To say it's been a painful week would be like saying our recent storm here in Hamilton was a bit windy. Gee whiz!! I'm not sure how much of my current condition can be blamed on stubborness, but no doubt, all of it!! It started a week or so ago during a workout - I felt "something"...not a new feeling but since I was super busy doing cakes, marking, being a Mom and all that jazz, I ignored that little pesky "something" and ploughed through my workout! Then the same wee tinge shouted at me a bit louder on Monday of this week and I ignored again! Wednesday during my very first exercise in Boot Camp, the shout was more like a smack upside the head (though it wasn't my head but rather the left side of my upper back - in therapy world where I used to live & work, this would be called subluxation of multiple rib heads from the Thoracic spine vertebrae!).
You can pretty much guess what happened next! I ignored the smack, really because I had no choice! I had a custom-cake to do for Thursday morning that hadn't even started yet! Grease Lightning car for a 15 yr old boy! So I sat at my table in agony for about 4 hours that night, worked through the pain and got er done! When I went to bed, I couldn't move. Literally. My husband had to physically roll me over so I could assume my side-lying sleeping position.
The next day things got progressively worse and the chiropractor not only confirmed my self-diagnosis of 2 rib subluxations (3 and 4) but also said my pelvis was "off" and my cervical spine (neck) had 3 facet joints that were locked & inflamed. Basically she asked "WTF were you doing?" though in a much more professional manner!!
I don't know what I did. I guess it's what I didn't do. I didn't slow down. I didn't stop. I couldn't. I can't!! So I took the day off on Friday and really did very little - though it's hard to keep a stubborn woman down so truthfully, I did dishes, laundry and some mild cake-creation prep work. Once the school day was over, I started work on a cake for today (because I felt guilty about being home and spending time on cake when I was clearly supposed to be resting my poor aching neck/back!). Anyways, I got through things last night with a little help from some friends (named Amaretto, Melon & Vodka with a splash of Cran) and Robax Platinum. The cake got finished and I must say, I really love it!
My recent pics will be as follows: Police cruiser with front-end damage for an accident-prone officer, Grease Lightning for 15 yr old Greg who was just in a high school production of Grease as Greaser #1, a Crossfit-inspired Bridal shower cake for Natalie (and her fiance Billy who own a Crossfit gym), and the custom-cake for a 40 yr old Chris (all things that he loves are highlighted in the cake design).
Hope you like them! Hope those who ordered them liked them. Despite the pain & suffering, I LOVE doing my cakes. I only hope that this little "something" doesn't decide to fire up again and take me away from my passion. How long can I do this before my body breaks down, I don't know. But I promise from now on to stretch & listen more attentively to the little naggy voices. I hope you can all learn from my mistakes too!
Take care of you!!
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