#KennedysDisease #SBMA #Success #ExtremeSpasticity, #AcceptanceWithoutSurrender
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I had a major set-back on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018.\u00a0 I over extended myself.\u00a0 One of the major problems with treatments that deprive you of pain is that you forget that the underlying condition is still there. You just don’t feel it.
Monday, I forgot this rule.\u00a0 I drove myself downtown (about a 10 minute drive in a really comfortable vehicle).\u00a0 Engaged with my beautiful wife at our favorite soul-food restaurant.\u00a0 Dropped her back off at work.\u00a0
A block after dropping her after work, I was made aware that I was in trouble.\u00a0 My legs… oh, my.\u00a0 I couldn’t get home fast enough.\u00a0 Arriving at home, I could barely make it from my auto to my kitchen.\u00a0 I begged my puppies to get my walker or my wheelchair.\u00a0 They responded by bringing me toys to play with.
With considerable pain and effort, I made it to my safe area:\u00a0 My room, with a window A\/C that I use to drop the temperature of the room to the low 60s.\u00a0 I took both a Lortab and a Zanaflex.\u00a0 My legs felt as if they were coated in gasoline and set ablaze.
My daughter came home from school and packed me in ice.\u00a0 It helped.
Two days later, I am of limited functionality.\u00a0 I can walk, carefully, to the kitchen to retrieve coffee and other items.\u00a0 My walking distance is considerably reduced.\u00a0 My legs just give out after being in use for more than a couple of minutes. I am going to use my wheelchair going forward to give the muscles time to heal.
I must say that the Abort! method is working well.\u00a0 I’m super-loading my body with protein and I feel that I’m making a rapid recovery.\u00a0 Monday was horrific.\u00a0 Tuesday was humbling.\u00a0 Today, I’m of sound mind, if not body.\u00a0 My legs are only lightly on fire.\u00a0 There is a flicker once in a while.\u00a0 Prior to using the Abort! method, this path would have taken weeks.\u00a0 During which time, I would have had more spasms that would have damaged the muscles further.\u00a0 The Abort! method is giving me a fighting chance at getting my muscles in the best shape possible for the next attack.
I am just incredibly thankful my wife and friends helped me develop that protocol.\u00a0 It works for me.\u00a0
The Botox injections are a must.\u00a0 After my screw up, about mid-day Tuesday, the pain from the damage I inflicted to my legs started to subside.\u00a0 The adductors treated by the Botox injections were the first to stop hurting.\u00a0 The remaining muscles in my legs remained markers of my insolence.\u00a0 It felt weird.\u00a0 The area of most damage did not hurt.\u00a0 I know they are considerably damaged because I can’t use them, but the pain they generate is gone.
In my arrogance, I damaged a good portion of the skeletal muscles in my body.\u00a0 I have knots all over my body.\u00a0 The knots are subsiding.\u00a0 I believe a masseuse would have a coronary attack and demand I stay for a three-hour deep-tissue massage upon assessing my situation.\u00a0 My body is demanding an incredible amount of sleep.\u00a0 The body needs food and sleep to repair.\u00a0 The protein, creatine and BCAA provide the tools the muscles need.\u00a0 The sleep allows the body to focus its energy on fixing what I broke.
Christ is with me always.\u00a0 I hope, with his help, these manuscripts help others.\u00a0 In many ways, I feel like Tycho Brahe waiting for Kepler to make sense of my logging of the planets.\u00a0 I can see there are laws of motion, but I am too enmeshed in the topic to see the larger picture.
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Jay C. \u201cJazzy_J\u201d Theriot
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