Almost Five Months

There's two or three of you who will receive this blog post as an e-mail. It's been a while since I posted last. Since there isn't much change day to day or week to week I'll start keeping some data points, via this log, monthly.

I saw the surgeon last month, got x-rayed, and got an A-OK review. My next appointment is for an annual check up. He says do whatever I want, let pain be the guide as to how much, see ya in a year. Cool!

It has been almost 5 months, since the surgery. I have been pushing the hip in the last month and it has pushed back. The result is that I am maybe, not sure, in a little better shape but I am walking with a limp again. The pain is most apparent after I have been sitting. When I stand up after being in a car, restaurant, or at my desk for awhile the pain is about the same as before surgery. After walking for just 100 feet it gets much better and doesn't start to hurt again until after walking over a mile. I've experimented with jogging on a treadmill and that still hurts immediately and leaves me limping for awhile. I'm going to keep intro-jogging the two days a week I am at the gym with Edsall for a total of only 1 mile per week and see how that goes. I hope things get stronger and I can do more pretty soon. I am also riding a stationary bike and walking or hiking about 2 to 4 days a week. I need to step up to every day but the hip has been getting too painful at the current rate.

I have not skied yet but there has been little snow. It snowed this weekend so I will probably go before Christmas while Nick is in town. I expect I'll feel a little better than the last time I skied before surgery, but not completely better. I'll make a post after the first time I ski.

Thanks for reading. Happy Holidays, y'all.