Say a little prayer for my sis.

Sending prayers to your sister for a full and fast recovery!
We had a fun dinner to celebrate the country music marathon last night and then I went to bed super early.
Those cookies look incredible!!!

Sending prayers to your sister, I hope she’s feeling better soon!

We had dinner with my parents and came home to watch a few shows and go to bed early! Perfect Saturday night!

I love that photo of Brooke! How cute!

I’m sending sooo many positive thoughts to your sister. It must be especially hard for her while she’s taking care of four children (Bonus points because one is a newborn)! I hope you saved her some cookies :)

I am addicted to Ben & Jerry’s Half Baked Peanut Butter. UGH. So delicious.

Praying for your sister that she recovers soon!
Last night was dinner with a close friend who was in town. The hardest part about moving is moving away from friends!
Those cookies look delicious! Lately I’ve been addicted to baked sweet potatoes with peanut butter.

I’m so sorry about your sister. I hope she feels better soon!!

So sorry to hear about your sister, that must be extremely painful for her. Nice that the girls got a playdate :) Hope she recovers quickly!

I’m so sorry about your sisters back! I hope she gets better soon. Back pain is so hard to deal with.
My brother had back surgery at age 27 and it helped him so much!

I want the same overalls as Brooke!

Sorry to hear about your sister. I can definitely relate. I have had back issues for sixteen years now. I’ve had so many procedures done on my back that have helped for a while, but then they wear off. I had back surgery for my herniated disc in October. I had a lumbar arthroplasty where they took the bad disc out and put an artificial disc in. It has helped me very much. There are some days I’m not in pain at all.

I’ve been able to return to running after a hiatus, and, though running is still not easy, I’m getting better at it. I’m learning what works for me and what doesn’t. For example, running in the morning without warming up before my warm up doesn’t work. I will be in pain. But if I’m up and moving a couple of hours before I start my warm up I fare much better.

Please let your sister know there is treatment available, and she doesn’t have to be in pain the rest of her life.
Much love to you both.

Yes! That kettle corn is amazing! The perfect salty/sweet combo. Positive vibes to your sister!

Oh no – I hope that your sister is feeling better super soon. I remember my jelly sandals from when I was a kid lol – thanks for the memory flashback. Mine were pink :)

Prayers for your sister! I can relate. I have lower back arthritis, too. I’ve had to do a lot of PT and learn to love cross training (can only run about 3x per week) but tell her it will all be OK and that swimming/water workouts never hurt! Hang in there.

Our Saturday was spent on the couch watching sports on TV. We had been to my nephew’s baseball tournament all afternoon and we were pretty spent by the time we got home.

Enjoy the cookies today! YUM.

Praying for your sister! I actually had back problems for about 5 years (and I’m only 23!). It forced me to give up the violin and switch to being a voice music ed major. After many doctors, MRIs, x-rays, physical therapy, still nobody could tell me what was going on! They basically told me to not do anything physical, to take pain medications, and to deal with it. Umm…no. I needed to live my life. A life that included being able to sit in the car or in class for longer than 10 minutes without pain, thankyouverymuch.

I joined a Crossfit box and started working out and strength training there- my quality of life significantly improved! I was experiencing much less pain. After a few months, I did a Whole 30 (strict elimination diet), and was pain-free the entire time! I could run, lift, do sit-ups, play violin, take a road trip, do EVERYTHING! Afterwards, I reintroduced wheat/gluten, and all of the pain returned within 30 minutes. Since then, I’ve been gluten-free and have my life back!

Adding your sister to my prayer list for sure!!! She is so blessed to have a sister like YOU to help!

So sorry to hear about your sis. Give her a very gentle hug for me. I love how helpful and supportive you are of each other.

My mom has a messed up back from some yahoo plowing head-on into her car a few years ago. She has to get fairly regular shots (every 3-6 months) to stay functional.

I’m obsessed with popcorn (all flavors!) and the dark chocolate”bark thins” from Costco.

Off to meet my friend for a 16 mile hilly run! We’ll see if I survive!

I’m sorry to hear about your sis! Mechanical traction coupled with physical therapy by a highly skilled orthopedic PT can do wonders for a back like that, while avoiding surgery.
Saturday night plans was sushi ordered in and time with the family :) right now I’m addicted to green smoothies! Popcorn is always welcome though!

I have been addicted to ice cream mix-ins… meaning: I’ll buy 2-3 types of ice cream. Warm it up for about 20 seconds (so the ice cream is basically the consistency of froyo) and then basically eat out all of the swirlz, toppings, candies, good-stuff, etc. It is and sounds pretty stupid, but I live alone–so I am not judging myself.

Sending so much love your sisters way!! <3 <3 <3

One of my coworkers recently had a herniated disk. It sucked seeing her in so much pain. I’m sorry about your sister. She’s definitely in my thoughts!

So sorry to hear about your sister, prayers bring went her way.

Dannon light and fits Boston cream pie yogurt is the bomb and I can’t get enough of them!

You’re really smart to recover from your full before kicking in the running! Sometimes I think people come back from races too soon, I am guilty myself. Just because running feels OK doesn’t necessarily mean we need to go back into training like we were before the race (applies to half marathons too!).

I tried that popcorn at Costco and it’s really good! I should go back and buy some, hehe. I really like the flavored popcorns and kettle corns sometimes. There’s one called Cosmos that is really, really, good!

It’s so exciting you met Kevin Hanson. I love their Half Marathon Method book and that is basically how I train :).

Praying for your sister! That is great that you are there to help out and give her some relief when she is in a lot of pain.

Saturday night was spent resting and preparing for today’s half marathon. I watched the movie Wild and ate pasta!

Addicting food lately = oatmeal w/peanut butter

Yes, I have 2 herniated discs that happened while working as a paramedic. Fortunately my symptoms were relieved with PT. Every now and then it flares up but I’m thankful I recovered as well as I did. I will pray for your sister! I saw Les Miserables and went to dinner Saturday night, which was fun! Lately, I’m addicted to all sweet things because I hired a new trainer who put me on a pretty restrictive diet. :(

Prayers for your sis!!

I have the pleasure of living within 45 minutes of where the Hanson’s ODP does some of their training runs in Michigan and make the drive quite a bit to go run their hilly & challenging routes! Keith and Kevin are super nice as well as all the ODP runners!!

I had a herniated disc during Katrina. I remember it because all I could do was lay in bed on my left side and watch the misery in New Orleans. I wanted to avoid surgery and run again. My doctor recommended a shot I believe with cortisone. I was hesitant at first but it worked like a miracle. It reduced the swelling from the inflamed nerve that the disc was pushing on and the disc went back into place. I am simplifying but I have run consistently for years and just finished my first half 2 weeks ago. I also worked with a chiro and got some relief but not enough to resume normal life. Maybe a combination for your sister. I will pray for her to find what will work best for her and bring her relief and quality of life. She’s lucky to have you so close. Keep us posted!

Prayers to your sissy! I had bad sciatica pain during and after my pregnancies and it got worse when my infants were in car seats lifting in and out of vehicles. Yoga helped and once my infants out outgrew that stage I healed quickly.

I had a herniated disc, lower back arthritis, piriformis syndrome, and sciatica all at the same time right before my wedding two years ago. I’m only 27 yo and was super bummed. I did PT but it didn’t help me much. The pain was too much and I would literally collapse when I entered the front door and drop all my stuff. For me, deep stretch yoga really really helped. I’m sorry to hear she is in pain; I know the feeling and can only imagine having 3 herniated discs. I pray she gets better soon!

I feel for your sister, and will send prayers her way. During the 2011 Richmond Marathon my leg started hurting really badly. It ended up be sciatic nerve pain from a bulging disc pressing against my sciatic nerve. I’m back t. running, just can’t run marathons anymore so I’ve settled for halves. Hope your sister can find resolution to her pain!

Please PLEASE PLEASE, have your sister check out Dr. John Sarno’s Book http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fayurvedavignan.in%2FfreeEbooks%2FHealing%2520Back%2520Pain.pdf&ei=x6A9VYKfA8e4oQTS64CgBg&usg=AFQjCNEhAOdrvNprfnB0EpU2HPzV9RHi-w&bvm=bv.91665533,d.cGU

This is a FREE PDF Download and no harm done by checking out a few pages. I recommended this when you were talking about your sister’s piraformis syndrome. I have actually also thought of you, Janae, with some of your running injuries. Anyways, it’s just one school of thought of many, but definitely worth checking out! Sooner than later! My doctor recommended it to me, it fell on deaf ears, and finally I checked it out and it changed everything.

XOXO

That is so not fun for your sister :(

I was diagnosed with a herniated disc and a bulging disc (L4,L5) following a car accident. It took them over a year to diagnose it because they didn’t want to do an MRI (cheapskate insurance dudes). They told me it was soft tissue and that I could continue to train (this was back when I was rowing). When I lost all feeling in my legs in the middle of a workout and had to be carried out of the boat, they finally agreed to do the MRI. The treatment option I chose worked amazingly well, although it didn’t get me back to rowing where I had been. I had a series of epidural steroid injections. They really hurt but really fixed up the problem, almost overnight. I haven’t had any issues with my back since then (knock on wood!) and that was over 20 years ago. I wish her all the best!

I’m so sorry to hear about your sister’s back. I did not fully appreciate back pain until I herniated a disc a few years ago. The pain and discomfort were awful and when it’s your back, you really can’t isolate the area so all movement hurts. I went to PT for several months but could never fully get better. I let it go on for months before finally getting a cortisone shot. I’m lucky that the shot worked for me – it allowed the inflammation to calm down long enough for me to recover and all those PT exercises really helped out. I still have to be careful to listen to my body, i.e. not sit for too long and stretch my back each day.
I thought I had it bad until last year when my husband herniated a disc so badly that he could not sit or stand without being in extreme pain. He literally spent 4 weeks laying on the floor as that was the only position that alleviated the worst of the pain. He tried a chiropractor, physical therapy, accupuncture, massage and a steroid shot. None of these things helped him because the disc was not only pressing on the sciatic nerve, but had started to get embedded in it. We spoke to a surgeon and it was scary for us but it was the best course of action for him (microdiscetomy). It was like a miracle – he woke up from surgery and was not in pain. They had him up and walking that evening and to see the look on his face – walking and standing without pain! It’s been a year and he still has to be careful lifting items and he absolutely cannot skip a day of stretching and core work, but as long as he listens to his body he’s ok. He’s starting doing yoga in addition to cycling and some running and this summer he plans on doing a sprint tri. He didn’t have any option but to have the surgery, but I wanted to let your sister know that if it comes to that that it really does work. Best of luck.

Where in the world gives out kids meals in Veggie Tale Bags?!?!?!?

Praying for you sister. Anything to do with pain in the back is the worst… because you really can’t do anything and are rendered almost immobile :(. Really hope that she will find healing and be out of the discomfort soon!

prayers to your sis :)