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The PTSD meds + diabetes onset crash of 2010 in my life left me with no PTSD meds any more and 60% kidney failure. Plus, I gained 80 pounds in just 4 months before I was diagnosed. That was shocking. We thought it was depression at first (always the go to idea with my PTSD) but then thyroid. It took a year to figure it out as simple diabetes that an over the counter blood test would have detected before all of the damage.
All of that weight gain cause two disks in my back to become herniated, one down low but the other up high. I ended up walking with a cane from them. A cane really hurt my self image, because I used to run 10k races, ride my bicycle daily, and basically not be an overweight person on a cane.
Over this Christmas break from teaching at my community college, I decided to try walking without the cane. It's been painful at first, but I've done it for 3 days now. I'd like to walk permanently without the cane again and be able to go for walks that might help me lose this weight gradually in a healthy way. I stopped the weight gain with a strict diet from a nutritionist I've followed for a year now, but haven't had much weight loss. I'd rather lose it by walking than have lap band surgery. A friend of mine had that and suffered complications.
It helps both my body and my PTSD to get out and walk like I used to. I wonder if I'm kidding myself. I see doctors, but I'm wondering from a peer perspective. Has anybody ever dealt with walking again with stuff like herniated disks?
All of that weight gain cause two disks in my back to become herniated, one down low but the other up high. I ended up walking with a cane from them. A cane really hurt my self image, because I used to run 10k races, ride my bicycle daily, and basically not be an overweight person on a cane.
Over this Christmas break from teaching at my community college, I decided to try walking without the cane. It's been painful at first, but I've done it for 3 days now. I'd like to walk permanently without the cane again and be able to go for walks that might help me lose this weight gradually in a healthy way. I stopped the weight gain with a strict diet from a nutritionist I've followed for a year now, but haven't had much weight loss. I'd rather lose it by walking than have lap band surgery. A friend of mine had that and suffered complications.
It helps both my body and my PTSD to get out and walk like I used to. I wonder if I'm kidding myself. I see doctors, but I'm wondering from a peer perspective. Has anybody ever dealt with walking again with stuff like herniated disks?
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I feel so dirty and used I was drunk and passed out at a party when I came around some guy was on top of me rapeing me he covered my mouth and told me to shut up afterwards he got up and got dressed and said I better not tell anyone I found my friend and reported that I had been raped after having medical checks and them getting DNA I've taken the morning after pill IAM just so depressed and...
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Upon his departure, he remarked, "I am in many people’s pockets; no one will believe you." Have you ever grappled with the silence that follows sexual assault, where the perceived impossibility of being believed necessitates self-censorship?
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i was told about 20 years ago that i might be in a wheelchair by now because of the rate my back was degenerating but kept exercising and active and have been able to avoid it. You need strong muscles to support weak bones. I have recently put on about 10pounds due to a cracked bone in foot then rib but hope to get active again soon.
so maybe baby steps at first muji but i bet you can do it.
I did have success in losing weight once upon a time by walking. I started out with short walks and built up to larger ones. I got down to 130lbs and looked and felt great, then I got bursitis in my hip and could not walk at all, gained the weight back and never really went back to it. Guess I should start again.
Thanks for reminding me it is possible and best of luck.
I used to walk five K a day and now? I get one in and I'm done from pain and scarring and stuff. So I do appreciate eth e dilemma of weight-activity-cane-no-cane... I still keep mine handy but oh, days without canes are like big gold stars:-)
YAY YOU!
Just remember "One foot in front of the other".... (No twirling needed!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OORsz2d1H7s
My thought -- aside from being proud of you -- is to ask them if they think it's the right approach to ditch the cane ... at first.
You don't send a kid out on his first bicycle ride without training wheels. You let them build up to that.
I'm just wondering if the whole thing would work out better if you kept your outrigger in the equation, at first.
Either way .... great job !!
As to whether this risks aggravating your back, I think you could ask the PT people. They should be able to tell you how you can safely exercise.
I am planning to get an elliptical machine for my house ... it's supposed to help you burn calories without stressing your joints. Maybe that would work for you as well. Dooo told me about some very reasonably priced ones at Target.
Good luck! I hope we can both lose weight in 2016!
It's just kind of rare for me to be frisky, and I've gotten compliments from people who've notice me with no cane, compliments that have really boosted the old ego. Ha!
Presh, thanks for sharing that you, too, have gained a lot of weight fast once, too. It's scary, isn't it? CC, I'm glad to hear from you that walking works. loo, glad you avoided that wheelchair. I was afraid last year I was wheelchair bound, and I"m so glad I'm not.
Smart advice. Glad I took it. When a big old guy like me goes down, it ain't pretty. Glad that didn't happen.
Another cane less day... Not sure I'll be able to keep it up when classes start, but it feels like for now it's making me a little stronger every day walking.