Physical Therapy

Today I had land PT and we advanced quite a bit with my exercises. He started with the typical soft tissue massage which hurts so bad. They basically massage my nerve and it just fires it up the whole time. I think he is trying to loosen my hip flexors, but my surgeon said that …

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Two Months Post Op

It's hard to believe that last time in recovery I was still bedridden at this point and this weekend I was alone and did everything myself! Pretty cool! It's exhausting, but it's all totally doable. I can cook, I can take care of Lucy with the exception of walking her and I can dress, feed …

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Flyin’ Solo

I went to Seattle for about six days for my grandma's 90th birthday! We didn't tell her I was coming because we didn't know if I'd be able to make it. Chris wouldn't come and I asked to see if any friend's would want to come with but nothing panned out. So....I traveled alone for …

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Surgeon Appointment

I saw Dr. Santore today for my six week post op appointment, although it was technically on my seventh week post op. I got a great report and he said my x-rays were beautiful! I walked into the office with one crutch to show off the skills I didn't have last time around. He was …

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Christmas Wrapping Party

Present wrapping party success! We had a great group of friends come over, donate money for the family and help wrap all the presents to send to one of the families POR is supporting this year. Us San Diego peeps are supporting this particular family whose mom was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The family …

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One Crutch

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. …

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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 …

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Due to not being in Hawaii, I spent the day with family in OC. It was a long day and it exhausted me with some pain from being out and active all day. However, I was thankful to spend the time getting to hang with my mom for a bit longer. She …

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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 …

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