Major Milestone for ME!

Most of you probably do this all the time and don’t even give it a thought but the other day Tim and I went to the movies.  I walked in unassisted, no walking stick, nothing, I sat there watching the movie for almost 2 hours, I then got up out of the seat unassisted, walked down the steps, out of the theater and to the car.

You have no idea how momentous that was.  I have not been to the movies in almost a year because of the pain of trying to sit through a whole movie.  I could only get there with the aid of a walking stick. Getting out of the seat after sitting in it for the length of an average movie took someone’s help and was painful, and the pain in trying to walk after sitting there for so long was usually unbearable to the point that I gave up going.

It wasn’t until I was bounding down the steps after the movie that it struck me.  I got out of the seat unaided.  I am skipping down the steps with no stick and no pain.  I was able to walk all the way to the car without limping or almost crying in agony!!!

When I say that my operation was life changing I mean it.  Take a look at the follow-up video we just made of me 4 months post op:

and if you haven’t seen it yet this is what I was like before and just after the surgery:

I even managed to go for a short bike ride. Yipee!