Spring Forward!

Mar 11, 2026

Hi everyone,

Thank you again for your generosity. Even more than the financial generosity, I’ve experienced an outpouring of love that has greatly helped. The first month and a half was largely just pain - no sleeping, no eating, just hurting - which takes a huge mental toll.

I started physical therapy, and now we’re in the “preserving mobility” phase. That’s funny to me, because I’m hypermobile! But in order to move everything where it’s supposed to be and keep it fluid, I have about 6-8 weeks of this stage before I can move into strengthening and start integrating back into my life.

All the muscles in my back, shoulder, neck, and right hip are angry. They’re knotted around each other and the nerves and making things difficult. PT is helping me move around easier, but I haven’t been able to manage more than one appointment a week yet, and we really don’t do much.

My gastroparesis has been a huge pain since contracting the stomach flu. When I’m in pain, my heart beats too fast, which makes me puke. So I’m putting out multiple fires at once!

Again, thank you everyone. It’s a long road but I finally feel like it’ll get better.

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