2 months post-op
2 days ago I had my 2 months post-op appointment with Dr. Millis.
The most exciting thing is that he let me switch to one crutch!
Having a free hand when walking is amazing. I can carry so many things now :) For example, I can carry my coffee, my laptop, books, food - and all of that without having to use sophisticated underarm crutch-moving techniques. Oh the joys of simple things in life!
Dr. Millis also suggested that in a couple of weeks I could try walking without crutches and see how it goes. I was also cleared for PT and my first appointment is in 2 weeks. I am soooo looking forward to this! I can't wait to be able to move, develop my muscle and hopefully lose weight.
At home, I am still sleeping in the recliner which really really sucks - I now go to sleep in bed for 1/2 of the night just because I want to feel like a normal person, but it feels uncomfortable, so usually I wake up and go back to recliner. I feel like it's getting there though!
I am allowed to walk in the pool which I did a couple times so far. My pool is still not open (there was a leak, they were fixing it, I needed a new pump - joys of homeownership). But the public pool is open so I do that.
I can sleep on any side relatively fine - haven't tried the belly yet, the hardest part is to move from side to side.
Off pain pills but keep them handy just in case. Have relatively no pain but the hip reacts to weather, and the few recent rainy days resulted in real pain in the butt (literally).
Handicapped parking is a blessing.
Once I know for sure that I won't need the pain pills, I'll get back to Isagenix which again I am excited about, and in general, little by little I'm starting to fall back to my life routine.
I'll post here with anything new, and thanks for reading and following!
The most exciting thing is that he let me switch to one crutch!
Having a free hand when walking is amazing. I can carry so many things now :) For example, I can carry my coffee, my laptop, books, food - and all of that without having to use sophisticated underarm crutch-moving techniques. Oh the joys of simple things in life!
Dr. Millis also suggested that in a couple of weeks I could try walking without crutches and see how it goes. I was also cleared for PT and my first appointment is in 2 weeks. I am soooo looking forward to this! I can't wait to be able to move, develop my muscle and hopefully lose weight.
At home, I am still sleeping in the recliner which really really sucks - I now go to sleep in bed for 1/2 of the night just because I want to feel like a normal person, but it feels uncomfortable, so usually I wake up and go back to recliner. I feel like it's getting there though!
I am allowed to walk in the pool which I did a couple times so far. My pool is still not open (there was a leak, they were fixing it, I needed a new pump - joys of homeownership). But the public pool is open so I do that.
I can sleep on any side relatively fine - haven't tried the belly yet, the hardest part is to move from side to side.
Off pain pills but keep them handy just in case. Have relatively no pain but the hip reacts to weather, and the few recent rainy days resulted in real pain in the butt (literally).
Handicapped parking is a blessing.
Once I know for sure that I won't need the pain pills, I'll get back to Isagenix which again I am excited about, and in general, little by little I'm starting to fall back to my life routine.
I'll post here with anything new, and thanks for reading and following!