Day 124

My left hip (non operated side) has been killing me for about 1 week. I had a mental breakdown the other day because I began to panick about having to go thru surgery again. If I have to have surgery on this hip I don't have anymore time off at work to take, nor do I have money to be off work for another 3 months. 

I haven't ran since last Wednesday at PT bc my hips were hurting me. We just did a re eval at PT and he decided I am banned from the gym and PT for 1 week. He is hoping that between work, additionally work in the gym/PT and now running, it may just be too much all at once for me and that I'm not quite ready for it all. 

I honestly believe that my "good hip" has had enough and is torn too. I haven't had the arthrogram on that side to verify but deep down I know that's what it is. I hope my therapist is right and that it's my hip flexors that are agitated and not actually damage to my hip. 

Only time will tell I suppose 

Week 17

I went back to work on Aug 22nd. I work at Summa Health Systems which is a level 1 trauma center so it's always crazy busy. I work in xray. Most people think I just push a button but my job is more physical than you think. I push beds, I pull patients onto tables, I roll/lift patients to get my xray cassettes under them....it can be rough. So far my hip has been good. The first 2 days were hard but I think I just needed to get used to walking for 8 hours and walking on the terrible hard hospital floors. I have trouble pivoting to turn beds around corners and I have a hard time pulling heavier patients or pushing heavier patients in wheelchairs. All in all it's going much better than I anticipated. 

I went to PT today and got to run on the treadmill for the first time. My surgeon told me 4 weeks ago I could start running this week and I've been counting down the days. We went over to the treadmill and my therapist said we can try for 3-5 min but only up to 5, depending on how I feel. I ran for 5 min straight. I started tearing up as I was closing in on 5 min. I couldn't believe I did it and that I wasn't gasping for breath since I haven't ran in almost 1 year. I can try to run outside after a week of running in a controlled setting (on the tmill supervised). I'm so happy to be getting back into running. I've missed it