Day 9

I actually made it 3 hours in a row 2x last night without getting up.  But then it went to 2 hours after that.  Swelling is getting better and my quad was 25 inches today.  It was 25.5 yesterday so I only lost .5 inches in swelling but now there is only a 1 inch difference.  At this rate by fri-sat I should be even.  I weighed 206 on Monday, 203 yesterday and 202 today.  As the swelling goes down my weight normalizes.  I expect by the 6 week mark I will be 195 or under.  I am cool with being as low as 185 because my endurance will be even better when I get back to real activity.  Most of my life I focused on getting bigger/stronger but at this stage I want to be an athletic machine that can do any activity I want.  The goal is not a normal hip but a better than ever hip.  If I really had this hip problem for many years and didn't notice than there is no reason why I can't be better than ever.

I walked 1/10 of a mile this morning on the street.  The street is not smooth but it didn't hurt.  The walker was bumpy but that's ok.  It used to hurt like hell to walk/run on the street.  Now it is amazing that the surgery cured my arthritis pain.  I didn't want to walk to far because I have pt later.  It was still enough to make me feel good physically and mentally.  Tomorrow, I will walk a block which is .3 miles.


Facebook-  a lot of people bash Facebook because it gets stupid people in trouble.  However, if it was not for Facebook I may have never found out about this surgery.  All the surgeons and doctors I saw never mentioned hip resurfacing.  Someone mentioned hip resurfacing on a group on Facebook and I looked into it after trying all the conservative treatments.  There are very little surgeons that do hip resurfacing and I found Dr. Feldman by a positive review from a hip resurfacing patient.  So in a way I believe I was meant to have this surgey to change my life.  I learned from watching my mom suffer for years to never feel sorry for myself.  Unfortunately, there was no cure for her disease but she was supposed to die in 5 years and she made it 15 and was able to see me get married, buy a home and make her an amazing grandson.  A grandson that motivated her to hold on and make it from 10 days in the hospital to a rehab facility for 2 months to home.  She went from not being able to move in bed to a walker to walking normally without support. So I know my rehab is cake to what I saw her go through.  So once I get back to where I want to be I will have the confidence to accomplish anything I want to do.

PT- did some new exercises that I suck at.  Heel slides which the initial part is hard but then once I get past sticking point it is better.  Straight leg raises so easy on the left so hard on the right.  I need to practice these every day.  Walking is getting better everyday.