Hi everyone! I woke up to some snow this morning. Where did my nice weather go?????? Oh well, it was bound to happen. Couldn't live in paradise forever. Something interesting--I had wonderful weather for both of my hip replacement recoveries. First was an unusually warm winter and early spring ... second was a gorgeous, sunny summer. I was one lucky duck to be off work at these times.
I have the black roller, and it is VERY stiff. I bought it on Amazon.com. It had good reviews and was one of the more expensive ones, so I automatically thought it would be the best one. I do like it for my hip adductor work where I can control the pressure more easily than the back and I do have bruises, but they aren't horrid and my PT doesn't think I'm doing too much with it in that area. He did advise against using it for my back because I told him it hurt quite a bit to do it. His advice about everything I do is if increases the pain, don't do it. Such simple advice that I've gotten from both outpatient PTs I've seen after the second hip. I don't know why all PTs don't subscribe to the same way of thinking????? I wouldn't be in this mess with my hip adductors and flexors if they did. I still GRRRRR about the post op hospital PT messing me up. Have to let go of that eventually ... but for now I still bi$ch a bit here and there, lol.
I'm going to look into getting a softer foam roller for my back and butt. I like the idea of a medium density one for that area--something that will gently work it but not pinch it the way my high density roller does. I should have consulted with the PT before buying the roller--I didn't know there were different densities. I felt their white ones in the office and they were much softer than mine. I think I'm going to ask if they have an old worn out one I can have or buy from them. Or, I'll go to a sporting goods store and feel before I buy. They should have them at this type of store?? I'll ask my PT.
PT is going well. It's a completely different focus than any other PT I've had. He works almost 90% of the time on myofascial release work. It's getting better. It's slow going, though. Things are just so tight and inflammed. Not the raw feeling it once had, though, so it does feel like it's getting there. I'm scheduled to have another muscle injection Nov 20th and I asked my PT if he thought I should do that, or just keep doing what he is doing. He said to have the injection if I'm not significantly better by then. It's pretty stubborn, and I should use anything I can to get rid of it. I do feel things are a bit looser, though, and I don't feel like I need the Percocet as much lately. Things are finally moving in a good direction
It goes to show that even good PT's have differing approaches and it's important to check out a couple if one is not providing all the relief you need.
The critters are doing fine, hunkering down for the winter. I see the horses spending more time in their stalls (doors open to the pasture all the time so they can come and go as the want). They are turning into wimps. They are the equivalent to my age, and they are just like me--they don't want to be cold and uncomfortable either! lol The dogs are just as wild and crazy as ever. Cats are curling up and sleeping most of the time--I don't know how they sleep as much as they do without going into a permanent coma, lol.
Something I've noticed since I've been back to work. My perspective on work has changed so much as a result of going through his hip ordeal. I used to get very bothered by all the stupid stuff at work--I work for a governmental agency and sometimes they don't make the best decisions and it gets annoying if you let it. But, I rarely get worked up about the small stuff anymore. We had a situation of this type the other day where our work computer system went down due to some dumb programming thing, and most people were complaining about it. I found I had no interest in wasting my time and energy on that, and just did something else fun until it came back up. In the past, I would have joined in the complaining session and gotten upset ... but not now. The hip ordeal has really changed my perspective about life and what's worth my time and energy. That's the best thing that has come out of it. I can be a little "tightly wrapped" and worry ... I now pick and choose what is worth worrying about. Cool!!!!
I'm still catching up financially. I've had a huge number of bills coming due end of October and early November, and its pretty much tapped me out. I drained my savings during my additional time off work and the extra money I had to spend on PT, gas to get there, etc. after the second hip problem. I feel like calling the hospital PT staff and saying "I want reimbursement for the extra money you cost me." Oh well, have to let that go. As I said before, I still get a little "GGGRRRRRR" about that ... but it's getting better. I don't hate them as much as I did
That's progress.
Now, I'm going out for breakfast. I'm thinking about a grilled cheese sandwich with bacon. I know that's not traditional breakfast food, but it sounds good to me today.
I also have a chicken slow cooking in the crockpot and will be making a chicken and dumplings for later in the day. Great cold weather food.
Hope you all have a great day!!! I plan to.
Dorothy
United States
on both sides.
