Average Kimberly, JunkYard Jim and the big pain in the Bottom... Things you need when you have massively hurt your back.

Junk yard Jim is so close to being 

Better and returning to work.

The last 6 months have been a long trial.

I have been looking at everything we got to try to help 

Ease his pain and help him recover.

The above set of memory foam pillows helped him 

Get in positions that eased the level of his pain.

In the first few weeks heat helped him get a little 

Relief from the pain.  He really wanted to constantly 

Lay on the heating pad. His pain was really high.

Sitting was pretty uncomfortable but these 

Special cushions helped him get some time sitting.

At first he could only sit 

For a few minutes.  Slowly as he has healed 

He can sit for longer and no longer needs 

The cushions.  I like them.

The cane allowed him to walk for little stretches.

One thing he needed to do in the healing process 

Was move every hour during the day.

His pain level was so high even with 

Medicine that this was hard for him.

At first just walking from the bedroom to the kitchen 

Was very hard.  It wasn’t until he had the third steroid 

Shot in his lower back area that he started 

To find relief and improve.  That was sometime in July.

I feel like the end of August beginning of September 

Was when he really started to have a decrease in pain.

He can now walk two miles on the treadmill.

Premade meals were a big help. Thankfully 

The store I work at has premade breakfast and 

Dinner meals.  He could not stand long enough to 

Cook a simple meal.  So being able to put the premade 

Meal in the microwave was a blessing.

Yoga mats to do physical therapy on.  He 

Started with maybe 3 simple moves, which were

Hard due to his constant pain.  We set up the 

Yoga mats in our bedroom for him to do these exercises.

We also would take the yoga mats to 

A park and put them on a big beach towel 

So he could get some time outside 

When I had a day off.

Thankfully we have a treadmill at home.

At the beginning he could walk maybe 2 minutes.

He had to keep his hands on the side rails 

To take pressure off his back.

Now he can walk for 2 miles.

The pain caused him to have very little energy.

So he spent most of his day in bed at the beginning 

Of this journey of being hurt and this

Month ( October) has been the first month 

Where he has been close to pain free 

And out of bed.  Hopefully at the end of 

The month he will go back to work.

I will post more of the things you need with 

Severe back pain soon.

Average Kimberly 

 

Average Kimberly likes to take silly photos

 

My son got me this little toy spy bird.

When I go out on walks I try to find

Places to set it and take photos.

I found some fun places at the local garden.

I also enjoy making fun photo pages in Canva. 

Here is my little frog that I photograph too.

It’s silly but fun.

Average Kimberlys weekly coloring pages

 

Here are some of my weekly planner

Coloring pages.

I do better finishing the ones that 

Have less things to color.

The ones that have lots of little things 

To color typically don’t get finished.

I like this planner though.

I have ordered the 2027 planner.

Photos of Average Kimberlys garden.

 

Because I was home a lot this summer 

The flowers in my garden did well.

I even had some Sun flowers.

It was nice to have a small but pretty garden this year.

Average Kimberly learns about the Glucose Goddess

 

I have been trying to lose weight for what seems like years and nothing worked.  Then this spring my weight went up and of course my sugar levels went up.  I started reading anything about pre-diabetes.

I found the Glucose Goddess books.  Her science was the first thing that made sense to me.  I enjoyed her approach to glucose issues.  I have started to eat in the order she tells you to eat. Vegetables first.  I exercise after eating.  And I have lost 10 pounds.  My clothes fit better.  I hope when I go to the doctor I will find that my glucose levels are better. 

Thank you Glucose Goddess.  

Average Kimberly 

Average Kimberly reflects on her photography

 

Here are some recent photos 

I enjoy photographing nature.

I’m amazed with how nice my 

Photos look even though I use a small camera.

I am working on making postcards with my photos.

Average Kimberly 

Average Kimberly and Junkyard the Back is still not healed

 If you have been following the story of Junkyard Jim and the big pain in the Butt or back. I am sad to say he is still in pain.

We were hoping he could return to work in early October, but his company will not let him back with the doctor restrictions.

We are hoping possibly he will return to work at the end of October. I’m working on some photos of all the things we needed during this trial. 

Thanks for thinking of us.

Average Kimberly