Week 12

I went to the surgeon yesterday for my 12 week follow up & I actually saw Dr. Rosneck (about time). He isn't as thorough as his PA (I was with him maybe 10 min) but he knows what he's doing. My scar looks great and I know he fixed my hip so I honestly don't care lol. He said that I am ahead of schedule and am doing great. He said it's time to kick it up a notch with therapy (moving on to phase III...not sure what that entails but it means more than leg stretches so I'm game). I can start running in 6 weeks. That seems like so far away but I'm excited that I'm in the home stretch. I never thought I'd miss running so much. I hope I have some not so cold weather to run in. I am also cleared to go back to work. I go back next Friday. I am soooo not ready. I'm excited to see my co workers and get my full paycheck back 😜 but the hospital is so stressful and I don't want my summer vacation to end haha. Being paid to not go to work has been awesome. Reality had to come some time. I am nervous to go back to work because the hospital is huge. It's a lot of walking. I just gotta go slow and do the best I can. One step at a time. 

Dr. Rosneck said I need to work on my stretching more, to externally rotate my hip. 

I did this today at the gym. Doesn't look impressive but you have no idea how much effort this is taking. It's out way more than it has been. 

So since I'm allowed to advance to phase III, I got to do a lot of fun stuff at PT today. I did real leg presses on a real machine, not the reformer. I did them at 60lbs. I also did calf raises on the leg press machine. I did balance work and squats on a bosu ball. I had this giant smile on my face the whole time. This stuff is way harder than the basic table work/stretches I've been doing. I was actually sweating and my heart rate was up. Pathetic I know but I'm so excited!