PTSD-Walk

14/07/2024

Politics is tearing our country apart. We all feel it.
It’s time for us, all of us, to show the whole world who we are as a country. If you love America, right now is the time you to say it. Not, tomorrow, not next week. Right now, while we still have a country.
…and if you need help, I'm printing this image on a shirts that will get the conversation started for you.

https://lets-save-america.printify.me/products

04/06/2021

https://www.facebook.com/101343345177399/posts/196519455659787/

15/05/2021

Update on my leg and the healing process.

I've been able to walk without pain or difficulty on mostly level surfaces. Slight slopes are fine. Going up and down stairs over and over hurts my leg. Driving in stop and go traffic for a 20 minutes hurts my leg.

MRI report arrived in the mail today. It said I have Tendnosis.

"Tendonosis takes longer to heal than tendonitis. If recognized early, it might be treated successfully in as little as six weeks. Chronic cases often take three to six months to heal completely, and sometimes longer."

08/05/2021

I'm writing a children's book using images inspired from the PTSD-WALK.

When you read a book to a kid, do they normally sit on your left or your right? I'm trying to decide which side to have more images.

29/04/2021

I restarted the a little too early. Yesterday I walked 19 miles and I can tell my right shin is not yet ready for the abuse I intend to put it through. Which is why I'm flying back to Missouri tomorrow. I'll be back after I make a full recovery. I'm hoping another 2 weeks of recovery is all I need. @ Jacksonville, Florida

29/04/2021

I restarted too soon. There's no way around that simple fact. I thought I had healed up enough to continue the walk. Just in case I was wrong I gave myself 3 medium mileage days in the beginning to assess my body. Sounds prudent right?

Yesterday I walked 19 miles and I'm feeling it today in my right shin. I'm not in pain yet. I do understand I'm playing with fire though. I told myself this is the time frame when I would be able to pause if my body was not yet ready. That's much easier said than done though, because I want to continue walking and I know I can walk through first few days of pain.

I feel an internal time pressure. As if my window of opportunity is slipping away from me like sand through my fingers. I also do not want to permanently injure myself.

People like to remind me that I'm not 18 years old anymore and even though I've got a big ego, I'm not immortal. I don't know how much time I need to heal which is why I'm going back home.

27/04/2021

Just boarded my first flight bringing me back to Florida to resume the

11/04/2021

Healing update:

The redness is gone as is almost all of the inflammation. My pain levels have decreased and my stability is slowly returning. I have regained full mobility of the big toe on my right foot. Yes, that was an issue I was having.

Today was the first day I felt comfortable driving a car. I do not think I was capable of using my right foot to work the gas and brake pedals last week. So, I view all of these as positive steps towards getting back on the road.

My current goal is to resume the PTSD-Walk on April 21st. I have several prominent people I would like to meet on the walk back to Kansas City. In order to remove one possible obstacle of meeting them, I got my COVID vaccine shot today. I got the Johnson & Johnson.

06/04/2021

I flew home to Kansas City to heal. I will return to Jacksonville in a couple weeks to resume the When life knocks me down, I find a way to get back up.

The doctor said the results of the MRI showed a muscle strain with inflamed tendons. Which is good news because I was concerned the tendons were seriously damaged. He explained that if I were to continue the PTSD-Walk without resting and healing I would increase the risk of severing the tendons, which would require surgery. He said 2-3 weeks of rest. So, instead of resting in a hotel or AirBnB I opted to heal at home with family. Don't worry, I will return.

I'll keep y'all updated on my healing progress.

I'm going to try and use this time to do some helpful things I wanted to do on the road, but didn't have the time or energy to do. Such as make some videos. Why videos? I can only talk to so many people in a day. There is no limit to the number of people that can listen to a video. I'm going to keep trying to help others struggling in silence with Post-Traumatic Stress.
@ Lees Summit, Missouri

04/04/2021

Happy Easter everyone.

My right leg is still giving me balance and stability issues. Sure it's painful, but I'm tough and can walk through the pain. I do not like falling down. That's my current problem. So this morning I got an M.R.I. (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) done at UF Health. Thank you Bruce Hamilton for making this possible.

Until my right leg is stable and dependable again it's not safe for me to be back on the road. Imagine me walking along a road with a two feet wide road shoulder, losing balance, and falling onto the road with traffic coming right at me. Not safe!

I should get the results of the M.R.I. back tomorrow. I'll update y'all after I know what's going on. Until then I'm in a PAUSE status for safety reasons.

02/04/2021

https://www.news4jax.com/video/morning-show/2021/04/02/army-veteran-walks-to-raise-awareness-for-ptsd/

Army vet, Stephen Meyers completed a 2,000 mile walk from Kansas City, Missouri to Jacksonville Beach to raise awareness for PTSD. Meyers joins us to talk about the walk.