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zauberflöte ... I only now discovered I have not received all my alert notices. I am having a very sleepless night due to work stuff, and sort of hip stuff. So I came on here. But half asleep and unable now to respond to all notices. I am stumped by this, though:
it's not pain-free by any means, but ( @
Peaches this is for you
) I can do it, so there! LOL
Please explain. Isn't it great when you can see a direct link to what causes pain and then remedy it?? I'm also intrigued about your walking backwards for a mile. I've heard walking backwards is a good exercise for us, but a mile seems like a long distance. Your upcoming trip sounds marvelous.
Peaches sorry for long quote! And I'm getting all my alerts, just don't have time to spend on here waiting for the forum to post LOL. I'm sorry you were having a worrisome and sleepless night then-- have you caught up over the weekend? know you're a great one for coffee, and work stuff worries makes the coffee's effects look puny in comparison. And hip stuff-- that's just as bad!
What I meant by that "this one's for you Peaches" was that somewhere else, you had mentioned about just wanting to know if you were able to do a thing--- am I remembering that correctly? And I was able to do my thing, whatever it was, so I wanted to bring you into my "pleased with myself" place
My "so there!" was at myself or the hip, not at you!! Chris the poor communicator strikes again, and she's sorry
. As to walking backwards a mile, I tried very hard to edit that!!! But all I kept getting was a blank field when I clicked "edit", not much use!.... I didn't mean backwards, I meant "back home again", as in walking the route "backwards".
This "which hip to lead with" stemmed from a random comment somebody (can't remember who!) made a month or more ago about leading with the op leg so as not to make the next few steps painful. This was earlier in the recovery period. I did that too, without thinking. I had found exactly the same thing. But now I try to think to keep the op leg on the ground and lead, if possible, with the other, "not good for much longer" leg.
You know, I think of you every day-- I am very sure that if you lived my little suburban life instead of your intensive city and work life, you'd find that you were way farther ahead in recovery than you feel now. If I had to be living your life, I'd be a puddle on the floor! My hat is off to you, my dear! (It can even be a purple hat if that tickles your fancy...)
Interesting that you discovered your uneven weight distribution on your own. I was clueless, but it makes sense, and now that I am aware of it I am trying to correct it. Have also discovered that if I am carrying anything even slightly heavy on my op (left) side, I get a corresponding pain on my right lower back/hip/side. Tried five library books today=pain. Will have to read more slowly!
@leeapr So I must have been leaning quite heavily. I know what you mean about carrying weight on the op side. For a long time it was my op side S-I joint that complained if I carried a tote of groceries on that side-- shifting the bag to the other side helped some. I'm better with it now, and find that if I balance the load ( a 10-lb bag of kitty litter in each arm, say) it's more comfortable. Again, remember that I am not coming from so far behind as you are-- I was never near having to use a wheelchair for anything-- so I don't ever want to sound like I'm gloating or showing off. People keep saying I'm doing great, and I am, but it's because I wasn't as damaged when I went into surgery!
Your up and coming holiday sounds lovely especially if the water temperature allows you to get out on the kayak.The weather over here has gone back to being unpredictable ( a bit like our recoveries) It has been warm and sunny until yesterday and now its cold and wet.We are not complaining however as we have had the best summer in years.
Kim22 I wrote you a long post Friday, I think it was, and it got lost in the server error. I saved it on a Paint thing-- this computer has no officeware! (like Microsoft Word or whatever)-- but it didn't save, or I forgot to actually save it. I don't remember a word I said, I'm sorry. You know, even if I can only look at the kayak as it sits in the garage, I'll be happy with the vacation! We just love it there, and I wish we lived about 650 miles closer LOL.
Chris, yes, Tevas with the grossgrain ribbon-type straps. What I've noticed... my old pair is a LOT thicker and cushier in the heel than the pretty new ones I bought. The new ones have slightly thinner soles and also have a logo (which is made of stuffer rubber) right where the heel falls. I'd bought new ones with the idea of tossing the old, but I can't bring myself to do it!
@songl I bought them to replace a 7-8-yr-old pair of no-name ones which were much cushier but worn out. But the old ones are still squishier! Sigh... planned obsolescence!