Today is my one year anniversary. Looking back at my notes, I had come round and was talking nonsense in recovery. By 2 o’clock I was drinking coffee and eating biscuits tucked up in bed with those annoying inflatable cuffs on.
My recovery has been slow and steady overall with a couple of blips en route. I recommend this forum all the time to people because it is way more informative than anything else.
My OS signed me off last week. He mentioned the heel-toe walking and said to think of Monty Python’s Ministry of Silly Walks and demonstrated what he meant. I realised that although I thought I was doing it, it is only now as I do a more exaggerated version that I can feel the difference. He referred to striding along and leaving the arthritic shuffle behind! He also told me to abandon the walking stick because it’s causing me to guard the new hip. The physio said to keep using until I stop limping. Hey ho! So I’m taking the advice of both and mixing and matching depending on where I am and how long I’m going to be walking for. So, i do still have a slight limp - more of a penguin waddle really, but I do think it is slowly getting better. So not quite 100% but not far off and 0% pain.
I do still think about my new hip, last week’s x-ray is firmly printed in my mind, but the fear and anxiety of the early days has passed (phew!)
Next appointment is in 9 years, implant is expected to last my lifetime. All done and dusted then although he did say that many people continue to notice improvements into the second year.
I have been a bit slack with exercise recently because of catching Covid followed by a whole series of virus type infections and the cold, wet, windy weather hasn’t helped. So, onwards and upwards, here’s to more activity in the New Year.
Merry Xmas to fellow travellers and your loved ones or Season’s Greetings if you don’t celebrate Xmas.
I will pop in from time to time but I think you can all do without the lengthy postings.
Thank you for your responses.
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for a while as well. It takes a lot of concentration, but you will overcome it with time.
