Kirsten and I are still in Torrey, probably until this coming Tuesday. Hip recovery has slowed down and evened out. I'm still taking some meds, about 1/3 the originally prescribed dose of Lortab. Going for a mile walk without that amount would be more painful than fun. Initially I thought the doc might have prescribed too much, but now I think it might turn out to be about right. I keep myself on the edge of being uncomfortable and that has me slowly and steadily cutting back.
I am still just walking a little over a mile a day, most days. Getting around is a little easier but that has resulted in me tweaking the hip a bit too much a time or two getting off a low couch or just getting up or down in general. The over-tweaked pain lasts a day or so. I walk down steps now one step/one foot at a time but still generally two step going up with the good leg going first. Raising my left knee more than about 30 degrees is still the most painful movement. The pain of walking is getting back to the same point as before the surgery. Most of the pain is the familiar hip pain I had before, but some of that is just starting to go away and there are some new sensations, mostly of tightness. There is a sense that my leg isn't quite in the same place as before and that my left foot is, for the time being at least, a little pigeon toed. It feels better when I walk to try and turn that foot out a bit. K says I land a lot more on my heel now than before, when I used to step flat footed on the left. Progress!
My body is starting to feel the lack of all around exercise. I see the surgeon's office next week and I hope to get some go ahead to hit the gym a little for some upper body resistance work. I'll get a better idea then of when the 90 degree restriction will be lifted and a bike, or a push up or sit up starts to be possible.
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