I just had my second follow up visit and am about 2 weeks deep into physical therapy. My flexibility is great and I got released to start walking short distances without the crutches - which if I'm to be honest - I've been doing for about two weeks anyway.
I had a slight set back last weekend when I slipped on some ice with a crutch and came down pretty hard on my leg. Almost right away I started having a sudden pain deep in my groin. It wasn't constant and it would come right out of the blue with no obvious reason and sometimes almost feel like a spasm. At first we thought I might have just pulled a muscle but the physician's assistant says that it's not all that uncommon after surgery for a few of those muscles to be "irritated" for a while. It's happening much less often now so I guess I'm good.
I'm getting very antsy to start really walking again but with the ice and snow, I'll be pretty much stuck indoors for a while to reduce the risk of falling. I think I'm going to be stuck on the Exercycle for a while for anything that burns calories. But the good news is that I'm healing well, incisions look really good with only one having a bit of scar tissue under it that should go down as time goes on, and I'll soon be back to "normal".
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