Physically Speaking

I still see people who ask how I am doing, physically, after everything and with the pregnancy.  So I will give a quick report.

Sept. 2012, Brigham City Temple

I was given the all clear from my orthopedist (bone dr.) last March and proceeded with two months of physical therapy to help bring my left leg back up to par.  I worked with a great team of physical therapists and before too long I was off the cane and (mostly) keeping up with my running toddler.  Just as I was finishing that up I was given the all clear from my neurology team for the soft neck brace and some physical therapy, so we moved on to that.  I wore the soft brace pretty much all day for about two weeks, then gradually wore it less and less until I wasn't wearing it at all.  I spent another two months doing physical therapy for that with the same team that helped with my pelvis/hip.


I still get some stiffness in my neck, especially if I don't sleep on a good pillow and my neck won't pop the way it used to.  I can pretty much keep up with my little man, but I never was a runner and don't plan on ever being one.  Occasionally the baby will sit somewhere or kick something that makes my hip/pelvis hurt and even before I was pregnant if I stood just the wrong way for too long my left leg would kind of go dead and collapse, but that doesn't happen too often.  There is still a numb spot on the inside of my left knee that sustained some nerve damage.  I could have it looked at, but there really isn't anything they can do about it so there's no point.  It really isn't a bother, just a little weird sometimes.  I still have the pseudo aneurism in my carotid artery and I have to go in for a CAT scan about once a year or so.  I went in before I got pregnant and the dr. gave me the all clear and said to go back for another when I finish nursing.  They said it appears to be healing but I am still on a low dose of aspirin just to be safe.

After the accident I had problems with my scalp.  It got really flaky and I developed huge sores all over, we think it was some kind of psoriasis.  I tried egg yolk masks, coconut oil masks, lavender essential oil, tee tree oil, jojoba oil, tea tree shampoo, and combinations of these and nothing seemed to work.  I am happy to announce that a few months ago my scalp started to clear up and is now sore free!

As far as pregnancy goes, I am having a lot of the normal pregnancy pains and issues.  I was nauseas for the first few months, but never really sick and around week 11 that went away and I have been feeling better since.  Like I said before, sometimes baby kicks or sits in a bad place and makes my left pelvis/hip hurt.  I have been feeling some ligament pain as things stretch and move around.  With it being summer I have been swelling some and I recently picked up a dummy ring to wear in place of my wedding ring on days when the swelling gets too bad.  My belly is starting to look like a baby belly rather than me just gaining some weight and that makes me happy.

All-in-all it is a true blessing and a bit of a miracle that I have healed as well as I have and I really have little residual issues.  I credit that to hard work and to Priesthood blessings.