Ramp up and down

Thanks for comments. I've hit a little bit of the recovery doldrums. Travel yesterday left me with a bit of a flat tire and I begged off on the Chicago concert last night. Kirsten went with 3 others for a girls' night out. Maybe I'm not the only curmudgeon.

One mile is the most I have walked at one time so far. The PT urges me to be walking more often instead of further. Given the relative comfort of doing that and my desire to get off the meds I think I will do that for another week or so. I walked .4 miles early this afternoon and will try to round it to a mile tonight. I've been completely off the oxycontin since Friday and have pared back the lortabs to 2 at bedtime then one every 5 hours or so. But even on that I took a long nap today that didn't feel very natural. Yet there is still a constant background pain. It's there but not too bad. K and I are going to try less Lortab during the day and see how that mixes with stepping up the mileage. I'm trying not to count days until no orthopedic stockings and the 90 degree restriction is lifted (20? 30?). The 90 degree is particularly tricky at my desk when I am already sitting quite upright with my feet on the floor and want to reach forward on the desk to get something. So far my hip is still in the socket. Separately, I think I'm getting close to being able to sleep on the incision side.

There is a minor mystery. Right after surgery the surgeon referred proudly to a 3 inch incision. The one on my hip looks like 8 to 10 inches. Makes me wonder if he mixed me up with someone else. The follow up visit with the surgeon is in two weeks. There will be X-rays which I hope to get copies of, just for a souvenir, and we'll discuss what incision was 3 inches. In the meanwhile I guess I'll have to give up on my bikini swimsuits.