This is my one year follow up post. Things are going really well, I’ve done several half century bike rides, rowed 4-6 times a week with the competitive program, and even did my first sprint race in a double! I did a bunch of strength training during the Summer, including deadlifts, squats, overhead press, etc….
Author: tajcarson
Week Five
Just finished week five. Walking continues to improve. I started doing more strength training last week. I’m doing leg work with the theraband, bridging, single leg standing lunges, swimming, walking, and I’m up to 15 minutes on the stationary bike. Next week I’ll start working on range of motion. Here is the video from week…
Week Four Update
Well, a lot has happened since week one. I’ve continued to to walk 2-3 miles a day, mostly with one crutch. I’ve also been swimming 2-3 days a week. Just 20 minutes, but the range of motion on the breast stroke has really improved, and it gives me some cardio. Two days ago I tried a…
Day Five
So, I’ve been lucky enough to have slow and steady progress with strength and walking. Yesterday was pretty bad, because I started to have major stomach problems from the anti-inflammatories. This happens to me sometimes, and I forgot to bring my Celebrex, which I’m kicking myself for. I just figured they would have an alternative,…
Day Three
Every day things get noticeably better. My leg is still a log that is impossible to get in and out out bed, almost like it doesn’t belong to me, and the first few steps I’m very stiff. But once I’m walking I feel much more solid on the operated leg, and today I experimented with…
Other gory details from the first 48 hours
Day two after surgery. It’s been over 48 hours. I went from not being able to get out of bed to getting out of bed ( it takes forever, because getting the operated log leg to go sideways is tricky. Plus my foot gets stuck under the covers) from a walker on day one to…
A visit with Koen de Smet
Just sitting here in my room….in a chair like a normal person and everything, and Koen de Smet came by to give me a picture of my hip. Definitely dysplastic, and I was starting to get osteoporosis from not walking and abnormal wear. He said studies have shown that once you have it resurfaced you…
Day One
Well, I was pretty comfortable and napped off and on all day on Wednesday after the surgery. I was a little nauseous and didn’t eat but wasn’t too uncomfortable. It was weird that I could only lay on my back and couldn’t get out of the bed, but the fatigue and the morphine kept me…
The Big Day
I woke up this morning at 4:30 and couldn’t go back to sleep. I was understandably pretty anxious. I did my second betadine shower, as instructed, packed up my cozy clothes, electronic devices, coloring book and other wonderful distractions from Didi, and of course my mug that Leslie gave me after I got so tired…
I think we might be a cult.
Everything has been so quiet here. I hadn’t seen anyone at the hotel or in the hospital who was having the surgery. Lots of waiting in my room and then a flurry of activity. They took my blood, gave me a shot of something that sounded heparin like but wasn’t heparin, and took me down…
Arriving at Jan Palfin
Jet lagged and sleep deprived, we arrived at the Reylof Hotel, which is truly glamorous. We had an overly ornate lunch (I almost couldn’t appreciate it until I had coffee) and I rushed off to do my pre-operative work at the hospital. Driving up to the Jan Palfin Hospital in the taxi, it truly dawned…
Taj's Hip Resurfacing 