@Barbaraj I am definitely a side sleeper, but sleeping has felt weird for so long that I can’t remember what my normal side is! On my operated side I can still feel a tiny bit of lump/ tenderness, so I have to wiggle about to find the sweet spot of no discomfort. On my non op side I have a wretched pillow between my legs. I emailed my OS secretary today in the hope that now I am at 12 weeks the pillow restriction might end. She replied “I have spoken to (OS)’s assistant and the advice is that you can sleep on the operated side now and if you sleep on the unoperated side just make sure that your legs do not cross without the pillow. You should continue like this for at least another four weeks.” ???? Am I supposed to stay awake all night concentrating on not crossing legs? I have translated it to mean keep the pillow for another 4 weeks.
The last couple of days I have felt very good, apart from that cold. Until now I had a sensation, not pain really, a twinge at the top of my hip when I walked. Now that has gone. Once I have walked off initial stiffness (I guess that might be the “stutter steps” others mention), walking round the house feels totally normal. I really understand how people wind up in ODI club at this point. I have been receiving engraved invitations and special offers of introductory membership, but am trying hard to resist. Nonetheless I did do a circuit of the block without my crutch, which is a first. I took a walking pole with me just in case but carried it the whole way. I went as fast as I could, trying for 14 minutes which would be 3 mph, something like a normal walking pace, but I took about 15 minutes, so 2.8 mph. My stride length is short, so still a work in progress. And I am now lying down with ice. So not normal but getting there. It really is a danger time because of course to the outside world it looks like recovery is all finished, but we know inside the leg it isn’t.
Time for my 10 day progress report.
To recap, Day 76 was “ All walking at home and in the garden is without aids. Walking outside I take one crutch but only use it intermittently. Stairs are still non-alternating but working on it. Can almost but not quite reach my toes - in the race between toenails and flexibility I have conceded that the nails are winning and have made an appointment with a chiropodist (podiatrist) to get them cut. Hobbies getting close to normal. I’ve taken two long car journeys on successive days. I can still find the lump, but I have to search for it - a small divot is actually more noticeable than the lump now. I sleep about half the time on my operated side, which means better nights. I took a few pills in the last week. I still get a lot of stiffness but I think it is lessening.”
Day 86. Can walk outside for .7 miles without aids. Flexibility has improved, though still not as good as on non operated leg. I can go upstairs at home alternating feet, with a lot of help from banister, and I have once gone downstairs on an easy flight of stairs alternating feet. I could probably cut my toenails if I really tried, ironically my podiatrist appointment for this purpose is tomorrow so I haven’t tried. Hobbies normal but for short periods of activity. I’ve driven for about 30 minute trips. Lump is still there but much less tender. I can sleep reasonably well except for the pillow wrangling. I’ve been back on the pills but in the form of cold and flu tablets. (Now I write that I’m wondering if that is why the twinge has gone). Stiffness remains but has improved.
Writing this out it doesn’t seem like any major changes, but it does feel like the last 10 days have been a period of huge improvement. I guess it’s doing the same things but doing them easily.
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I'm happy for you. 
and glad to see you getting back to life!
funny.
