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So I haven't been consistent with my updates which makes me a very inconsistent and boring person I guess :)

The reason for that inconsistency is that I started working at 2 weeks after the surgery, so didn't really have as much time to update :)
Obviously, I am working from home, and it's going pretty well! Before the surgery I've heard different opinions about whether I will be able to start working so soon or not. Dr. Millis of course was saying that I could almost right away, and some nurses and other people were saying that I will be too exhausted and tired to work until about 6 weeks post-op or so.

I'm glad that Dr. Millis' version prooved right.

I am taking less and less drugs, although when I don't take them, the pain is there. But I think when I run out of them, I will not ask for a refill. The pain now is not as bad as it was before the surgery, and I didn't use pain killers back then, so I think I should be fine.
I can lift my leg up to 80 degrees when laying down, so I don't need my mom for that exercise any more. I also cosntantly try to imitate the "driver move", as if I am transferring my leg from pedal to pedal. It's hard to say whether it's working or not - it does seem to me that I can do it fairly quickly but who knows!

I have bought another "surgery buy" - a non-slip bath mat, and it works fine! My bath bottom is very slippery, so having the mat there makes me feel much more comfortable.

I got out of the house 4 times by now. First time my friend took me out to see Christmas lights. It was perfectly fine - I am comfortable crutching on the stairs now, so probably it's time to start going downstairs (where my big screen TV and fireplace is... mmm... and the treadmill... ah).
Then I went to a holiday party, had two dentists appointments, and went grocery shopping in a wheelchair. The latter is terrible! Wheelchair is so heavy, my arms get tired really quickly, and I don't like when my hands touch the cold metal, and it also seems to be always going right instead of straight, so my right arm was particularly sore after that.
People are staring at me of course, and sometimes I get stuck, and I can't wait to get my handicapped parking sign and get rid of the wheelchair and crutches. Can't wait. Can't wait!

My steri-strips all fell off now and the scar looks pretty pretty (well, for a scar anyway). Thin, and half of it blends in with the line between my leg and body when sitting up, so only the top is really visible.

One other little achievement is that I put on tights by myself one day. I bended for it the way I shouldn't bend, but I needed to prove it to myself that I can do it. Don't know why. Just needed it :)

Still have to sleep on my back as the hip hurts every time I try to turn on my side. The back is killing me because of that and I'm wearing a magnetic belt for the back which helps a little during the day.