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Hi folks,
Sorry I've been completely awol lately! Things are going well. The hip is healing nicely and I'm walking better and farther every day. PT has been immensley helpful, and I started hitting the gym again over the weekend, although very lightly.
I had some bone density tests done of my lumbar and left femur, they came back at -.8 and -.4 respectively. The .4 isn't too bad, but the .8 isn't so good. When I told my surgeon that he got pissed and said "You clearly aren't taking care of yourself. With those #'s and having your hip replaced at 42 you need to do better." I said please keep in mind I've had skeletal issues since I was 19, and think I've done remarkably well for the past 23 years keeping myself moving to the best of my ability. In fairness I believe he was coming from a place of encouragement to strive for a stronger body, and moving forward I certainly hope to attain that.
In the meantime I've been packing and prepping to move back north. Scheduled to leave on Sunday, Nov. 15th. I'm surely going to miss it down here but I'm needed back home and in truth that is where my heart is. Too bad I can't take the shop with me, but I know all these southern boys would turn into popsicles and we can't have that. It's been good to see things returning to normal at the shop, and thank everybody there for picking up the pieces that my absence brought.
Thanks again to everybody here for the encouragement and well wishes, they meant a tremendous amount to me, then and now. And I'll do my best not to be a stranger in these parts!
Cheers,
Ken
Sorry I've been completely awol lately! Things are going well. The hip is healing nicely and I'm walking better and farther every day. PT has been immensley helpful, and I started hitting the gym again over the weekend, although very lightly.
I had some bone density tests done of my lumbar and left femur, they came back at -.8 and -.4 respectively. The .4 isn't too bad, but the .8 isn't so good. When I told my surgeon that he got pissed and said "You clearly aren't taking care of yourself. With those #'s and having your hip replaced at 42 you need to do better." I said please keep in mind I've had skeletal issues since I was 19, and think I've done remarkably well for the past 23 years keeping myself moving to the best of my ability. In fairness I believe he was coming from a place of encouragement to strive for a stronger body, and moving forward I certainly hope to attain that.
In the meantime I've been packing and prepping to move back north. Scheduled to leave on Sunday, Nov. 15th. I'm surely going to miss it down here but I'm needed back home and in truth that is where my heart is. Too bad I can't take the shop with me, but I know all these southern boys would turn into popsicles and we can't have that. It's been good to see things returning to normal at the shop, and thank everybody there for picking up the pieces that my absence brought.
Thanks again to everybody here for the encouragement and well wishes, they meant a tremendous amount to me, then and now. And I'll do my best not to be a stranger in these parts!
Cheers,
Ken