I graduated from a single crutch to a cane last week (Thursday was day 21 post op), and there's a good part of the day that I can move around fairly well with no help and just a bit of a weird limp.
I made a jail break last week too, and drove to the grocery store - got yelled at pretty good for that one. I'm gonna ask for the driving restriction to be lifted. With Nick back at school, there's nobody to help Irene until I can get back up on my hind legs.
Not much pain on the operative hip unless I push things too much. Still have to be conscientious about the joint restrictions for another 2 1/2 weeks. I tried sleeping on my left side, but putting the weight on the incision site is still really uncomfortable. It'll be a big relief when I can sleep in my normal position again
My main complaint now is that the right hip gets pretty sore. Huge probability that I'm headed for a replacement on that one two, but I'm trying to push it back by working the muscles to compensate for the narrowing joint space. The problem with that plan of course, is that there's not much the exercising can do to stop either the deterioration of the joint or the ossification around the joint capsule, but strengthening the musculature will help some.
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