A few days ago I had my two weeks post-op visit with Dr. Stoneback. An appointment to remove stitches from the two smaller incisions, address the terrible rash on the large incision, and generally review the surgery and prognosis. Boy, was it eye-opening and is causing me to recalibrate expectations! If you missed the post describing the actual surgery in detail, please read it here. It will help this post make more sense.
Recovery
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117 Days. This is the number of days that will have passed from the day I found out my last surgery was a complete failure until the day I have the next surgery. This is the number of days I will have been in a total nightmare. We are 7 days out right now, so I’ve gotten through 110 of them. But let’s go back and examine this…
It’s been very quiet around here. I’ve been patiently and quietly biding my time healing while also homeschooling two kids, momming, wifing, progressing my workouts, life. In order to succeed at all of those things, my writing had to take a seat. But today I’m here! And yesterday I was in Boulder for my six month post-op visit…
I haven’t written in awhile, biding my time in a holding pattern of slow but steady healing. The day to day changes are microscopic, but over time they are piling up, enough to share. Meanwhile, we are starting to address what feels like the mangled ribbon from my typewriter (my actual typewriter pictured above) in my left hip, a feeling that has been there since my first hip scope in August of 2018.
It has been a little while since I’ve shared an update. I had my 3-month post-op visit last week so now seems like a good time to give a 3 month update. So, what’s new? How are things progressing? Are things actually progressing this time? What have I been thinking? Doing? What’s up ahead?
And here we are again, back to practicing the art of the wait. I had my 6 week follow-up visit with Dr. Mei-Dan yesterday. Here is how it went…
Continuing from my last post, today I’m sharing Willa’s photographs. This is what happens when you give a child a camera – once you’ve set it up and shown them the basics, they will run off and shoot everything their heart desires. This was true for me and both of my boys who are now accomplished photographers. I suppose it is a strong case of tree -> apple, apple, apple, but I believe it is such an unintimidating, fun, and free form of art that children naturally love it.
Over three weeks post-op, I’m savoring every second of this recovery. It is so different! I am so different! Not as in compared to my life ever, but more like I’m back to myself prior to the plate and six screws going in on 1/22/2021. There was an immediate shift that day that I didn’t understand as fully as I do now that I have experienced this shift back into me.
Yesterday we went on our annual family pumpkin patch outing, back to Anderson Farms in Erie, CO again. We loved it so much last year, we had to go back there again. I think it is our spot now. Read on to see the fun we had – Pumpkin Patch 2022!
Check it out!! Today I had my two weeks post-op visit with Dr. Mei-Dan and finally got to see an X-ray. Read on to learn more about what you see…