Seems like it's been Years since all this happened. Just wanted to let you know things are going smashingly!!!
Been through all sorts of grueling Therapy & it's not even over with yet! I had to learn how to even sit up safely, walk(one painful step at a time), first with a walker, then WEEKS later with a cane(that's what I use now mostly)
The Surgeon said that I had a particularly nasty Bre-ak!!
He had to drill into my leg-bone to install the metal stem! If you look real close you can see my..my..uh,... nevermind.
Had an update visit with him a week or 2 ago to see how things were going. He said he was really pleased with how things looked(just a bit of cockiness?) Scar is healing up nicely(still a bit of redness in areas, but he said that will go away eventually). Inside looked really, really good, although I'm still a dislocation risk for awhile. He lifted most restrictions like bending, turning, lifting, reaching, but left the ones about reaching hard to my right & sitting too long in one position(tendency to stiffen up badly, undoing some of the loosening exercises I've been doing). Wants to see me in 2 months, unless weather is bad, then doesn't want me out in bad conditions. Or else in ONE YEAR!!(I can live with that) - I can sleep on my SIDE again, but my hip gets pretty sore afterwards!
So all in all I've been making some headway, but it's still a lot slower than I'd like, home-rehab is a LOT slower & takes far longer to see actual results.
I really miss all of you, but I can still see every comment you've left me. All the messages & gifts you've sent, the positive Words of encouragement & Love!
I'm trying to get back as soon as I can, but they tell me "one step at a time. don't rush things."
