#nothingisofflimits

SONG OPEN FOR 🎤🎸🥁👽✍️🗣🧠... #COLLABORATIONS! Brand new #Edm #Fusion #Reggae ... . Messing with some new sounds #EDM #Loops #LiveGuitar #SomePercussion #SomeDubstep #Some #Vocals #Effects and #Fresh #Lyrics... Watcha think? #elKallpa #Art #Music #Why #Because #MusicisLife #Fusion #Nothingisofflimits #CreativeBrain . . . . 🌖🌩🌪☄️💥🪐🌍🌏🌔 (at Monterey, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEBMFO8AveY/?igshid=156b7bsgvtrjf

day 580 : i quit my job 1 month ago today. . this is currently what many of my days look like, and i'm not mad about it. . quitting my job was the scariest decision i think i've ever made, and i went back and forth agonizing for months on end. in reality, i needed the experience/to prove myself that i COULD go back to work, but the effect on my personal wellness and recovery was never positive from the start. . i am confident i've made the right decision, both for my soul and for continued focus and dedication to all of this return in function and feeling i'm feeling and continue to get back. i am amazed and eternally grateful. . i've gone back to driving #uber and #lyft, but to counteract all of that sitting (wellness, come on people) i've become a grocery shopper for #instacart and #shipt. turns out, it's kind of the perfect training tool i need right now?? . sometimes i end up at 6-8 stores a day. legs are definitely feeling it, but i'm refining my walk and getting some fast paces in! plus, carrying groceries is like, peak function training - am i right #fitfam . doc says i really don't need any more physical therapy, but i'm NOWHERE NEAR where i want to be! anyone have any ideas for something a step beyond personal training with a touch of neuro?? #help . that's enough of an update for now. just doing my best every day, which sometimes isn't that great, but hey - does it really even matter? 😬🙃 . cheers friends. keep on keepin on 🖤 . . . #spinalcordinjury #rebuild #scirecovery #notimeforparalysis #whatparalysis #notalldisabilitiesarevisible #paraplegiclife #incompleteparaplegic #bionicbadass #lifeaftersci #nothingisofflimits #moveyourbody #keeponkeepinon #neverstopplaying #justgottagetthroughit #healingisnotlinear #ambulatorywheelchairusersexist #dothehardstuff https://www.instagram.com/p/Bte0eOmhSvX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=m0tmx3cvc70k

day 335 : [11 months] . approaching one year in one month is kicking up feely-emotions that haven’t been felt in a few months. . mental health is an on-going challenge. from accepting the way my body now looks, to constantly expecting to fall at any moment, to balancing pushing myself too hard with workouts v. taking the rest i need, to just figuring out how new me is going to choose to handle every-day life things. . to say it’s been a rollercoaster is an understatement. it’s been a tortuous, scarring, burning, bruising ride through various levels of hell, and every moment of it has ultimately been full of beauty. even the ugly ones. . thanks instagram for giving me a peek through the journeys of so many others, showing me i’m not alone, and appreciating the raw magic that comes from fighting a fight. thank you insta-fam for coming along with me in this ride. . today’s workout dedicated to the power of knowing who you are enough to be proud of the choices you make, and living what makes you feel wild. . #liveyourbestlife #spinalcordinjury #scirecovery #learningtowalkagain #notimeforparalysis #whatparalysis #notalldisabilitiesarevisible #paraplegiclife #incompleteparaplegic #thecomebackisstrongerthanthesetback #brokenbody #bionicbadass #lifeaftersci #nothingisofflimits #exerciseismedicine #moveyourbody #takecareofyourbodyandyourbodywilltakecareofyou

day 36 : the best matchy-matchy outfit for an important last day. . i'm getting ready to go back into surgery tomorrow. . unfortunately, my first surgery was done sloppy and dangerously. my rods extend far too low, and there are screws headed toward my spinal cord canal, left lung, and aorta. . fortunately though, everyone at craig is incredibly confident that this surgery will eliminate the majority of the sources of excruciating pain i've experienced the past month. . they are also going to upgrade my metal pieces so they can *hopefully* withstand a full recovery. . i'm excited, terrified, yet completely nonchalant about what's to come tomorrow (don't ask me how those emotions all fit together, they just do). . ✌🏽out til tomorrow fam. love you all to pieces. thanks for supporting me and following my story. . . . #headbandsandhightops #headbandnation #spinalcordinjury #extrarepsfortrish #trishstrong #nothingisofflimits #chucktaylors (at Craig Hospital)

day 30 : locomotor gaming brought to you by the coolest hospital in the world. . yesterday we were surprised to see this on our daily schedule. walking already?? . this machine can be set up to do 100% of the work, but yesterday they had enough faith in me to do 20% and let the machine do 80%. . while the gaming part was fun (the little dude would go higher up on the screen the more effort my legs and hips put out), there was another screen that charted how much effort my right hip, left hip, right knee, and left knee put out individually. i'm ecstatic to report that all four locations put out effort on their own!! . baby steps to bring my body back to full #physicalwellness. . . . #locomotortraining #headbandsandhightops #headbandnation #spinalcordinjury #extrarepsfortrish #trishstrong #nothingisofflimits (at Craig Hospital)

day 18 : #thankfulthursday - poppin wheelies is (shockingly) the first skill you must learn when on a wheelchair, young padawan. . i am thankful for being put in a position where i can be a beginner and not feel the pressure to be perfect at something or the blah-ness of doing the same thing day in and day out. . i did not have a choice to be a beginner in this situation, but anyone's #intellectualwellness will improve by putting themselves in a position to learn something new. . who says you have to stay in something or stick to your routine everyday if you hate it or are not happy? . one of the incredible nurses on my team was telling me about her life-long career as a dental hygienist. one day, she decided she did not want to do that any more and enrolled in nursing school. she found her forever happy job and has not looked back in two years. . i still have a long way to go with wheelies, but all i keep remembering is that #lifeisajourneynotadestination. . . . #headbandsandhightops #headbandnation #spinalcordinjury #extrarepsfortrish #trishstrong #nothingisofflimits (at Craig Hospital)

day 39 : i failed you all and didn't post yesterday. i was also hopped up on drugs soooo much i don't even think i knew my own name. . in a lot of pain, but generally alright. this surgery was 100x more painful than the first, but neurosurgeon said we achieved 95% alignment in this back. . I don't even know how i'm doing right now, so don't ask, but I'm grateful, alive, and can still move my feel and legs slightly. so there ya go!🙃 . . . #headbandsandhightops #headbandnation #spinalcordinjury #extrarepsfortrish #trishstrong #nothingisofflimits (at Swedish Medical Center)

day 27 : feeling like a million bucks today. . we found out this week that i will be having surgery again within the week. a couple of misplaced screws and hardware that won't hold up if we do *optimistically speaking* have a full recovery. . yesterday we ventured solo to some stores with our newly-learned skills of using public transportation, and we bought some much-needed clothes (since we still hadn't bought much and we're functioning off of beach vacation clothing). . when you're feeling yourself, live it the hell up! it's difficult for a lot of people to love themselves, so do what you need to do to #loveyourself and #loveyourselffirst. . . . #headbandsandhightops #headbandnation #spinalcordinjury #extrarepsfortrish #trishstrong #nothingisofflimits (at Corvus Coffee)