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Sorry Buffi if this highjacks your thread a little...

Jo, I so agree with you!.... when I pick up my speed a little when walking unaided I find that I stand so much straighter and my gait automatically seems to function properly. The other benefit I find is that standing taller is taking the pressure off my prolapsed discs in my lower back.. All a matter of many new adjustments the body undertakes after years of leaning over a walker.. all good :)

Buffi, it is so good to get the normality back into life in the small ways isn't it? It is by far the simple little achievements and milestones that give us such great pleasure... Good for you xxx, Sandy
 
Great to hear about your progress Buffi, sounds like you're doing great. Keep it up, but b3 careful not to overdo it.:0)
 
Hi Buffi, it was great to see your video. You and I had our op the same day, along with DallasSarah, so though we're advised not to compare ourselves to others, it's tempting to do so, and I don't think I walk as well unaided as you do. I seem to roll from side to side. Trouble is, I keep forgetting where in the house I've left the stick! Just wish I had a PT lady like Sarah's, to keep me on the straight and narrow. We don't have any post-op help over here in the UK - just left to get on with it on our own. When I can drive again I'm going to go back to the physio I was seeing before my op, but privately this time, so I can unlearn some of the bad habits I've got into!

Anyway, keep up the good walking, Buffi. You look fabulous! Happy Christmas.
 
Had an awesome day! Although it was pouring down rain all day I felt great. My awesome department at work pitched in and had Greek food delivered to us today, I just love them! Then I took a shower, got in and out by myself and stood the whole time, felt great!! Then I made my boyfriend completely nervous walking around the house unaided. LOL It's been a great day!! :th_heehee:
 
Buffi,

Forgive me I couldn't stop laughing in your post when you wrote your boyfriend got worried because you walked around it sounded like or I was expecting you to say naked hahahahaha not unaided....I'm silly!!

Wooohoooo thrilled you had a good day...keep the coming!

xxooxx
 
You are doing great Buffi. Keep up the good work. Be sure and use a cane or crutch to keep from limping. You don't want to get in the habit. Crutches are a very easy way to transition from a walker. A bit more stability until you gain confidence.

Keep up the great work girl - you are on your way!
 
Thanks y'all and yes Sarah and Sandy, yes it was quite possible I was walking around unaided and naked! :wink1: LOL

We upped my PT today so I'm doing much harder exercises. Whew, I'm tired!
 
Glad to hear that your doing well. Had my left hip done on October 12th. I feel like I'm doing really well. Due to go back to work on Jan 3rd. I still can't put my sock and shoe on that left leg without the grabber. Does anyone have any sort of time table for me to be able to do that.
 
Hi Buffi!

Hope you are getting ready for a nice holiday weekend!

You sound so well it's great! Loved what your coworkers did that was nice....Greek is one of my favorites!

Continued success!

xxooxx

PS Daniel is still use the gadgets to put my socks and shoes on, I could probably do my ok leg alone, and maybe my operated leg however I'm waiting for my post OS visit to see if I can go over my 90% bend I'm currently at 4 weeks post surgery. I can bend over because I've cheated a few times but try to confirm to my dr's rules :)
 
Sounds like you are doing very well Daniel. There is no "time table" for any of our milestones. It all just happens.

We just had one member tie her shoes after literally years post-op. It depends on how bad things were pre-op.

But don't get discouraged! Just keep trying. Sometimes you have to encourage those weak muscles to work. I started the process with practicing bringing my op leg up toward my body while sitting on the side of the bed. Then I progressed to leaning down toward my foot. For me it has never (or not yet anyway) progressed to putting the op leg up on the opposite knee.

Good luck - let us know how it goes!
 
Jaycey said:
For me it has never (or not yet anyway) progressed to putting the op leg up on the opposite knee.
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Hey Jaycey,

Have you tried to do this maneuver when you are lying down in bed? That is how I started -- and yes, it was slow in getting there. I was desperate to try the piriformis stretch as that muscle was tight and bugging me. Newbies, might want to wait on the "Figure 4 stretch" a little bit longer.

Take care,
Cardie
 
Daniel, why don't you start a thread of your own and tell us about yourself! Welcome aboard! Sorry if I've missed it but I tried to look :DOH:...
 
Hi Buffi!

Hope you had a good holidays and you are just busy doing lots of good fun things!

Just checking in to say hello!,

xxooxx
 
Howdy Hippie friends!! I hope each of you had a a Merry Christmas and or Happy Holidays. I know mine was great!

It's been a while since I've been on so here goes the update....
PT is going great. The therapists are having to rein me in just a little bit cause if they tell me to do something I'm going to do it even if it hurts a bit. They've really been impressed with the progress I'm making and I've been thrilled. I'm up to 10 minutes on the treadmill at 2 mph with no hands and 30 clam shells and some other various other exercises but those are the really my highlights. I'd gotten so sedentary before surgery that the PT is like having a personal trainer, it's a great workout. Can you tell I'm happy? :th_heehee:

I went into work today, not to work, just to visit. Everyone was impressed with the progress and they all say you look so rested. Well heck yeah, it's end of the year for us and that's always the busiest time for us all. I'm so glad I'm not having to deal with that. Whew. I showed a couple of people the pics of my scar and the X Ray print outs from my OS. A few people were amazed that I could even walk at all with that rod in my femur. Little do they know I feel great with that rod and without that that hip that hurt sooo bad! Oh I even drove some today for the first time. It felt soooo good. I'm still on my walker but it's mainly for the stability, little to no weight on it at this point. I've got one of those canes that has the 4 little legs on it but I just don't get it, I feel a whole lot slower with that than with the walker. Any suggestions on how to get that going??

I also saw the comments on shoes and socks and not being able to get them on yet. Yep, I'm in that same place. I can get on my slip on shoes and my boyfriend will zip them up for me but I can't do that part yet on the operated hip. I keep stretching each time I try to zip it up and get a little closer but it's just not there yet. Time and patience......

So, is everyone ready for a happy and pain free New Year?? I know I am!! :ccheers:
 
Hi Buffi,

Love photo of Tater!, wow you have 5 puppies really?

I read your question on my thread. My cane is the basic one, this part is important I've only started getting confident on the cane since Christmas Eve, I had done one walk prior to that outside but my therapist reminded me later that my face was horrified and that I was scared hahahahah! So. Really it hasn't really been a full week yet, they key was having Miles home and getting friends to drag me out that's what has built my energy level and confidence.

One other thought I had noticed you were doing the treadmill which I thought sounded great, I asked my PA today could I do that and she asked me to stay away for a while telling me to focus on walking on the ground and working on my gait, plus to do the out patient therapy. She was concerned that a treadmill is moving and maybe unstable. Just sharing doesn't mean it's wrong, she just made sense when she put it that way. I've seen the canes with 4 Little legs but never tried.

Love you went to visit your job, you are much more active out and about than I was or has been, today really was my first real outing in the car. Tomorrow I plan to drive to grocery store and Walgreens very low key.

I'm sitting on couch tonight with NO stockings and I love! Plus tomorrow plan to grab some spinach since I can sto Coumadin I am going back to eating more salads and worry about shrinking a little hehehehehe!!

You sound really well, which is great!

Night Night,

xxooxx
 
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