Things get a little better each day. Outside of a Vicoden at night, I am off pain killers. That makes me feel soooo much better. I get depressed when taking those things. Severely in fact.
Not much discomfort in the left hip. Much less burning sensation than I had after the last two. Sitting upright is only marginally uncomfortable. Still motion machining and ice machining for hours each day. The right hip has been a little aggravated since the op, probably b/c I am completely favoring it while on crutches. I believe that will mitigate once I can start weighting both legs.
The video above is from the procedure. They give this to you in recovery, which I think is super cool and a good illustration at how dialed the folks at Western Orthopedics have this procedure.
PT is simple at this point. 20 minutes per day moving pedals around a bike on a trainer and 6 or so hours in a constant motion machine, which is the name implies, is a machine that constantly moves my leg back and forth, quite slowly and with annoying squeaking sounds as it lowers. Twice a week I go see Russ at Alta PT in Boulder and he moves my leg around. Initial movement looks and feels good with less of the twingy pain I recall during early PT from the prior two operations.
