Vida, I hope you can heal and get better soon. I have had no real instruction from my Doctor, no physical therapy, nothing. I was told my physical therapy was to walk. I have gained some weight, which drives me mad, but other than that I think I'm on the same path to recovery.
Paddles10,I have been to the barn infrequently and it really bothers me. The horses are my responsibility. We have 1 stallion and 8 others that include 2 broodmares who will foal this year. 1 in April and 1 in June. Along with (2) 2 year olds that need breaking. The last day I rode was April 15, 2012. I had gone to watch some team penning at a near by farm and that was that. I went home and got on my horse and after 15 minutes couldn't move my left leg. So, I said the heck with it and rode for over an hour, knowing that would be the last time for a while. I couldn't get off the horse either because I couldn't lift my left leg at all. My husband had to pull me off on the right side ;)
I have been petrified thinking that I'm not going to get better than I am currently. Think about it, you get the hip done and you are up walking the very next day. I wasn't in pain like I was previously, but I was VERY uncomfortable. My pain rate prior to surgery was through the roof. I also had a cyst in my hip that would press against my nerves. I would lay on the couch at night and think I had to be dying because the pain was so sharp. I thought it had to be cancer. Sometimes I would kick something by accident and I thought I would pass out. I would stumble because of the cyst pressing on my nerves, I couldn't lift my leg up when I sat down, I had fallen once because I couldn't lift my leg up for a high step. I stumbled at a Christmas party at my husbands office and his boss asked me if I had too much to drink when I hadn't had anything. Thankfully that is gone. With all that being said, you just want to go back to the way you were. Just hurry up and get back to life. I'd say that was humbling!! I would watch people on TV walking, dancing, jumping, just living and you long to be able to do that. I just didn't realize how long it would take. I have never broken a bone or anything like that, never had a long recuperation from anything. I guess patience is key, be patient with yourself. Be patient with your family for not always understanding that although you may look like you are back to normal, there is more internal healing to be done. Little by little, day by day, one moment at a time. And today was better than any day I've had in such a long time. There were moments today that I forgot that I had this done. That, in and of itself, gives me hope.
Thanks for listening and advising. This blog is priceless <3
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