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What a difference a year makes
Dec. 16th, 2005 10:48 amSince tomorrow will be the one-year birthday for my new hip, that phrase has been running through my head lately, especially after last week's snow storm.
A year ago I would not have been able to have walked into work because the hip was so bad I had no balance. A year ago I could not take a step without the support of the cane.
Now I am not using the cane at all (except for a bit at faire due to uneven ground) and could manage to make my way over and around the snow and ice last week with only a little anxiety (falling is still not good, don't want to dislocate). In fact I beat most of my department into work on thursday.
I am definately much more active, enough so that the other orthotic & arthritic problems are reminding me they are there. I still have some limitations but compared to TTLY (This Time Last Year)I'm running marathons!
And so I don't forget and stop appreciating the improvements I am going to leave myself a memory of what it used to be like (cut for self-indulgence) ( Read more... )
Ok, enough of that. It was a bad time but I made it through and DH deserves the bulk of the credit for that. He was stairman and carryman, even doing all the grocery shopping and laundry (which is in the basement). Recovery from surgery also made for some changes in our Christmas tradition but he never even blinked, even managing to get some of the decorations up while I was in the hospital so there was a festive house to come home too. I was also lucky in the support I had at work which meant one less thing to worry about.
So Happy Birthday to my hip, let's have a toast to the wonders of modern titanium!!!
A year ago I would not have been able to have walked into work because the hip was so bad I had no balance. A year ago I could not take a step without the support of the cane.
Now I am not using the cane at all (except for a bit at faire due to uneven ground) and could manage to make my way over and around the snow and ice last week with only a little anxiety (falling is still not good, don't want to dislocate). In fact I beat most of my department into work on thursday.
I am definately much more active, enough so that the other orthotic & arthritic problems are reminding me they are there. I still have some limitations but compared to TTLY (This Time Last Year)I'm running marathons!
And so I don't forget and stop appreciating the improvements I am going to leave myself a memory of what it used to be like (cut for self-indulgence) ( Read more... )
Ok, enough of that. It was a bad time but I made it through and DH deserves the bulk of the credit for that. He was stairman and carryman, even doing all the grocery shopping and laundry (which is in the basement). Recovery from surgery also made for some changes in our Christmas tradition but he never even blinked, even managing to get some of the decorations up while I was in the hospital so there was a festive house to come home too. I was also lucky in the support I had at work which meant one less thing to worry about.
So Happy Birthday to my hip, let's have a toast to the wonders of modern titanium!!!
