Yesterday, I took my first bike ride since my LPAO. I rode about seven miles up to the Sunday Farmer's Market in Leucadia. It didn't hurt at all, except my sit bones hurt today, maybe I need a better and more comfortable seat. I rode my beach cruiser which has no gears and surprisingly, I …
My dad came on October 25th and overlapped with Heather. I also had my first PT session that day. My surgeon has started having his patients start PT earlier, around 7-10 days post-op. So within my first two weeks post-op, I had two PT sessions. They mostly consisted of passive range of motion by my …
So I made it the first weekend at home without going back to the hospital! Chris was my sole caregiver, but he was able to get some breaks when friends would visit. I had several friends visit throughout the weekend and I honestly don't remember much about those visits. I have a vague recollection that …
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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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