Tin-Thanks for the advice. Yogurt is perfect food for recovery and for some reason I never really thought about it. Picked out a few good books that I have been meaning to get through the last few years. Already put a good dent in one today. Nice picture of your first steps by the way. You looked WAY better than I did.
Danny told me about some calcium supplements. Thats a great idea as well. Is anyone taking calcium supplements, iron supplements, multivitamins, fish oil, etc post surgery? I never really went over that and will try to check the past posts tomorrow.
Mslendzin-You will good fine. Schmitt was great. Do you meet with him again prior to the surgery? You are the beginning of January, right?
Overall, I am feeling pretty good. I have very little strength in my hip flexors (cant really lift my leg up) and have zero strength in abduction? (going from outward to inward). I also just cant shake this low, dull headache that comes and goes for the last 4 days. The good news is, I already know it is better than before. I can actually stand up straight and dont have joint pain. My back, while super stiff from not being able to bend over, feels about 53 million times better than before.
I have my moments of frustration and still some feelings of anger/anxiety/fear over this whole ordeal. But, I need to focus on the positive and I can say that I honestly have a great deal to be thankful for. The success of this surgery being just one of those gifts.
Thanks again to all for the kind words.