MY
JOURNEY

I was born in France in a little town called Lagogne to parents of Calabria Italy.  When I was five we migrated to Vancouver, BC and I had a wonderful childhood.  In the last month of high school I meet the love of my life Gian and married in 1984.  We have three incredible kids and 4 amazing grandsons and 1 beautiful granddaughter.  I live my life for them and need to be healthy so I can enjoy every moment.

 

This Website & Blog is about my wellness therefore I need to provide a little history of what has impacted my health: 

• I was in a car accident that damaged L3 – 5 discs in my lower back at age 21.  This caused me to have three different types of surgeries and spent several months in a hospital bed.  I went through the first GF Strong chronic pain rehab program to help cope with pain. 

• I fell down the stairs at work and had to have my ankle reconstructed and went through a second GF Strong chronic pain rehab program. 

• I injured my neck and shoulders at work while installing a telephone system.  It caused me to have three neck surgeries to remove C3-7 discs and replace them with titanium cages as well as both shoulders had to have rotator cuffs repaired.  Needless to say I went through a third GF Strong chronic pain rehab program.

• In total I've had 18 surgeries from repairing bone, torn ligaments and taking out organs I no longer need

 

Coping with pain has been something I’ve done for a very long time.  Since that car accident there hasn’t been a day when I’m not in a lot of pain.  For a couple of years I was taking 16 extra strength Advil’s per day to cope with it.  This is where my wellness journey began……