Learning to adjust my life.

I honestly had so many different feelings I had to figure out.  I was grateful that it had waited until I was 49 to really start causing me issues. I was mad that it was happening to me.  I have always been active, working in the yard, the house, my hobbies, lifting weights. 

It was all new and I had no idea how to proceed with my life.  I was told by one Physical Therapist that I could keep on exercising.  So I kept on lifting heavy weights.  The pain became so bad that I could barely get out of bed.  I went back to the PT and told her I was having so much more pain.  I told her I was still lifting weights and that I was not feeling any better.  She then told me that I should not be lifting heavy weights.  I left and found a new PT.  I started seeing a PT that worked with me when I fell and compressed my T12 vertebrae. At that point I gave up lifting weights and started swimming.  I hate swimming!  It is the most boring exercise next to a rowing machine.  But it helps a lot.  I don’t go everyday but I do try to make it at least three times a week.  The problem I have is that I am too tired and sore when I get up that I can barely get into the shower (Hot Water) is the only thing that loosens my back up enough to get to work.  Lunch time is often two crazy and after work I am more tired than in the morning. When I lifted weights I had a buddy that I would lift with.  It was easier to stay motivated.  Swimming – no one what’s to be a swimming buddy? Hey! Want to play Marco Polo? Lame!