Where does time go?! Seven months?! Hip surgery definitely feels closer than 7 months ago. But then I look at where I am now, and seven months makes a lot of sense. It sometimes felt SO long. SO slow. There was setbacks. The process is not over yet. There's still a work ahead. But I must say that I've been feeling more alive than ever in the past two-three weeks. Being able to get back to the gym (out of PT exercises) has been game changing. I finally feel like I'm finding my old self back. Today I had a private session with Val and we did: 3x 20 controlled deep squats 30s heavy bag drills 3x 10 cal rowers 10 overhead sandbag pull (light bag) 20 hamstring curl on swiss ball 2x (I was timed. Was able to beat my time on the second round!) 20 18" box single leg step up R + L 20 10lbs slamball 20 pushup on inverted bosu ball 20 TRX pulls 20 8lbs dumbbell thruster 20 full sit ups 3x 30s posture with elastic band 30s pec stretch R 30s pec stretch L Lots of lower body stretching Damn! Val kicked my butt! I was sooooo out of breath. She found it pretty hilarious and laughed at me the whole time. She kept a close eye during the whole workout to make sure that I was doing the exercises correctly. She also made sure nothing was ever painful, and brought modifications if ever it was. Felt so good. My cardio was what I struggled most with. I realized that my old self was back, as she would suggest me taking a break to catch my breath, but I just kept going. The competitive me! I did take breaks for my hip though. It was so darn beautiful out today! Val and I went for lunch (and a little shopping!) and it felt really good to spend time with her. We stopped at Lululemon and I scored a pair of leggings and a tank top...both on sale! BOOM. I'm part of the r&d team as I used to teach...so I always appreciate the 15% discount! Oli was a bit discouraged when he saw me arrive with my Lulu bag. hahaha. But hey, I wanted to treat myself with new gear for all these new workouts ahead :) Yesterday I had PT (still go once a week) and my PT was happy about my current ROM and strength. Yay! He said it's never been as good as now. Encouraging! Came home and was in a lot of pain...which got worse and worse. By the time I went to bed, it was so bad that I couldn't fall asleep. I had taken Advil, with no change. I had to resort to dilaudid, which magically worked. I'm seeing Dr. Nho in a month, and I will ask him about medication to control pain. I wonder if taking Norco or Dilaudid is too strong for where I am in my recovery. Or if it's OK, as long as it's only used once in a while.
Anyway, I'm going to go to bed now...I'm so exhausted! Tomorrow I have to get up extra early so I can get a gym session done before going to work at 9am. OUCH. Hope you're all doing great!!!
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AuthorMy name is Marie-Christine. I'm 34 years old and live in Montreal, QC, Canada. I have had two failed hip scopes on my right hip to do undiagnosed hip dysplasia. My amazing surgeon, who is in Quebec City, performed periacetabular osteotomy in November 2017. He also did one left hip scope (non dysplastic) in February 2017. Archives
May 2018
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