Barbaraj
supremo
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- Jul 23, 2018
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Good morning, all. It's day three of grandkid watching and much as I adore them, I am tired and so looking forward to this evening when their parents pick them up. Tuesday was the park and a picnic, and yesterday was a local children's museum. They adored that, but after 3 hours of screaming, running and not walking kidlets (despite signs to the contrary on every wall surface) I was exhausted. We took them out to lunch, and I had wine which was lovely but made me sleepy. Fortunately, on the way home both kids fell asleep in the car and then sleepily tootled off to their beds when we got home, affording me a lovely 45 minute break in the action. Today my husband is deserting me (an all day meeting for Mr. Retired) so I'm on my own. They're plunked in front of the TV watching cartoons right now but I know I need to get moving shortly and figure out what to do with 'em today. Park again? Picnic in the back yard? Baking something this afternoon? It's going to be a l-o-n-g day.
Hip is much the same--this mid part of recovery, as I recall from #1, is a slog. You clearly don't have the stunning improvements every week that you seem to have at first, and for now and the foreseeable future, I think it's going to be "more of same": stiff and sore but manageable for daily activities, and energy drain in the late afternoon. I'm officially 5 weeks as of yesterday so time is moving along. Still off all medication, no problems walking, area around the incision is gradually fading in color, incision seems to have healed nicely. I have nothing to complain of but I am so ready to take things to the next level. Six week check up is next Tuesday, with X-rays included, so hoping I'll get that much anticipated referral back to PT. That will give me a renewed sense of purpose which I feel like I could use right now. Okay, off to get coffee--can't believe I haven't had any yet!
Hip is much the same--this mid part of recovery, as I recall from #1, is a slog. You clearly don't have the stunning improvements every week that you seem to have at first, and for now and the foreseeable future, I think it's going to be "more of same": stiff and sore but manageable for daily activities, and energy drain in the late afternoon. I'm officially 5 weeks as of yesterday so time is moving along. Still off all medication, no problems walking, area around the incision is gradually fading in color, incision seems to have healed nicely. I have nothing to complain of but I am so ready to take things to the next level. Six week check up is next Tuesday, with X-rays included, so hoping I'll get that much anticipated referral back to PT. That will give me a renewed sense of purpose which I feel like I could use right now. Okay, off to get coffee--can't believe I haven't had any yet!