Since the Maine trip I've been a lot more confident and willing to go out. I've gotten good at asking friends if they can give me a lift, since I don't have a car. They're happy to do so and it's really nice. I've been to three parties, I think, and we went and saw Pirates of the Caribbean - my first theatre outting since the surgery. Awesome movie, I actually would like to see it again. It's just a fun time. Just like the ride.
My hip seems to be getting stronger every day. I'm still doing my exercises only sporatically, but they get easier every time regardless. I'm working on lifting my leg of its own power rather than reaching down with my hands to get it to move. It seems to get easier every day. Stairs are no big deal anymore, and neither is perching on edges of things when there isn't a chair available.
I did start to get a little sore and cramped in the movie theatre, and had wished I'd brought some painkillers. I used to, the past year or so before the surgery, bring Aleve with me everywhere I went, and then when I got the vicodin prescribed I'd bring that, too. So when I started to hurt in the theatre I wanted some, but ignored it.
It does make me wonder though, if the pain is just always going to be there, surgery or no surgery. I really thought at this point I wouldn't be feeling the same old pains anymore.
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