I didn't think it had been this long since posting a blog. I will admit that this year has gone flying by and parts of it are in a fog. I don't want to catch you up on the entire year cause that's what Christmas letters are for. Instead I want to focus on what has happened to me personally this last 11 months.
It was August of 2013 and I was competing in a mounted shooting shoot. It was the last run of the last day of the shoot and well we didn't have a good run I ended up in the dirt and the next day found out I had a major concussion. This is the day my life changed. Ian had to take time off work because I couldn't drive, I couldn't handle noise, i couldn't stand the light,I couldn't do more then one thing at a time and I started suffering from migraines. We take so much for granted until we can't do those things anymore. For one week I had to be in a dark room with no brain stimulation, no reading, no texting, no tv, no computer, and the big one for me no crafting. I spent the week listening to a podcast from a church in Toronto called the meeting house. I have no clue what they were about, however I know God was with me and helping me heal. I don't remember much from August til about November maybe even into December. The pain I was feeling was becoming unbearable and I was spending most nights going to bed nauseous, Ian and I explored what I could try to help with the pain. This is when the next life altering moment happened.
In Novemeber I started going to the chiropractor. After back X-rays I found out my back was a mess. Not only from my fall but from life in general. I was put on a plan which included seeing the chiropractor 3 times a week for a month, then 2 times a week for a month and then 1 a week for a month, once every 2 weeks for 6 weeks and now once every three weeks. Within a couple treatments I could feel a change and within two weeks friends and family were seeing a change in me. Dr.Kiva and the staff at Confederation Chiropractic in Saskatoon are wonderful and amazing people.
Dr. Kiva wears many hats and has been helping me in many areas of my life. At my Feburary visit I told him, I was no longer happy with how I looked or how strong my body was and wanted to change it. My March visit included a nutritional consult. The information that I learnt in that 30 minutes was amazing. His final words at that appointment were go buy the book called The Primal Blueprint. The next day I bought the book and my life will never be the same. I have dropped nearly 40 pounds and 6 dress sizes. People in my own town don't recognize me. I have more energy and am healthier then I have ever been. This journey is not over it is just beginning.
It took some time but early spring I returned to the back of horse. After of course making sure the horse received it's chiroprartic care.It helped me so much that I was going to make sure my horse was feeling good too. This was a huge task for me as I had so much fear and parts of me didn't remember how to ride. I am almost back to where I once was.
I recently had some other personal issues happen where I let someone else dictate how I felt, it got me really down. Upon talking to my doctor about it, he gave me another book to read. The Breakthrough Experience. I bought the book yesterday and can't wait to see how my life changes.
My friends and family have been so supportive in this time of my life as well. Dr.Kiva gave me the tools to change my life however God, my husband, my children and some very close friends have helped and encouraged me on this journey. Without them it would not have been easy and I don't know if I could have done it alone. So thank you Ian, Kiera, Jayden, Loretta, Shannon, Janelle, Dianne, Al Dr.Kiva and all the others who have been cheering me on from the side lines and adding me to their prayers. Thank you for taking into consideration what I can and cannot feed my body, trying new foods with me and encouraging or joining me on moving my body.
If you would like details on any part of my story please don't hesitate to contact me. Be it my relationship with God mounted shooting, recovering from a concussion, chiroprartic care, living paleo, or anything else from this post or any other post ( I LOVE talking goats).
My story is not over it is just starting i can't wait to live the next chapter.
Until next time. God bless