Originally posted to my Facebook page on January 26, 2016

I’m free!!!! No more compression tights!! I can drive, I can make my commute to work, I can start taking my Advil again, I can flex my hip beyond 90 degrees as long as my knee abducts out, and I can start walking, stationary biking, swimming and doing the elliptical for exercise!! (As my energy and muscle strength allows, of course.) He plucked that little string that was stuck in my incision scar right out with no problem. I guess it was some of the incision material they used to stitch me up that didn’t dissolve and made its way out of the scar tissue.

I was hoping to get clearance to start practicing to dance again. However, he said no impact exercising until after my next follow-up in 10 weeks. So I will be dancing traditional for my head dance gig at KU on April 2nd. I’ll be ready. And I can start getting my flexibility back so I can tie my own shoe!!

Overall he was very pleased with my progress. I can go back to iron supplement and my Omega-3 supplement. I got to see my first x-ray with my new hardware. Not quite ready to post any pictures like that however. It was cool though.