Tuesday, 14 January 2014

6 weeks post op - follow up appointment and goal setting.......

finally the time has come and i can stop counting the days post op -im now 6 weeks post op this is the magic number, this is the mile stone, this is what ive been working towards..........

so had my follow up appointment with the surgeon - for whatever reason i was nervous! not sure why but i was bricking it - somewhere in the back of my mind i think i thought there was going to be a sting in the tail after everything seemed to have gone so well.....BUT no issues, no sting in the tail - he was pleased to tell me it had gone and was doing as well if not better than expected at this stage, basically ive done all i can and its worked!! all the rehab work and walking has done the trick :)

so the burning question was do i still have to adhere to the restrictions? the answer - no not really, dont go throwing myself into life, break myself in gently and if it hurts stop - makes sense really!!  :)
can i drive? yes no problem!! 
is there anything wrong with the other one? no!!
what happens now? keep up the good work and see you in a year for a follow up+xray!!

chuffed with that - boy done good :)

followed up with a nice little 1.1 mile walk Monday pm (in addition to 0.5 m in the morning and a lunchtime stroll)

tuesday walked 0.5m in the morning + a lunchtime stroll and followed up with 1.2 miles Tuesday pm

GOALS-
short term
after last returning to work last week and easing off the walking this week i will be building it back up - ill include a lunchtime walk and try for an evening walk of a mile+ and aim to build that to 1.5 miles each evening and aim for longer walks sat/sun
medium term
set up the turbo trainer and build in some bike time to help with fitness and build more stamina
long term (6months-june)
this may seem a little off the wall - but im going to walk a marathon distance - ill eat fish and chips half way and drink some tea along the way and it will all be very civilised but its my goal and i can do what i want!!
long,long,long term (september 2015)
im going to do a 24 hr/100km challenge walk 

so there you have it thats my goals - im sure they will be tweaked along the way but thats where im headed

laters sng


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