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I was discharged after 5:15pm and it felt like the longest ride home ever.  Stop and go on the glorious NJ Turnpike.  The hardest things about today was getting out of the bed this morning and finally taking a poop.  I had a lot of swelling on the hip today. Mobility is slowly but surely getting better and my hip does not feel like a tree anymore.  It is getting lighter and more normal.  All the pain meds and iron led to me taking the longest period of time in my adult life in between bowel movements.  I am happy to be home but the hospital staff was great and treated me well.  I received many compliments from the nurses telling me I was the ideal patient and I made their jobs easier.  I was not there to feel sorry for myself I was there to get better.  It was also nice to have wide open space in the hallways to walk.  At home it is certainly tighter.  I plan on going outside plenty to get walking.  Getting home to be with my son and wife is the best reward.  Luckily, I am very self sufficient and really only will need help with getting out of bed so I don't need to bother my wife who needs to watch our son.