Posts to this blog have declined as the condition of my hip improves. Last week, I went out on three bicycle rides, each a little more or less than 20 miles. This weekend, I went to an advanced Yoga class and played tennis twice–not hard-core singles but fairly easy back-and-forth rallying. Today, I bicycled 7.5 miles to work, which means I have a 7.5 mile return trip.
I am still, however, a work in progress. My operated leg is still weaker and less flexible than my other side, but the differential is decreasing, and my wife still detects a slight limp. I occasionally feel a clicking in my hip, which apparently is loose tendons rubbing against body parts. But my hip no longer buckles, as it did prior to surgery, and my confidence in resuming activity is growing.
The second day of playing tennis, for example, I was more comfortable pushing off on my operated leg and putting my full weight on it when stroking the ball. I was crawling around the garage roof yesterday fixing our bicycle hoop, which is something I would definitely not have tried a month ago.
One of the downsides of the surgery, in fact, is that I no longer have a good excuse for not doing chores, like gutter cleaning, etc. The price we pay.
