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.
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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 …
Family Weekend and LA Outing
So this weekend, Chris' family came to visit on Saturday morning. They were all sick or getting over a sickness so I sadly had to keep my distance as much as possible. It is just not worth getting sick while in recovery. I actually can't even imagine what it would be like, but I know …
Post Op Weeks 3 and 4
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 …
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 …
Nerve Pain
I have been experiencing a lot of nerve pain. My whole thigh is still numb. It ranges from the top part of my hip, down the side and into the glute area and then all areas of my thigh down to my knee. The numbness isn't painful. It's numb! It does feel really odd when …
Surgery and Hospitalization: Post Op Series Post 1
So I have really struggled with writing this post mostly because I haven't wanted to relive the details of it. Also because with all the pain, the meds and overall hospitalization/surgery, I basically experienced amnesia. I welcomed the lack of memory because I obviously didn't know or remember some of what happened until I was …
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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 …
Literally Hip 