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