I had PT today at 2 pm. My hip was really starting to hurt beforehand so I ended up taking a pain killer. I can't wait till I can stop so I will be able to finally enjoy a lovely glass of wine.
We cabbed it to PT and the drive surprisingly did not take too long (we thought it might with all the big shots at the UN this week). I have been walking better and definitely much improved in moving around since a week ago, and the boys at PT noticed. This of course meant that they had to go and give me harder things to do. I was amazed at how much more I was able to tolerate this week, it being only a week. My left hip has been popping on the outside a lot when I walk on crutches, so I've been trying to move without it doing this by taking smaller strides with my left leg. I started today with the bike, and was to do it between 10 and 20 minutes, as much as I could tolerate. By minute 9 I was buggered and both hips were hurting but I kept going till minute 13. Probably should have just stopped at 9 but I was trying to push through it. After that I was given a few new moves, such as turning my leg on a chair to stretch it out and kneeling on all fours then going to a squat position. I wasn't able to do a complete squat but was told that I was doing better than anticipated. I am sort of the "guinea pig" at the PT office since I have so many things wrong, they are always having to come up with new ways for me to do their exercises that will not hurt me more than help me. It always seems to be slightly comical. After that I did all the other exercises from last week and then iced for 10 minutes. I was there in total for almost 2 hours. I told my PT that all the time I banked before surgery should somehow be able to cancel all this out and I should have been able to walk out of the operating room in perfect condition. I know it's not possible but it's a bit old and tiring that I've been in PT since the end of December and now have at least another three months of it to "look forward to". ARGH. Sorry for the whinging, they are all very nice there, but it does get redundant after a while.
After we left the cabs were all off duty already, so we rang a car service to pick us up. This was much more civilised and definitely easier on my legs than last weeks nightmare of trying to get home during rush hour. I also made next weeks appointment for earlier in the day so hopefully we will not have any trouble finding a cab after the session.
I am knackered so will say good night here.
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