Wow... been a long time so lets get to it, k?!
Well the hip is doing great. I think I'm starting to get the feeling back in my leg because I get shots of pain up and down my leg and I'm starting to sense more touch to it so I hope that's a good thing! Haha! I'm full weight bearing now and I'm going to the gym a lot and I actually got on a treadmill last week for the first time, that was pretty exciting!
At my last appointment with my Dr. he said things were great and to come back in 4 months. We did talk about doing my other hip and when that would possibly be. We talked about doing it in December and that we would discuss it more in September when I see him again. Well, about a week after my appointment, I was talking with Jacob and the more I thought about it, the more I thought about having the surgery in September. My parents also thought that that sounded like a good idea to do it sooner rather than later, so I called my Dr and talked to his nurse practitioner and this is what she told me.
She talked to him and he said that if in my heart I feel fully confident in the surgery and I'm happy with how this past surgery went and I really feel like I'm ready in my heart and my body to do it again, he'll do the surgery in September. He said that a few years ago he would never do the surgery less than a year apart from each other, but because I healed so quickly, and he hasn't seen someone recover that fast, he would do it in my case.
So I'm calling tomorrow to see if he's free on the dates I have in mind, so I'll post later on if I actually get to set a date in late September.
And may I announce that in August, I'll be apart of the fist ever HIPPY UNION!!!!!!!!! (We are calling in a union, not a re-union because we have never met before...haha!) Myself-from Indy, Krystal-from Cali, Marci-from Michigan, Ashley-From Indy, Sabrina-from Indy, Jessica-From Indy,Courtney-from Indy, and possibly Nole and Amy-from Iowa and Stephanie-from Indy will be getting together to finally all meet! We're very excited for this meeting and we have big plans! We're going to Chicago for a couple days, then getting a hotel room downtown and all gonna party here in Indy for the weekend. It's gonna to be the union of the year!
Jacob and I celebrated our one year anniversary last weekend! We left for IL on Friday morning and spent the night in Gridley then Saturday morning we headed north to Chicago for the day! It was a great weekend :) We went to the museum for a few hours, then we went downtown and walked after for the rest of the afternoon. He then took me to Smith & Wollensky for an amazing dinner! I love him so much!
Well, not much more to update on but I'll update when I know more about my surgery date... Later!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
4 / 19 / 10
ok so I know it's been a while! Life just gets too busy sometimes for me to blog when I want to.
Well first off I joined a gym! I'm now going to the YMCA by my house about 3 times a week and I love it. It's crazy to think I was using my crutches when I started and now I walk in even without my cane! This cute little old man came up to me last week when I went to the gym the first time without my cane and he said " I see you're here without your little friend!" He was so cute and I guess he had been watching me before when I was using my cane! It made me laugh :-)
I got o see my Dr. in about 2 weeks so I hope he's pleased with how strong I'm getting. I did try to do some lunges today with a trainer but it hurt a lot. He gave me some tips how to work up to them so I'll be trying some new workouts but it's hard in a way not to be able to do everything I could do before the surgery. But I gues now it's a waiting game until I'm healed all the way through my body. I feel a lot stronger in my legs and I have even lost like 4 pounds! I don't want to lose too much or else I will have to alter my wedding dress.. which leads me to say I now have my dress!! My sisters and I went the other night to pick out bridesmaids dresses and I asked if it was it because it had been about 11 weeks since I ordered it and she said it was in the back! I tried it on and it was a perfect fit! We have a little altering to do on the strap but it's an easy fix we can do at home. It's hanging in my room right now and I want tot ry it on all the time but I know I have to wait. Haha!
Wedding planning is coming along ok. Jacob and I went the other week to figure out the dance floor and DJ stuff because the guy doing the music has a massive set up and we had to make sure it would fit in the ballroom! ;-) We have a lot to do still but it's nice that jacob is almost done with his MBA program so that's one less thing he has to worry about this summer. We have an awesome photographer too and I can't wait to have our engagement photos taken, but that will be sometime in June. Also the pastor we have is a long time friend of my family and he told me over the years " Shelly when you get married I want to be the one to preform the ceremony" and now he is and it's a wonderful gift! Godhas been very good through the process already and I'm happy to see how He will work in the months to come.
Over all things are going alright. I have made some spirtiual changes in my life and I'm putting my full faith in the LORD that He is looking out for me and everything in my life is for Him and Him alone. He has a plan for my life and I need to let Him show me what that is. Not try to make up some new plans but fully trust in Him and lean compleatly on Him.
Ok well I'm taking a step of faith today and doing something that might change my life and I'll update in the weeks to come and let you know how it is going. Prayers would be much appreciated. Thank you.
Oh and here is a link to our wedding page! Sign our guest book so we know who's following us as we get ready to make that change in our lives!
http://www.theknot.com/ourwedding/JacobPorzelius&MichelleKussro2010
<3
Well first off I joined a gym! I'm now going to the YMCA by my house about 3 times a week and I love it. It's crazy to think I was using my crutches when I started and now I walk in even without my cane! This cute little old man came up to me last week when I went to the gym the first time without my cane and he said " I see you're here without your little friend!" He was so cute and I guess he had been watching me before when I was using my cane! It made me laugh :-)
I got o see my Dr. in about 2 weeks so I hope he's pleased with how strong I'm getting. I did try to do some lunges today with a trainer but it hurt a lot. He gave me some tips how to work up to them so I'll be trying some new workouts but it's hard in a way not to be able to do everything I could do before the surgery. But I gues now it's a waiting game until I'm healed all the way through my body. I feel a lot stronger in my legs and I have even lost like 4 pounds! I don't want to lose too much or else I will have to alter my wedding dress.. which leads me to say I now have my dress!! My sisters and I went the other night to pick out bridesmaids dresses and I asked if it was it because it had been about 11 weeks since I ordered it and she said it was in the back! I tried it on and it was a perfect fit! We have a little altering to do on the strap but it's an easy fix we can do at home. It's hanging in my room right now and I want tot ry it on all the time but I know I have to wait. Haha!
Wedding planning is coming along ok. Jacob and I went the other week to figure out the dance floor and DJ stuff because the guy doing the music has a massive set up and we had to make sure it would fit in the ballroom! ;-) We have a lot to do still but it's nice that jacob is almost done with his MBA program so that's one less thing he has to worry about this summer. We have an awesome photographer too and I can't wait to have our engagement photos taken, but that will be sometime in June. Also the pastor we have is a long time friend of my family and he told me over the years " Shelly when you get married I want to be the one to preform the ceremony" and now he is and it's a wonderful gift! Godhas been very good through the process already and I'm happy to see how He will work in the months to come.
Over all things are going alright. I have made some spirtiual changes in my life and I'm putting my full faith in the LORD that He is looking out for me and everything in my life is for Him and Him alone. He has a plan for my life and I need to let Him show me what that is. Not try to make up some new plans but fully trust in Him and lean compleatly on Him.
Ok well I'm taking a step of faith today and doing something that might change my life and I'll update in the weeks to come and let you know how it is going. Prayers would be much appreciated. Thank you.
Oh and here is a link to our wedding page! Sign our guest book so we know who's following us as we get ready to make that change in our lives!
http://www.theknot.com/ourwedding/JacobPorzelius&MichelleKussro2010
<3
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
3-30-10
"If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning... Face it, friend. He is crazy about you! " — Max Lucado
Saturday, March 20, 2010
:-)
tomorrow marks 10 months with the love of my life! we're getting married in JUST over 5 months! I can't wait to be Jacobs wife. I love him so much!!!
today I had a LONG day at work, then I had dinner with my sister and we went to half-price books and just hung out for a while. Now I'm back at home, doing my nails and watching wedding movies!!
Yesterday was a bunch of fun too. Lauren and all her bridesmaids all got together for the day to try on dresses, lunch pizza movies and a sleep over! It was a BLAST! we watched 2 wedding movies last night too! haha we're all in the wedding mood :P good time!
ok well i know this is short but I'm SUPER sleep so I better jump ion bed and turn out my lights...
<3
oh and next week I'm going ot my dr for another visit and yesterday was my 10 week post-op day! I can't believe it was that long ago. It's crazy how time flys!
today I had a LONG day at work, then I had dinner with my sister and we went to half-price books and just hung out for a while. Now I'm back at home, doing my nails and watching wedding movies!!
Yesterday was a bunch of fun too. Lauren and all her bridesmaids all got together for the day to try on dresses, lunch pizza movies and a sleep over! It was a BLAST! we watched 2 wedding movies last night too! haha we're all in the wedding mood :P good time!
ok well i know this is short but I'm SUPER sleep so I better jump ion bed and turn out my lights...
<3
oh and next week I'm going ot my dr for another visit and yesterday was my 10 week post-op day! I can't believe it was that long ago. It's crazy how time flys!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Daily Blog
Hey guys. This is going to be my main blog in the next few weeks. I'm getting rid of Facebook but I will still have this blog and my HipChick blog (let me know if you want/need that other link)so you can follow me and my life/ healing progress on those blogs.
Look forward to more updates..
~me
Look forward to more updates..
~me
Monday, March 1, 2010
3 * 1 * 10
So I think it's time for an update, what do you think?!
What has been going on with me, you ask? Well I'm actually getting pretty busy lately. I start back up at work again on Thursday! I'm closing with Krista and getting right back to training so I'm really excited about that. I haven't been to work in over 2 months... I hope things come back to me pretty quickly.
I'm down to 1 pain pill a day (But I have a feeling I'll be back to 2 now that I'm doing PT (Physical Therapy) 3X a week. I was getting kinda scared of my pain pills because I think my body was starting to react in a bad way to them. I would wake up in the middle of the night, about the same time each night and have little "freak out" moments. I would throw my blankets around, push my pillows on the floor,toss and turn for at least an hour, and I would get something on my mind (i.e work, recover from surgery, the wedding) and I would start to panic about little things and my mind would be racing at top speeds.... it was kinda scary. And if I didn't take a pain pill before bed, it was even worse.
But last night was the second night in a row I slept pretty well, so lets keep fingers crossed that it gets better from here on out.
Like I said before, I started PT today!! I think it went really well and I'm kind sore now so I think that's a good sign. I'm going 3X a week for the next 3 weeks so we'll see how far I come in the next month! We really just did tests today and core exercises. Later on we'll be doing more strengthening exercises, weight bearing, and ROM workouts. And for now I do have homework to do and I can still use a recumbent bike as much as I can without it hurting. I'm excited to see what happens!
Wedding stuff is still coming along. We are at 180 days and counting! Woohoo! The main things we still need are plans for the cake, flowers, and decorations / centerpieces. I think I finally chose the color(s)!! Our wedding coordinator has been very helpful and has given us many ideas with all the little details.
I think I'm starting to get Spring Fever! I want to clean and organize really badly.. the only hard thing is cleaning on crutches is a really big challenge. Actually doing ANYTHING on crutches is a challenge... I'm still going to try to do some cleaning but I might have to wait until next months before I can really attack my closets!
I'm so ready to be back on my feet so I can go out and take pictures again. I'm getting antsy to get back out there and continue to snap pictures of spring in action! I want to edit pictures again but I haven't really been able to get around in the snow very well..
Ok well I still have to eat lunch and then my mom and I are headed out to see a movie this afternoon...
love!
What has been going on with me, you ask? Well I'm actually getting pretty busy lately. I start back up at work again on Thursday! I'm closing with Krista and getting right back to training so I'm really excited about that. I haven't been to work in over 2 months... I hope things come back to me pretty quickly.
I'm down to 1 pain pill a day (But I have a feeling I'll be back to 2 now that I'm doing PT (Physical Therapy) 3X a week. I was getting kinda scared of my pain pills because I think my body was starting to react in a bad way to them. I would wake up in the middle of the night, about the same time each night and have little "freak out" moments. I would throw my blankets around, push my pillows on the floor,toss and turn for at least an hour, and I would get something on my mind (i.e work, recover from surgery, the wedding) and I would start to panic about little things and my mind would be racing at top speeds.... it was kinda scary. And if I didn't take a pain pill before bed, it was even worse.
But last night was the second night in a row I slept pretty well, so lets keep fingers crossed that it gets better from here on out.
Like I said before, I started PT today!! I think it went really well and I'm kind sore now so I think that's a good sign. I'm going 3X a week for the next 3 weeks so we'll see how far I come in the next month! We really just did tests today and core exercises. Later on we'll be doing more strengthening exercises, weight bearing, and ROM workouts. And for now I do have homework to do and I can still use a recumbent bike as much as I can without it hurting. I'm excited to see what happens!
Wedding stuff is still coming along. We are at 180 days and counting! Woohoo! The main things we still need are plans for the cake, flowers, and decorations / centerpieces. I think I finally chose the color(s)!! Our wedding coordinator has been very helpful and has given us many ideas with all the little details.
I think I'm starting to get Spring Fever! I want to clean and organize really badly.. the only hard thing is cleaning on crutches is a really big challenge. Actually doing ANYTHING on crutches is a challenge... I'm still going to try to do some cleaning but I might have to wait until next months before I can really attack my closets!
I'm so ready to be back on my feet so I can go out and take pictures again. I'm getting antsy to get back out there and continue to snap pictures of spring in action! I want to edit pictures again but I haven't really been able to get around in the snow very well..
Ok well I still have to eat lunch and then my mom and I are headed out to see a movie this afternoon...
love!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
News..
Went to the Doctor this morning and this is the news he gave me..
He loves my progress! He is very impressed. I can now drive! WOOOHOOOO!!!! I am soooo excited about that! In 2 weeks I can sart bearing 25lb on my right leg and every week after that, add another 25 lbs. I start PT on March 1st and I'll be going 2-3 X a week, depending on how much it's gonna cost me :/ They gave me a paper to take to the BMV so I can get a disability placecard and for now I just need to use a stationary bike and do leg work outs in bed until PT. So all good news!
I'm now coming up with the issue that my leg gets itchy but its in the numb patch so when I rub... I can't feel the itch go away! haha! It bothers me but I guess I just have to learn to deal with it.
Ok well I really don't have much to say but I wanted to post this for the girls! I'll post more later..
"screwed!" That's right. I have FIVE screws in me.. I thought maybe 3.. nope. 5!
Haha we went shopping and I got tired so my Jacob went and got this for me.. haha I felt so funny but by the end I was having fun!
He loves my progress! He is very impressed. I can now drive! WOOOHOOOO!!!! I am soooo excited about that! In 2 weeks I can sart bearing 25lb on my right leg and every week after that, add another 25 lbs. I start PT on March 1st and I'll be going 2-3 X a week, depending on how much it's gonna cost me :/ They gave me a paper to take to the BMV so I can get a disability placecard and for now I just need to use a stationary bike and do leg work outs in bed until PT. So all good news!
I'm now coming up with the issue that my leg gets itchy but its in the numb patch so when I rub... I can't feel the itch go away! haha! It bothers me but I guess I just have to learn to deal with it.
Ok well I really don't have much to say but I wanted to post this for the girls! I'll post more later..
"screwed!" That's right. I have FIVE screws in me.. I thought maybe 3.. nope. 5!
Haha we went shopping and I got tired so my Jacob went and got this for me.. haha I felt so funny but by the end I was having fun!
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