THR YAHOO! I made it!
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Nana757
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Dr's appt went splendidly today! Clear to drive and drop the in home PT and health care. He said I am healing great and the X-rays showed everything is perfect. He said the only thing I need to do now is walk, walk, and walk some more and stick to the restrictions for another 2 months. Don't see him again until November. By then, I hoped to be released to get back to bowling and golfing. My cane is almost a thing of the past ... Been walking all day without it.
I hope all of my BS friends are doing well today.
BTW... @CricketHip ... Yes, my hubby is a gem! I think I'll keep him.
I hope all of my BS friends are doing well today.
BTW... @CricketHip ... Yes, my hubby is a gem! I think I'll keep him.
Cynthia777
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Well look at you missy! Well done, well done!!!
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Nana757
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Had a fantastic day today. My last home PT visit and we went for a walk down and around the cul-de-sac in my neighborhood and back up my 17 stairs....all without a cane! Right this minute I am pain free and have no discomfort anywhere. Unbelievable!!! Hopefully, tomorrow I won't be paying the price, even though I expect to. No matter what, look out world....I'm back!!!!!
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Nana757
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Yup, @CricketHip... 32 days today! Not too bad for an old man! Modern medical science is remarkable! The PT said I'm in the top 3 for speedy recoveries.
Pffft! Top 3?? I think you are number one in our book. 
So, tell us, are you still doing the ankle weights and all of your exercises?
Give us all of your secrets!!
So, tell us, are you still doing the ankle weights and all of your exercises?
Give us all of your secrets!!
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Nana757
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Awww geez...thanks. If your passing out crowns, I'll take it! No secrets really...I haven't done too much in the way of exercises, other than the normal ones and left lifts while sitting in my chair, butt clenches, wiper exercises, standing at the bar doing leg lifts and mini squats...that's about it. I can't sit for more than an hour (have no meat on my butt, so it gets sore from sitting) so I do walk around the house a LOT and ice and elevate every night. Haven't used the ankle weights, since that first time but I think I'll put them back on tomorrow to see how it goes. I have to say, though, for nearly 68, I have always been in pretty good shape...weight and body tone. Everyone always thinks I'm at least 10 years younger than I am.
Constanze
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Hi @Nana757
Congratulations to your speedy progress. You needn't be an alien to do so well - we humans have got it all we perform the miracles - the lyrics from a great song by Kate Bush if you remember that British 80s singer.
My recovery was not bad but not faster than yours either. I could have gone back to work at week 4 but chose not to because it wasn't necessary. Instead I had 2 weeks extra off work after staying at the rehab center and enjoyed the month of May with my husband.
I don't do any PT but do my favourite kinds of sport which I did for several years before my hip went bad: cycling, swimming, a bit of running in the lunch hour in the forest near work, walking. My husband is also great - he walked with me during recovery and continues to do so now.
Keep up the good work and carry on reporting to us. Surely a positive attitude helps. I disagree with those who say only the body decides how fast you heal and you can influence it with the brain: my experience. I was very depressed before the OP and hurt more and more. After the OP, I improved right from the start as from day 0, because I was determined to get better.
Eating properly helps, too. And getting enough sleep.
And @Legin , are you sure you've only got one brain cell? You often have such intellingent ideas - I especially liked that metaphor with the diversion: When you said the recovering leg behaves like someone trying to take the quickest route but then the sat nav tells you to do a diversion because there are road works and a jam. This is so true.
Congratulations to your speedy progress. You needn't be an alien to do so well - we humans have got it all we perform the miracles - the lyrics from a great song by Kate Bush if you remember that British 80s singer.
My recovery was not bad but not faster than yours either. I could have gone back to work at week 4 but chose not to because it wasn't necessary. Instead I had 2 weeks extra off work after staying at the rehab center and enjoyed the month of May with my husband.
I don't do any PT but do my favourite kinds of sport which I did for several years before my hip went bad: cycling, swimming, a bit of running in the lunch hour in the forest near work, walking. My husband is also great - he walked with me during recovery and continues to do so now.
Keep up the good work and carry on reporting to us. Surely a positive attitude helps. I disagree with those who say only the body decides how fast you heal and you can influence it with the brain: my experience. I was very depressed before the OP and hurt more and more. After the OP, I improved right from the start as from day 0, because I was determined to get better.
Eating properly helps, too. And getting enough sleep.
And @Legin , are you sure you've only got one brain cell? You often have such intellingent ideas - I especially liked that metaphor with the diversion: When you said the recovering leg behaves like someone trying to take the quickest route but then the sat nav tells you to do a diversion because there are road works and a jam. This is so true.
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Nana757
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Thank you so much @Constanze, for your kind words. Yes, I feel truly blessed to have such a wonderful support group as this site, and my husband. In the beginning, I was so dreading the surgery, knowing what a major procedure it was and how it was going to effect my and my husband's life. But, once I awoke from the anesthesia and realized I only had incision pain, I thought... Wow, this isn't going to be so bad after all. Even after the anesthesia wore off a day later, I was pleasantly surprised. That was all I needed to move forward. The first time I got up, using the walker, even reinforced my determination to make this work. I did get sick a couple of times and got weepy a couple of times, the first few days, but that came and went and I never looked back. I do have to admit that I have always had a very strong will and have been very determined to get back to "normal". I also feed off of compliments and kudos and that tends to push me even more...but not to the extreme. All in all, if it ever comes to pass that I need the other hip done, I will not hesitate a second. I so agree with you that ones mental outlook has a major impact on how quickly one recovers. I have always been an optimist. Of course, I also believe my prayers helped, as well.
I so wish everyone on BS has a speedy recovery.
And, I don't believe for a second that @Legin only has one brain cell. You are just too witty for that.
I so wish everyone on BS has a speedy recovery.
And, I don't believe for a second that @Legin only has one brain cell. You are just too witty for that.
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