How are you, haven't heard you around lately? Hopefully you're just busy with life.
As a matter of fact, I am!! And SE, I took my dog for our first real walk since last year yesterday! Yesterday was also my second follow up visit, and the first time I have seen the surgeon since the operation. He gave us all A's. (The team of myself, my wife and of course him as the surgeon, lol) I can't say enough good things about my Surgeon. I have all the confidence in the world in him and his team. If I have to do the other hip, I hope he is still working.
It's funny, last weekend I was still able to reach the point of overdoing it and wanting the ice and my chair. I've been motoring all over the house and yard, riding the lawnmower, even did some weed wacking. As of Monday, I went to PT in the morning and I just felt better, nothing in particular, just an overall sense. Breezed through that, and kept myself busy with things in the shop and house and I just seemed to be able to keep going. That evening, I felt fine. Same for Tuesday and yesterday. Tuesday I was bad - I brought my dirtbike to DMV to get it inspected so I could get it registered. At one point I felt I was pushing it, I had to park far away and walk into the building, down a long hall, up and down stairs and then of course, back out. But no real pain anymore, just a bunch of stiffness. (By the way, I have not ridden the motorcycle at all, and won't for some time. It's just that getting it inspected and registered is a real process here, and wanted to get it done while I had the time away from work.)
So yesterday, I did PT early, the Dr's visit just before noon and had lunch out. When we got home, I said to my wife I want to walk the dogs. So we leashed them up and of course they are going nuts because it's been a good 8 months now. So we went down the hill and walked on the rails to trails section behind the house. Only went about a mile, still want to be cautious about getting too far away and having it be too much. My bigger dog, Kayla, is a real puller. She's still young and full of it. She was getting better about the pulling before we stopped walking, so I have some work to do with her. Last night, no issues. I was walking around in my shop remembering how before the operation I would be limping all over the place and wincing everytime the bones lined up just right.
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This is amazing!
Oh, and my return to work- The doc left it up to me- 6,7, or 8 weeks off? He doesn't do a phased return, so I opted for 7 weeks. I spoke to the people at work and I will come in next week and visit for a while. I need to spend some time catching up on stuff because my boss will be out when I go back .
It has been an adventure (right
@59billy?) I'm so very glad I didn't wait any longer to go ahead and get it done. In the Doc's office we were looking at the before and after xrays of the joint, and boy it really was shot! The new one looks weird, all that metal. But you know what? If I didn't know anything about it, and there were no xrays to look at, I would just think that he fixed what I had. It honestly feels/works just like the old one did, or should I say like a normal hip should feel.
I'm thankful to have found Bonesmart and to have had the support and camaraderie of fellow hipsters- those going through this at the same time, and the vets who hang around to tell us good times are coming.
I know this isn't over for me yet, but I am definitely getting there. There is definitely a bunch of stiffness, and it is a little tender where the incision was and still a knot/hard area (scar tissue maybe, or just continual healing) but it's not slowing me down much. My next follow up isn't until 8/9. I'll check in from time to time to see how you all are doing.
Thanks!!!
<--- This IS my dog, lol.
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(I'm a cat person if y'all haven't figured that out)
- not tired, stressed and hurting...these are the major victories!
