Tell me about it!!! It was really neat to walk around at Disneyland and NOT have that constant nagging pain in my hip... although despite using the cane all day, I still got sore in the evening.
today my hip feels slightly more sore than it did the day before I went to disneyland, but it feels like the soft tissue stuff...discomfort I've felt before..so it's nothing I"m alarmed about, it's just my body's way of telling me I walked a lot and now it wants me to slow down...
I probably walked more yesterday than I did the whole week prior put together! Given how far I walked, I am suprised I wasn't MORE sore!
I will be taking it easy for a while... but I had no problem walking to work today without the cane... so I guess at this point I'd consider myself "caneless" for a mile walk...but any "all day Disney" excursions still require a cane...
It will be cool when I go back to Disneyland in a couple years and I can ride Space Mountain!!! I passed on that one.
Althought I got to ride it vicarously through my 9 year old who exited the ride yelling and screaming how "awesome" it was...
I have to give credit to Disneyland...they have a pretty good system setup to accomodate people with mobility problems. The tram, which is often a nightmare, has special handicapped sections, ramps, and they go out of their way to assist you on/off..and even though I was in a group of NINE, everyone in my group got to stay with me, be in the special lines with me, etc. When I was more mobile, and not in need of special assistance, I never really paid attention to that stuff...and now that I've been on crutches, and have used the cane, I pay more atention to those who still need it, and empathize with them. It was really nice to see that even people with pretty severe disabilities get to expereince the fun and wonder of Disneyland. I saw quite a few pretty heavily disabled kids in wheelchairs, getting to go on the rides - and it was nice that they got at least that one day to probably forget a little bit about their lmitations and just be mesmerized in the magic of Disney.
My son is 9, daughter is 5, and my little guy is 3. They all had a total blast - I had a great time, but mostly because I was enjoying seeing their little faces light up.
If any of you had concerns you wouldn't be able to hit up an amusement park at 6 weeks - I think yo'ud do fine. just stay off the hard core coasters.