Monday 27 September 2010

Flying therabands Physioboy....

....do what, physio at high altitude? physio on our road trip?

You reckon security will let me through with therabands or the flight crew not look at me suspiciously for using them [or the rest of the plane for that matter!]?

I like the idea of flying-fisio but I reckon it would probably make the top-ten list of things that annoy people on a flight!

To be fair he didn't suggest I do, but I am expected to keep up the good work when and where I can. Which is a reasonable request, but I think I'll pack the therabands into my check-in bag. Things are progressing, slowly but surely. There have been a couple of days here and there (visitors) that I haven't done my physio and honestly, you do fall behind and I can tell. So it really is important for me to try and get some physio in on vacation. Still a lot of work to be done overall and he reckons I'm still about 2 months off getting into the physio gym, but he has okay'd my pilates workout I wrote out for him. Which is great, because I can easily incorporate the exercises I have from physio into the pilates workout for double points!!

The spine curls into the bridge with leg extension exercise....we're aiming ultimately for 40-50 right? I asked him if he could do it, a confession, he'd struggle! He said that athletes would be pushing that!! Athletes, er....hello, this is little old me here, I can do 8 currently without collapsing.... one day, one day...

Toodle-oo, back soon.... [unless I get arrested for theraband misuse]


Wednesday 8 September 2010

6 mths post-op

Oh my goodness, 6 mths since I had resurfacing surgery! I went to Birmingham last tuesday for a check up with Mr. O'Hara, my implant has not moved one iota and there's nothing on x-ray to cause any concern whatsoever - very happy days!

I've officially been free of osteoarthritis pain for 6mths and that has changed my life beyond words. Osteoarthritis steals people's lives....it won't kill you, but it'll wreak your life and you as a person. I've been given my life back twice now and hopefully this will be the last time before the age of 50 that I'll have to resort to surgical intervention to beat the bugger! No way this is stopping me doing what I want to do.... I might walk a little funky right now, but walk I can..... and I'm not sitting down or staying in anymore!!

The last month hasn't been the greatest psychologically on the recovery front, but I've come to the realisation that there's nothing I can do but keep moving forward with everything. It's done now and I'm pain-free, something that millions are not. I'm in this for the long-haul, so I'd better get comfortable...