Save Cindy's Back and Leg
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Hello everyone! My name is Cindy Bough. I am wife to Vince Bough, and a mother of four children. Gavin(11), Ava(7), Olive(2), and Lola(1). I am a Yoga Instructor at Tadasana, (Park City, Utah). I also am an online health and wellness coach.
My journey that brought me to my current state began 2 years ago. I got pregnant with my fourth baby(surprise!) in August 2013. A couple months into the pregnancy, I develiped a severe case of sciatica. Baby Lola was positioned just right to create excruciating pain in my right hip and leg. I could not walk long distances, only hobble around and back to the couch. Vince massaged my hip every night, just to get enough relief to sleep.
It became a test of survival, day by day. I just had to make it through that day, not looking into the future too far. You can imagine my joy on April 15, 2014 when Lola was born healthy and happy! I had another beautiful child, and I thought my pain and suffering was over, physically. My sciatica improved some, after her delivery, but I still had residual soreness, pain and numbness in my right hip, leg and foot.
During the first months of her life, I was able to resume my yoga practice, which had been unavailable to me during that pregnancy. What I didn't realize is that I now had 2 bulging disc in my lumbar spine, that were continuing to wreak havoc on the sciatic nerve.
In January 2015, I was inspired to take hold of my physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well being. I committed to working out everyday at least 30 minutes, eating clean and fresh, doing yoga and meditation daily, reading self improvement books, and also coaching others to do the same! I started teaching yoga again in March of 2015, and it started to feel like I was getting back to normal! I lost all baby weight and then some! I was feeling good!
During this time of high activity, and movement, my discs started to weaken. Two weeks ago, on August 22, 2015, I was doing my workout from home, and did a squat that broke me. My hip seized up, I fell on the ground crying in the most excruciating pain I have ever felt. I saw actual stars... I lost all sensation and strength to my right foot. It was flopping, not responding to me trying to move it. I had no control over my right leg and foot. I gave it a couple of days, just to see if it would improve, and it did not. That led me to the hospital where I had several MRI's. The disc between L4 and L5 had burst, had herniated... There are fragments of that disc sitting on the nerve head of the sciatic, thus blocking all sensation to my right foot. I also have a bulging disc in between L5 and S1.
I need surgery as soon as possible to save my right leg and foot from losing all use and sensation, for the rest of my life. My spine is of optimal importance too, the discs must be repaired and cleaned up. Which brings me to why I am fundraising for myself. Insurance. We had insurance through the Marketplace. Vince switched jobs a couple of months ago, and it all got screwed up. My insurance ended one month ago.
The surgeon will do the surgery as soon as I can pay him up front. Of course, we are looking into how to get insurance up and running once again... But that takes time. And time I do not have a lot of....the pressure of the fragments, sitting on the nerve, will damage it everyday until it is released.
I love being active! Being healthy and being outdoors and enjoying activities is so important in my life! I love walking, yoga, paddle boarding, snowboarding, hiking, running, swimming!!! I love it all! Life is such a beautiful thing! Your body is so precious and fragile. And I try to treat mine good, and I feel so bad that it is broken. I am broken. And I need support from people who can relate to me. Who want to feel good about themselves, knowing they could donate money to a mommy, that needs surgery on her back, who needs to run and play with her children. I know you will receive blessings in your life, if you are able to bless me and my life! We are all in this life together!! We are all One!
I say thank you in advance, from the bottom of my heart. I send my love to each and everyone of you. And please, if you would share this on your wall, that way we can reach as many people as possible, I truly would appreciate it! Love to all, Cindy Bough
My journey that brought me to my current state began 2 years ago. I got pregnant with my fourth baby(surprise!) in August 2013. A couple months into the pregnancy, I develiped a severe case of sciatica. Baby Lola was positioned just right to create excruciating pain in my right hip and leg. I could not walk long distances, only hobble around and back to the couch. Vince massaged my hip every night, just to get enough relief to sleep.
It became a test of survival, day by day. I just had to make it through that day, not looking into the future too far. You can imagine my joy on April 15, 2014 when Lola was born healthy and happy! I had another beautiful child, and I thought my pain and suffering was over, physically. My sciatica improved some, after her delivery, but I still had residual soreness, pain and numbness in my right hip, leg and foot.
During the first months of her life, I was able to resume my yoga practice, which had been unavailable to me during that pregnancy. What I didn't realize is that I now had 2 bulging disc in my lumbar spine, that were continuing to wreak havoc on the sciatic nerve.
In January 2015, I was inspired to take hold of my physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well being. I committed to working out everyday at least 30 minutes, eating clean and fresh, doing yoga and meditation daily, reading self improvement books, and also coaching others to do the same! I started teaching yoga again in March of 2015, and it started to feel like I was getting back to normal! I lost all baby weight and then some! I was feeling good!
During this time of high activity, and movement, my discs started to weaken. Two weeks ago, on August 22, 2015, I was doing my workout from home, and did a squat that broke me. My hip seized up, I fell on the ground crying in the most excruciating pain I have ever felt. I saw actual stars... I lost all sensation and strength to my right foot. It was flopping, not responding to me trying to move it. I had no control over my right leg and foot. I gave it a couple of days, just to see if it would improve, and it did not. That led me to the hospital where I had several MRI's. The disc between L4 and L5 had burst, had herniated... There are fragments of that disc sitting on the nerve head of the sciatic, thus blocking all sensation to my right foot. I also have a bulging disc in between L5 and S1.
I need surgery as soon as possible to save my right leg and foot from losing all use and sensation, for the rest of my life. My spine is of optimal importance too, the discs must be repaired and cleaned up. Which brings me to why I am fundraising for myself. Insurance. We had insurance through the Marketplace. Vince switched jobs a couple of months ago, and it all got screwed up. My insurance ended one month ago.
The surgeon will do the surgery as soon as I can pay him up front. Of course, we are looking into how to get insurance up and running once again... But that takes time. And time I do not have a lot of....the pressure of the fragments, sitting on the nerve, will damage it everyday until it is released.
I love being active! Being healthy and being outdoors and enjoying activities is so important in my life! I love walking, yoga, paddle boarding, snowboarding, hiking, running, swimming!!! I love it all! Life is such a beautiful thing! Your body is so precious and fragile. And I try to treat mine good, and I feel so bad that it is broken. I am broken. And I need support from people who can relate to me. Who want to feel good about themselves, knowing they could donate money to a mommy, that needs surgery on her back, who needs to run and play with her children. I know you will receive blessings in your life, if you are able to bless me and my life! We are all in this life together!! We are all One!
I say thank you in advance, from the bottom of my heart. I send my love to each and everyone of you. And please, if you would share this on your wall, that way we can reach as many people as possible, I truly would appreciate it! Love to all, Cindy Bough
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Cindy Nielsen Bough
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Midway, UT