8 weeks post hip arthroscopy (again)My 6 week post-op visit has come and passed, meaning I am now CRUTCH FREE! And more than that, I've been feeling really good. I went to the Broncos game last Sunday and, even though they continue to insist on ripping our hearts out every game, I had such a great time. I live about 10-15 min walking distance from the stadium and was able to walk over to the game. I love living downtown, but it was absolutely killing me having to Uber all over the place- even to the coffee shop a few blocks down the street. It was so liberating to just walk over to the stadium. And then to be able to cruise up and down stairs without even a second thought? That was the icing on the cake! I had been to 3 football games at University of Colorado this year (all on crutches...) and, even though I had fun being out with everyone, every game felt like an absolute production. I had to think about parking, distance to the field, feasibility of tailgating based on location, crutching around the stadium with a huge crowd of drunk college students, the BLEACHERS.... I could go on and on. I was so incredibly thankful for my independent mobility at THIS football game that I could almost cry. It's been a long road. It's hard to maintain a positive outlook when every time I get so close to being completely back to normal... I find myself back in an OR with a lengthy rehab ahead of me. But on THIS day, I was overcome with this unwavering feeling that everything is going to be ok now. I don't really know how to explain it, but my body feels whole again. And what better week to have this realization than the week of Thanksgiving. This time reminds me of my favorite quote by Melody Beattie: "Gratitude turns what we have into enough." Not only is this a wonderful reminder during the holiday season, but it is a much needed reminder during all the times in our lives where we find ourselves in a funk. And let me tell you, recovering from surgery can put you in the BIGGEST funk of all time! Practicing gratitude for where your body is at in the recovery process and celebrating all the small (yet monumental!) victories along the way is the only way to stay sane through such a demanding process. Of course there are a million things that I am pretty bummed about not being able to do right now (like ski opening day or go for a trail run with my my dog), but today, in this moment, I am going to celebrate that my body is able to walk up an entire stadium worth of stairs and that I can go to a concert and dance with my friends. I'm going to celebrate this because I couldn't do this 2 weeks ago. And more importantly, I am going to celebrate this knowing just how far this body has come in order to get me here... and that before I know it, this body is going to get me back to where I want to be going.
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