Current mood:	annoyed
Entry tags:	hip replacement, recovery, tripping

Stumble-bummed
After six weeks of all-positive progress after my hip replacement, I tripped myself up. Literally. Stepped with my right foot on an ice cube, started to trip, stepped down hard on my left foot and caught myself. May have twisted my torso a bit as well, I'm not sure. Ow! I put an icebag on it for 20-30 minutes as I lay in bed before going to sleep. This morning, my thigh hurt a lot when I moved it. Getting in and out of the car was a struggle.

I did manage to get out with S to breakfast, and then called my doctor's office. I told the nurse that I thought I had pulled a muscle, and she suggested alternate ice/heat and Tylenol, and okayed the pool and hot tub. Walking in the water and then lounging in the hot tub with Kris did make me feel a lot better. This afternoon I've been alternating ice bag and heating pad, and probably being a bit too inactive. I definitely need the cane to get around, and I had been managing without it around the house.

Oh well, as S says, this will make for a journal entry that's something other than pure straight progress. Rats. Hope it doesn't take too long for me to get back to where I was.