Uneven

Oh. My. God.

I just got done with a workout on my elliptical and I'm huffing and puffing like an asthmatic in the Himalayas.  Before my surgery, I was doing these workouts about five times a week to prepare, and I could blast out an hour on the same machine pretty easily.  Now 20 minutes KICKS MY ASS.  I'm actually shaking!

My physical therapy assignments now require that I get back on the elliptical 4-5 times a week, which I'm actually pretty excited about.  The reason I'm so excited that I can work out again is because I'm getting to be a little ... uneven.

Yesterday during my physical therapy session, my P.T. strapped a weight around the ankle of my new hip leg and had me walk back and forth down a hallway with a mirror at the end.  In shorts.  In the winter when I'm white as a sheet.  During a time in which I can't shave my legs.  Are you getting the picture?

Anyway, as I was walking toward my reflection in the mirror, I noticed that my new side is a bit ... well, let's say that my old side looks like it's been doing the P90X workout and the other side has been watching the other work out while it eats a pizza.  My knee is so pudgy it looks like it has a face with little cheeks and a chin.

So yeah, I'm gonna work out now.   Heh.

My healing is going well.  Monday will mark my sixth week -- YAY!!!  Within two weeks I should be done with my precautions (no bending beyond 90 degrees at the hip, no crossing legs, no twisting) which would make me one HAPPY camper.  I still feel a little stiff and walk with a little bit of a limp, but that's what physical therapy is for.

My incision looks really good.  Honestly, I couldn't be more impressed with my doc's skillz.  They used glue rather than staples or suitures, so there's almost no puckering or weirdness.  Right now it's just a pink line.

Well, time to start a busy day.  My nephew, Wyatt, is coming to visit so Auntie needs to clean up and not look like a boozer with the shakes.  :)