It's been two weeks today since surgery. I'm feeling really good and sometimes I forget how recent it was that my hip was dislocated and I had surgical tools inside of me. I have to remember that I'm still in the very early stages of recovery and need to slow down just a bit so i don't mess something up.
Met with the surgeon yesterday...This is how busy this guy is, my 4 o'clock started at 5:15 and I saw him at 5:30. From talking with all the friends I made in the waiting room (all waiting to see him), I guess that is typical of his appointments. SO, I learned something yesterday (thank goodness because I'm feeling a bit slow lately)that you have to make your appointments in the early morning unless you want to wait 1.5 hours to see him. He told me next time I come to see him I should call first to find out how far behind he is, so I don't have to wait so long. I told him that I had a 9AM appointment and he said "i should only be about 30 minutes behind by then". Anyways, he is worth it and so I will wait...what else do I have to do??
I got my stitches out and I'm crutch free for the most part. I've walked around my house without them and it feels pretty good, although I have quite the limp going on. I'm now using a cane, but for longer walks I think I will still have to use the crutch. I have no pain, but it feels like my leg is really heavy and asleep which I can deal with. He went over the pictures and that was my appointment. One of my scars opened up after the stitches were removed (which I guess is normal for the location of the incision) so now i'm on antibiotics 3x/day for 10 days to prevent any infection that may try and develop. Next time I meet with him will be end of July (6 week mark) and i'm sure he will do more to my hip to check out the effectiveness of the surgery. That will be the date that I will talk to him about my left side and hopefully schedule out surgery for it.
What else? I've gotten a new set of exercises to work on. They all have to do with core strength. I guess if your core is not strong and stable the pain can come right back-no thanks!! I do the exercises 2x/day and then ride my indoor bike. Turns out that Decoy (the dog) absolutely hates the bike and has actually jumped on me once while I was riding it. Eric and I thought maybe she thinks i'm going for a real bike ride and she wants to come with. So, what did we do? We put her leash on her and I held on to it while biking, but she didn't like that either, just thought she was going to get to go on a "real" walk/bikeride. Not yet!! I did get her to the park yesterday and she LOVED it!!!
Going to a twins game on Thursday which I'm very excited about. I've never been and I'm so excited to be going with my friend who is coming in from Denver!!! Let's go twins!!!
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