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well , I noticed the , that I had a

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orthopedic injury back in , I would say

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2000 and 10 , uh I was

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very active and I did a lot of modeling

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and just fun stuff just to try and pass

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time . And I noticed that I had some

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back pain , but I figured that I just

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needed to stretch more . So I got more

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active and did more gym workouts and

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more low back exercises . And by the

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time I pcs um , to my next faces , when

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I noticed that the pain was more

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constant work was very difficult

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because I'm a I'm a medical technician .

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It takes a lot of energy um , to make

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sure that you are well to take care of

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patients . So to be able to walk all

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day or to be in surgery , assisting the

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surgeon was not always a easy task .

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Then I decided maybe I should get seen

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about it . And that was probably 7 , 8

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months into my new base . Once I got

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the care at the new base , they said

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well let's try you for physical therapy .

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I did low back physical therapy and I

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did some hip physical therapy to some

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some pelvic physical therapy exercises

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and nothing seemed to help . Um I spoke

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with one of the nurses and told her

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where my pain was radiating too . And

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she said well how far down do you feel

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the pain ? I said it's lower back , all

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the way down to my foot . She said ,

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well that sounds more like SIA attica .

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And I said all the way to my foot . And

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she said , of course let me press on

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your performance muscle which is in

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your deep glutes to see if maybe how

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that how you react to that . Once she

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pressed on the muscle , jumped off the

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table . So she decided , she said , I

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think I'll relay the information to the

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doctor . And The doctor came in and he

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said that's not really common . It's

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not a common thing for a woman of your

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age . And at the time I was 32 , he

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said that's usually an older woman um

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symptom . And so that's not very common .

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He said let's try and inject the actual

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muscle to see if he gives you some

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relief . And for the first time in

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almost three years was when I received

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relief and I said I walked out and I

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was in tears and I kissed everybody and

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Paymaster to tell them how how pleased

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I was with the care . So I went back a

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month later and they did some trigger

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point injections around that muscle .

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And they referred me over to

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orthopedics . And at the time

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orthopedic said , well we don't treat

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that , that's a muscular thing . And

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the orthopedic surgeon here at Eglin um

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decided let's go ahead and take care of

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that . And I said , Are you sure ? He

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said , I'm the only surgeon that does

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it for a woman of your age . I said ,

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what do you mean ? He said , most

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doctors don't do it on women that are

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under the age of 40 . After the surgery ,

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I realized that the surgery had worked

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within the first month . So within

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weeks after the actual surgery , I

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noticed that said , I don't feel the

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pain all the way down to my foot . It

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does stop behind my leg . But that was

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from a different nerve that was was

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injured along with the psychotic nerve .

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But I am 100 happy that I got the

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surgery . I noticed the aha moment when

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I was after my surgery , uh , when I

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said , I can get in and I can drive and

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I can move and walk and I can do squad

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so I could do it all . Finally , it was

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breathtaking . It was a , a faith

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based moment and I can finally say ,

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thank you for keeping me positive for

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being able to still be a role model to

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others that are going through or have

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some type of pain and thought that

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there was no way out to say , but you

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can and to be able to say and I did it .

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Depression is something that I have

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noticed that all people deal with when

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you're dealing with pain that comes and

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there is no definitive answer as to why

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it's there or when it will leave ,

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depression comes on many levels . And

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with it , there can be lots of

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consequences that come along with it .

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If I hadn't got the surgery , I think

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my life would have been at a different

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place . I would have been mentally at a

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different place . Usually they say ,

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well then you have to go to mental

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health to make sure that yeah ,

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mentally you are able to deal with the

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choice of if it doesn't change and how

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it may affect your life negatively .

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May have been outside of the military

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and may have been just a civilian by

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now because I was unable to do my job .

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So I know that negatively it would have

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made an impact and to still try and

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stay positive even after three years of

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noticing the pain . So finally have

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someone to say , let me press on this

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muscle to see if that's where it is .

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It was just something out of the

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ordinary . And I know that if that

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nurse , that one nurse wouldn't have

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said , let me just try this out , it

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probably wouldn't have been as as great

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of an outcome as it was .