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Laura

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🐶 Dog Mama to Hektor- @hekkigram
💪🏻 Battling chronic back pain DDD post scoliosis recovery
🧠 ASD - late diagnosis

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Paws on deck, mind on the prize 🥩

For us, training happens everywhere and this means even on the ferry!

Hekki knows that his @twiggytags Treat Pouch contains his two favourite high value treats - roast beef slices and cheese 🧀 Thanks to the silicone pouch, it makes using these kind of treats mess free! And when we are done for the day, I can pop the silicone bag with remaining treats back in the fridge for tomorrow!

The treat pouch also has a poop bag holder and several pockets. It can also be worn as a shoulder bag, or like a bum bag - I opt for the latter most of the time!

Hekki also wears Aurora in the Lite Harness with the Lite Bungee Lead.

Code: HEKKI

#treatpouch #doggear #dogtraining #travelwithdogs #dogfriendlytravel by @hektors_laura

Grateful for adventures with my reason, my lifeline 🫶🏻

#hikingwithdogs #hikingdogsofinstagram #dog #outdoors #adventure by @hektors_laura

My favourite type of therapy, just him and I 🐶🏕️

#campingwithdogs #dogswhocamp #adventurepup #campingdog #dogsofinstagram by @hektors_laura

I’ve been finding things really hard lately in my brain, feeling very alone, overwhelmed and defeated so I’ve been looking back at a few of the amazing things I’ve achieved with Hekki by my side this year.

Two years ago I hiked the Cat Bells. I was in pain and I struggled but I did it. This year I did it again, with much more knowledge and power around my conditions, feeling stronger and better than ever, my chronic pain and fatigue much better managed.

However, after this summer, the chronic pain and chronic fatigue syndrome has well and truly kicked my ass so I’m taking the time to recover and reset. I definitely pushed it too far with all of our adventures but this is the kind of thing that I live for, that brings me so much happiness, anything else feels so lacking.

Here’s to the reset and getting back on track to being stronger than ever with my best friend by my side.

#dogmum #cutedogpics #adventurewithdogs #chronicpain #chronicfatiguesyndrome by @hektors_laura

I don’t think I could explain how much this little dog has saved me.

Living every day inside my brain is hard. Living every day with chronic pain for the last 19 years has made it infinitely harder.

He’s given me the motivation to get to the best place I can get to - better - but I still live with pain daily. I’ve been told I’ll be on medication for the rest of my life.

When I was 14 I went in for my scoliosis surgery and I’ll be honest, I thought that would ‘fix’ things. I had some pretty significant curves and an ‘S’ shaped spine.

Fast forward to today, I live with degenerative disc disease, arthritis, facet joint inflammation and have had countless medications, steroid injections and radio frequency denervation.

In the last few years I also got diagnosed with chronic fatigue and experience muscular pain flare ups all over my body. Each time I head to the GP they say ‘we don’t know what to do, we can’t help you’.

I’ve done the Nuffield Joint Pain Programme which has changed my life this year. But it doesn’t mean I live pain free. I still have pain every day, though it’s managed much better and I have learned to pace myself. I am stronger and more capable of doing things with less impact on my body.

However I still have immense flare ups of pain and fatigue. It’s one of those things I have learned to accept. My body constantly fights me and feels like it wants to shut down.

The posts you see on this grid show me hiking, camping, kayaking … it’s taken a huge amount of work and effort to be able to do the things I have done. You don’t see the weeks spent bed bound after, the working from my bed, the struggling to move or the fight to just get out of bed.

Remember not everything people go through is visible. Let’s hear it for all the dogs helping their hoomans through chronic pain battles 🫶🏻

#chronicpainawareness #scoliosis #degenerativediscdisease #dogmum #chronicpain by @hektors_laura

Just a girl and her boy dog ❤️

Hekki decided he would stick his tongue out especially for these photos - it made me smile and filled my heart with so much joy and laughter.

Boy dog | dog mum | heart | joy | love | tongue out | cute dog

#boydog #dogmum #love #heart by @hektors_laura

Baking with my little Star Barker 🐶🍪👩‍🍳

I spent some of Saturday afternoon baking these @dogandbond treats with Hektor. They’re so easy to make and you can find all the kit at @lakelanduk !

Swipe to see Hekki baking 🥰

#bakingwithlove #dogtreats #dogmum #dogmumlife #starbaker by @hektors_laura

Hi Dad. It’s been a while.

8 years in fact.

I still remember holding your hand during your final breaths.

They say that grief never gets easier, but you get used to it. They’re right.

Today I’m allowing myself to feel it all. I’m letting the tears fall.

I know you’re still in my heart. I still talk to you. I don’t know if you can see the messages I write every few months on your memorial page but it makes me feel like you’re still here.

Today, I know you were watching over me. I know you’ve been by my side through the battles I’ve fought over the years. I know you’ve helped me have the mental, physical and emotional resilience to keep going and move forward.

The only thing that I need right now is a hug from you. It breaks me that I can’t get one.

Until we meet again Dad.

#bereavement #griefjourney #dad #grief by @hektors_laura

How lucky am I that he chose me as his best friend 🥺

#bestfriend #souldog #dog #love #dogmum by @hektors_laura

Never underestimate the things you achieve when your body fights back with every step you take.

Sometimes social media doesn’t reflect the battles someone faces. The frustration that their body won’t always allow them to do what they want, the feeling of failing when your body shuts down, the despair when you realise you’re headed for another flare up. Your mind fights that desire to adventure vs the need to rest and recover constantly.

I’m lucky to have Hektor by my side. He inspires and motivates me to pursue my dreams whilst being kind to myself as I work to build up my strength and strive for stability in my health.

Adventures aren’t always easy, but adventures with Hekki make my life worth living.

Chronic pain, degenerative disc disease, chronic fatigue, arthritis, facet joint inflammation and the metal rods in my spine are part of my story, but they don’t write my future.

#chronicpain #chronicfatigue #adventure #chronicfatiguesyndrome #degenerativediscdisease by @hektors_laura

Dogs > people

#dogsarebetterthanpeople #dogmum #soloadventure #doglovers #iykyk by @hektors_laura

Charlie has stolen my heart 🤍

#elderlycat #cutecat #catsofinstagram by @hektors_laura