I'm one year post-op from my RPAO and arthroscopy! And what a year it's been! It's such a big milestone and I've looked forward to being at this stage for some time now. I can confidently say my hip is feeling awesome! It is still weak, but I'm PT'ing it right along side with the …
I've had a quiet week of processing the news I got about my neck. I'm doing better and have decided to block it out until I see my surgeon again in a few weeks. I figure there's nothing to be done now and I can't make any decisions until I get more answers. Until then, …
I received pretty devastating news today about my cervical spine. I don't write much on here about my neck injury or the recovery except for when it is associated with my hip recoveries. I am not ready to go into the details about it today either, but will probably be taking a bit of a …
I went "swimming" for the first time on Sunday. I put swimming in quotes because I can't do any one stroke. I was in a lane next to several swim lessons and I can only imagine what those teachers and students are thinking about my strokes. It makes me laugh actually! I went to the …
I found my copy of the PT protocol and thought it would be helpful to post here. These are the guidelines set up by my specific surgeon. I know other surgeons have different guidelines, so contact your surgeon and PT for details for your own recovery. If you don't have guidelines, then maybe this can …
With 2017 coming to an end (FINALLY), I have been reflecting a lot on life, the things that are most important and the ways in which I want to spend 2018. I have also been thinking about the growth, pain and challenges of this past year (or two). These quotes, I found, are resonating with …
So...holidays are normally quite tiring for everyone, but I didn't even think about it until today...I'm not 100% yet and therefore with recovery and the holiday fesitivites, I am so exhausted. I took my crutches with me, but never took them out of the car except for the one beach walk (up and down a …
Today was my first day in a long time that I didn't have any appointments. I decided to stay in my pajamas all day, listen to Christmas music, finish wrapping some presents and bake a gingerbread cake! It was exactly what the doctor ordered! I wish you all a Merry Christmas and I hope you …
On top of the hard land therapy session on Monday, I also had water therapy on Tuesday and Thursday this week. We advanced in both sessions too! I'm now max'd out in my water therapy exercises and am increasing the number of reps from 10 to 15 and when it is a timed exercise, I …
My mom overlapped with my dad, so when we got back from our weekend in LA she was at our house. She's staying till the Tuesday after Thanksgiving and I'm so happy to have her here for so long. She's so helpful with my recovery, care-taking of Chris, Lucy and me and she does a …
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