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@Layla, thanks for reminding me about hip [HASH=147]#2![/HASH]
Thanksgiving was wonderful with family and friends over to gorge on the meal I make every year. I was overjoyed to be able to pull it off this year without jumping into ODIC. I was tired at the end of the night but it was a good tired.
This past Monday I had a massage by my good friend (a LMT) and afterwards she made a great observation about how I was still not walking straight down onto leg with hip#2. I’d been doing that for so long it had come to seem normal. So since then I’ve been carefully watching and insuring that both legs are straight. It has made a HUGE difference in how sore I feel. The first day after it was even more painful but thereafter, each day, it’s been getting looser and stronger. On Friday I had virtually no pain just stiffness by the end of the day. Stiff and sore is not the same as pain.
Yesterday we went out for brunch to celebrate our anniversary at a Four Seasons restaurant on the 60th floor of a new building in town. What a feast and what a view. We took the regional train into town and back (free for seniors!) and had a wonderful day. So last night I was a little more sore and tired.
This morning has been pain free so far. This afternoon we’re going over to our nephew’s place for football watching and food. And our goal this morning is to put up and decorate our tree. A few years ago we broke down and bought an artificial tree but I have all my mother’s ornaments plus the ones I’ve accumulated over the years. It’s 27°F out so it feels a little more like Christmas is near.
I do believe I may have just met the magical 4 Month Anniversary improvement that so many people report. Even with my two month sideline due to the fracture.
Edit to add: and the numb painful skin on my left thigh is still oh so slowly getting better.
Thanksgiving was wonderful with family and friends over to gorge on the meal I make every year. I was overjoyed to be able to pull it off this year without jumping into ODIC. I was tired at the end of the night but it was a good tired.
This past Monday I had a massage by my good friend (a LMT) and afterwards she made a great observation about how I was still not walking straight down onto leg with hip#2. I’d been doing that for so long it had come to seem normal. So since then I’ve been carefully watching and insuring that both legs are straight. It has made a HUGE difference in how sore I feel. The first day after it was even more painful but thereafter, each day, it’s been getting looser and stronger. On Friday I had virtually no pain just stiffness by the end of the day. Stiff and sore is not the same as pain.
Yesterday we went out for brunch to celebrate our anniversary at a Four Seasons restaurant on the 60th floor of a new building in town. What a feast and what a view. We took the regional train into town and back (free for seniors!) and had a wonderful day. So last night I was a little more sore and tired.
This morning has been pain free so far. This afternoon we’re going over to our nephew’s place for football watching and food. And our goal this morning is to put up and decorate our tree. A few years ago we broke down and bought an artificial tree but I have all my mother’s ornaments plus the ones I’ve accumulated over the years. It’s 27°F out so it feels a little more like Christmas is near.
I do believe I may have just met the magical 4 Month Anniversary improvement that so many people report. Even with my two month sideline due to the fracture.
Edit to add: and the numb painful skin on my left thigh is still oh so slowly getting better.