I went to PT today and biked for the first time on the stationary bike! The bigger news is I can officially go to one crutch! ONE! Well I can start doing it around the house, but still use two crutches when I go out. Yay! Such huge news! I'm so excited for this milestone. …
Tag: neck
Incision at Six Weeks Post Op
I have attached some updated incision pictures below. These are pictures of my incisions at six weeks post-op as the steri strips were finally starting to fall off.
Last Week With Mama Here
The one good thing about cancelling Hawaii was getting to spend an extra week with my mama. The day we cancelled the trip, her and I took a trip to the zoo. When you're in a wheelchair, the person who is pushing the wheelchair gets in for free. So great! Chris is a member so …
When It Rains It Pours (5 Weeks Post Op)
So what I haven't told you from this past weekend, is that one of the steri strips on my bottom right incision fell off and what I found underneath was not good. When my surgeon took off the bandage, he applied steri strips and told me that once those fell off to apply one more …
Out of Commission
Well yesterday was about the worst day I have had since the hospital. I went to bed on Saturday night and my headache was coming on fast. It was so bad that I couldn't sleep. We were staying on a mattress on the floor so I needed Chris' help to get up from it and …
A Hippie Meet Up
I met a fellow San Diego "hippie" through my PAO group on Facebook. We started texting each other and offering each other support during our recoveries. We are exactly one week different in post-op timing and she was in the exact same hospital room as I was! We wanted to meet each other in person …
Quick Overview
I swore to myself I wouldn't do this. I wouldn't be like many of the other blogs about PAO's. I wouldn't abandon my readers when I started to feel better. I saw a pattern in those blogs I found. They all seemed to stop after a few months of recovery. My boyfriend took that to …
Salt Water Cures
This year can't be over soon enough! 2017 is just a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. I saw my neck surgeon on Tuesday and the appointment wasn't very good. It's my third not great appointment in a row and I just need to keep processing the news I hear. The harder thing is …
My First Workout!
7.7.17 OMG OMG OMG! I took my first workout class in over a year! I went to a barre class. This is such a huge milestone for me. I survived and am no worse for the wear with my hip or neck. I was so nervous before class that I had a stomach ache. I …
Chillin’ Like A Villian!
PT has been getting more intense, which is great, but also exhausting. I have been waking up and making a coffee from my new coffee bar that I put together and then going back to bed and reading. I can finally read comfortably with my neck, which is a great new milestone and accomplishment! Reading …
Literally Hip 