Hi everyone
I saw that
@Me2 had posted on my thread for an update and of course I have been meaning to come by and write one but then something else would happen ....and ....anyway here I am.
I've been going pretty well since I last posted. I really needed to step away from Bs and focus on my family for a while and just being me and not a hippie, if you get what I mean! Life had been about my hip for far too long. I will never ever forget the support you all gave me during those dark days and how you all helped me pull through.
I finished rehab which is outpatient physiotherapy through the hospital and have been going really well. A few weeks ago I started private physio again because I was getting pain in my knee and lower back and I could feel I had weakness around my glutes and was sure the pain was from compensating with other muscles. I do the exercises she recommends to strengthen the area and love the relief the massage and therapy gives at the visit.
If I'm really tired I revert to a limp but otherwise I'm walking quite well and can get a little speed up. I'm back to just about doing everything around the house but would still struggle carrying too much weight up stairs or doing too many stairs in a day. I'm sure it's just muscle weakness and it will improve everyday. Both the surgeon and physio are happy with my range of movement. I can lift the operated leg up off the bed if I'm lying flat on my back to 90 degrees which is pretty good. I can also put on shoes and socks and pretty much touch my toes.
We just got back from Singapore over a week ago and that truly gave my leg a good workout. I did so much walking and stairs in the first 2 days that the pain in my joint came back at night and I wasn't sleeping. I think it was all the stairs. However, over the following few days it was a little better. Since we have been back I've made a real effort to schedule regular min 30 min walks and am pleased to say I've improved. I also started clinical Pilates today which will focus on improving my core and weak glute muscles. It's run by a physiotherapist and there's only 2 of us in the class so it was really great. It's helped me see how I can improve.
Each day I still need a rest and on some days after a super busy time or activities I find a need a good sleep in or almost a huge rest day. Im sensible and give in to the fatigue when I have to. I'm still on my abx 4 x a day until next year and then we will wean me off them and see what happens. Fingers crossed.
I am still not working and probably won't till next year. Although we could desperately use the money hubby wants me to get back into life and not feel the pressure while I work on my weaknesses. I'm using the time to get the house back into order after being out of action and reorganising and cleaning lots of things. I have little projects on the go most of the time like cleaning out and reorganising the pantry etc.
I've recently really cleaned up my diet and lost 3kg (6.6 lbs) and want to lose another 8 kg to get back to where I was before my hip started playing up. It was school holidays here the last 2 weeks and I really enjoyed being active and around for the kids. It's been a long time...in fact a year that I haven't been unwell or recovering from a surgery during their holidays and they enjoyed having me back to normal.
I have a better attitude to life and want to do everything. I was on a mission in Singapore to do everything possible and enjoy it all. We went for my husbands work so many of our days had activities or dinners planned but we still managed to do so much. The F1 Grand Prix was fabulous and there were live concerts afterwards (Robbie Williams and Jennifer. Lopez) we did a Segway tour, ate in lots of awesome restaurants, did a river cruise both day and night, went to universal studios, cable car ride from sentosa to the mainland, cocktail parties in amazing places (I wore low heels twice!!!!) and had some really wonderful quality time with hubby who as you all know has been absolutely amazing throughout all of this. It's been so nice to give back to him.
At the end of august I did hurt my hip. I was sitting on some stairs after a kids party at a hall and I must of stood up at a funny angle and the hip really really hurt...actually for a few days. It was that internal rotation I think and it must of hit muscles that weren't used to it.
However tonight something even more concerning happened while sitting on some stairs outside in our back yard talking to hubby. I was leaning over my operated leg looking at my calf. My chest was on my thigh and the leg clicked and then Dropped to a funny angle. I said to my husband 'did you hear that? Can you see my leg?' And then I felt all weird like I was imaging it all happening but it hadn't actually happened when of course it actually had. I put my arm under my thigh and lifted it slightly and it popped back. It felt like it was sucked back into place and I felt it go back in.
Of course it freaked me out and I googled it and found some links to BS, read them and then thought while I was actually here I'd do an update and see what
@Josephine thought about that? From what I've read it's a subluxation?
I will ring the surgeon tomorrow .....I see him next week anyway. I see him every six weeks with bloods and an xray and I see the prof on Thursday as well. It actually didn't hurt ....I sat there staring at my leg but it felt strange and now it feels sore like I bruised the muscles deep inside. It's throbbing too. Weird. Should I be worried?
I think about you all often and have seen a few updates from time to time as they come thru on my email.
I can never thank you all enough for your support through those awful months when many of my own friends forgot me or were too busy. Life is good and especially with summer on its way. I love summer.
My scar is pretty yuk.....it goes in a fair bit and is dimply.....OS says it from tissue being removed and fat cells dying .....yuk!!!!
Anyway....sorry it's been so long between visits
Sally xxxx
Australia
