Phew!

Ooops, so I’ve neglected you guys a wee bit!  It has been a pretty busy week for me so here’s a rundown.

Monday: morning physio at the gym, then the relaxation class which was really quite good, I will be going again tomorrow.  Worked 4 hours.

Tuesday: I worked a 9-hour split shift at work, went for a swim at lunch time and then a bike ride after dinner (the same route as Sunday). Then I remembered that I was supposed to do a gym session on my own before I met my physio next, which I thought was Thursday but upon checking discovered it was Wednesday, so didn’t have time to fit that in unless I wanted to do two sessions on Wednesday!

Wednesday: Physio was very happy with me doing a swim and bike ride on Tuesday so not worried about skipping the gym and we made some changes to my program, mainly just adding in some extra sets where things were a bit easy.  Told me to try a longer bike ride on the weekend.  Worked a 9-hour split shift.

Thursday: I slept in and had a day off exercise. Worked 6 hours.

Friday: I had an appointment with the psychologist who was very pleased with how things are going.  It’s amazing what a difference diminished pain levels coupled with a feeling of well deserved normalcy and harmony among peers can make to ones mood!  Worked 6 hours. Went to a fund-raising silent auction for my cousin’s rowing team.  Managed to buy myself a pair of awsome Roxy snowboarding boots…ummm, never been snowboarding in my life but they were a BARGAIN, winning bid of $80 and they are worth $350!  One guess at what I am going to do this winter…and if I don’t like it I can sell the boots lol.

Saturday: I biked to Nanna and Grandy’s  for scones and coffee then back home, a 22km round trip.  It was good having the break in between.  Came home and did some gardening/loading garden waste onto a trailer to take to the dump and felt pretty good afterwards.

Sunday (today): Sleep in, took half an hour to find clothes that fit, argh! Glad to be able to exercise again and ready to put in the hard yards!  Sushi for lunch at the mall, grocery shopping then off to the gym with hubby for an hour and a bit.  Managed to jog for my warm-up today (first time since surgery) with the treadmill set to intervals for 10 minutes.  NO pain on impact, a nice and very welcome surprise!  Did all my exercises then 5 minutes on the bike to finish off.
Yummy home-made Balinese curry for dinner at my inlaw’s and now a nice hot cuppa as I recline on the couch and blog

I am really pleased with the way things are going at the moment.  I feel like I’m finally getting somewhere.  The hardest part of my physical activity is the flexion exercise on the hip machine at the gym which still causes a reasonable amount of discomfort but I’m sure it will just take a little time to sort this out.
I am nearly off all medications.  Pain killers are stored in the cupboard (except for the emergency ones in my bag) and haven’t been touched at all during the week.

Life is good