I finally set the date for my surgery! May 14th!!!!!! It's three months away and I'm really nervous. However, to keep myself feeling better I have been doing different things to get prepared:
- Started swimming to get in better shape and strengthen my muscles
- Started doing morning and evening hip strengthening exercises that were approved by my PT
- Started taking Vitamin D and Calcium
- Started using Shea Butter every morning on my hip where the scar is going to be (to hopefully reduce the appearance of the scar)
Like I said, I'm pretty nervous that this is all happening so soon. However, I am so glad that everything is set in stone because I can finally plan around it. Right now I don't have anything to do until May 7th when I go in for pre-surgery testing. To keep sane, I'm going to concentrate on strengthening my hip and doing everything I can to be 100% by May.
~Mary Lynn
