnessPal and exercise. That's it. Being accountable for what I eat, and moving my body more.
I'm 5'8" and have three kids, who were 9 months, 2.5 years, and 5 years old at the time of my injury.
Before:
In the hospital
Hours of daily therapy in the rehab hospital
About a week after surgery was the first time I could feel my toes. It was truly amazing. This is the morning I woke up and could feel the fabric of my sock brushing on my toes.
After a few weeks I was out of the wheelchair and using a walker and I was discharged home. I had physical and occupational therapists visiting my house 4-5x/week for about 6 weeks.
Then I graduated to a cane the next month. This is the only picture I can find of my cane. That's my youngest daughter.
A month after that my surgeon told me to lose weight. So I started walking daily and joined MFP that very day.
Old pants (size 24) vs new pants (size medium)
Now I run a lot.
And wear a size 8/10
If I could do it, you can too. Get up and move. Start logging your nutrition. Be accountable to yourself. You're worth it.
Thanks for letting me share.
Thanks for sharing your story!! Truly amazing and inspiring! You ROCK:flowerforyou:0 -
I am weeping tears of joy for you right now. Wonderfully heartbreaking and wonderfully beautiful story. I am so happy for you and thankful for the woman and mom you've become and for you sharing this story. Wonderful.0
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