Hey gang!
I'm smoking a Partagas 1845 Robusto right now; I really like these but the consistently tight draw adds an unwelcome bitterness to the otherwise great smoke. I think I just got a bad fiver... (At least I hope that's the reason!)
Anyway, it's 2 weeks from hip replacement surgery and I'm only using the cane occasionally. The walker is gathering dust! I'm walking as much as possible, and doing my exercises of course. The only real pain is from my leg muscles. No pain from the hip joint (yay!) or from the incision (yay!) - the pain is all in the muscles. Last week the doc said "Yeah, we don't cut any muscles with the "anterior approach" but we DO have to crank them out of the way to get at the hip joint." I'll say. I'm an old rock climber and I've certainly abused my body over the years, but this sh*t hurts way more than when I fell off a mountain! I only take pain meds at night now, because without them, I can't fall asleep. That said, my primary recovery barometer is how I feel getting out of bed in the morning, and each morning is better than the last, so my recovery is pretty normal. All said, I'm a lucky guy.
Again, thanks for all your support, and keep on herfin'!
