OK today is a new day, I have decided after wallowing for awhile ( a luxury I allow myself sometimes for short periods), that i am not going to go through my injury step by step but offer things that have worked for me to help me heal more and more. you see my doctors wrote me off saying that this is the way you are and will be so here are your drugs and live with it, WELL I am not a person who is willing to settle for someone giving up on me because I will not settle for less than 100% no matter how long it takes. I assure that I have many many challenges but since I have had to do this alone and no support I push the best I can, I have almost lost my home, my health, my credit, my practice, i was an acupuncture physician, massage therapist, kundalini yoga instructor for many many years, and the list goes on, BUT the ONE thing that I have never lost is ME and my faith and so forward we will go. If anybody wishes to discuss the challenges feel free to respond and we will do so, whether you are the caregiver or the patient. I have alway been involved in nutrtion and alternatives healing aspecst and these are the things that have been helping me. This is not medical advice but only personal experiences that have worked for me. Here we go, in the beginning I got acupuncture and massage therapy 3-5 days a week, I am so overly sensitive to touch that it was extremely painful for me but I did it anyway, I new that I had very little time frame to bring my body and mind into some sort of balance, I have achiropractor as well but still to this day she is only now being able to do some sort of minimal adjusting but the things she could do helped as well, I awlo started b-12 shots daily because b-12 helps to heal the nerves and the connections in transmissions, now I do once a week or every other week depending on what my body needs, it also helps with the energy because your body is using incredible amounts of energy to try to maintain itself. Although difficult for me to get in and out of bathtubs I would take baths with healing essential oils (medical grade is best) mixed with epsom salts, brain games ,brain games, brain games, do them everyday, luminosity.com is great for that, and YES it is extremely frustarting bvut do them anyway no matter how long it takes to finish them. You have to understand that I have no insurance no help and no doctors will work with me because it was a car accident and they do not want to be involved in an active case, so I have had to find ways to help myself, and the process is very long. I have not been able to doyouga but I can do the yoga in my head, remember the body does not recognize whether you are actually doing it physically or not so long as yuor mind is doing it, it will respond, so do it! I am only able to walk, sit, stand for about 10 minutes at a time , so that is what I do and I push for 1 sec- 2 second however many more I can push for I do. Remeber our healing is measured in moments, cherish them and give yuorself the credit for them, you have to meve on your schedule NOT what someelse thinks it should be according to their protocal, you know youo body better than anyone. Eat specific foods that are brain foods, things that will nourish the nerves, example, walnuts are brain food they looklike the brain, ginger strengthens the nerves, lecithin, i eat a recipe called mung beans and rice in the heealth book caleed FOODS FOR HEALTHAND HEALING, very important, make all your own fresh juices, fruits are body cleansers, vegetables are body builders, is you are taking alot of drugs you must cleanse to keep your liver and kidneys strong, they are your biggest detoxifyers for your body, also jucing gives your body live nutrtion to strenthen it better and faster. If you are interested in what I do please ask, I am very happy to share. Lots and lots of rest, and most of all FEED YOUR SOUL!!!!!!! Gotta go be back soon :-)