zephyroftheNorth
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Joined: 10/5/2009 From: The Great Frozen North Status: offline
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Greetings to the Free Greetings to the girlies and lurkers, Well it's now almost one year and 9 months since I had my hip surgery. Unfortunately things didn't work out as planned. I had been told by my surgeon that I would recover completely and if anything the pain worsened post surgery. I did have periods of time when I'm painfree, essentially the summer months. I spent some time trying to convince my doctors to order an MRI which is the only imaging that has ever shown any damage at all, but because it all points to surgeon error noone will order it. Soooo, since it appears I'm stuck with it, I've decided to just get on with my life as best I can. I walk with a cane but am still capable of doing most things on my own. I walk a lot, which is great and does tend to help with the pain. Living alone has meant coming up with creative ways to do things. For instance for laundry, I rigged up a laundry basket tied to one of those flat, metal, fold up carts, so that it's possible to cart it down to the laundry room. Food shopping is done over several days so that it isn't necessary to shlep heavy loads of food home on the bus. Having a positive attitude helps a lot too. Essentially I focus on what I can do instead of what I can't do and let go of my pride enough to ask for help when it's necessary. So, instead of focusing obsessively on finding out what's wrong, I'm just getting on with my life and you know what....life is great! I wish you all well zeph
< Message edited by zephyroftheNorth -- 12/24/2009 1:34:26 PM >
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