Solar7
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I didn't feel any pain going at the 94 rpms... and nothing bad at night or on the day after, so I feel alright about it. I'm not trying to push myself really, I just found that my brain was going back to the speeds I was used to when I was recumbent biking before my slip and fall. Especially with no resistance, it was pretty easy. Definitely listening!Please remember - you are not in training, you are healing. If you feel no ill effects from this, well done. Just listen to that hip.I hit the pace of 94 rpms on the recumbent bike for 10 minutes, which I felt was pretty good.
Are you sleeping with a pillow between your legs? This prevents the top leg from falling forward and crossing the midline. A bit more supportive in these early days.Also slept on my side for the first time, which was a bit of a pain, strangely enough in my knee, which I think just bent over the pillow and was a weird angle.
Giving yourself a good 12 weeks is a great idea. You will be much further along in the healing process and able to cope with the stresses of the job search.Starting to get ready to apply for jobs in a couple of weeks here... but I might try to push that until the 2024 hiring season in January and just give myself the 12 weeks to heal up and then enjoy the Christmas-NYE week before getting back into the swing of things.
I tried the pillow, yes. I might need a longer pillow or to find something to support my ankles to prevent that weird knee bend. I have a wedge kind of thing that maybe I'll try strapping to the knee, or ankles... or just go back to back sleeping. I'm avoiding sleeping on the operative side as much as possible just to let that bone grow in comfortably.
As for the job thing... I'd wait even longer if I could, ha! My career is very stressful and is zero tolerance for mistakes. So I definitely need to be there 100% mentally, but I know my parents are going to start pushing me getting work soon, and it's going to be a big point of contention. They've been helping me with a loan for the past few months so that's fair of them.
One last thing I did forget to mention - now that the bandage is off I've gotten some gnarly acne/foliculitis that formed under the sticky part of the dressing. It started to spread really fast, which is obviously an infection risk, so we've put me on a increased dosage of antibiotics and are applying bactriban (sp?) to the area to clear it up. There's been a very fast turnaround, but a bit of a fear there being so close to the incision.