Five Weeks After Surgery

We went to see the doctor today. Yesterday was five weeks since Shelly’s hip replacement. The last couple of weeks Shelly has been having leg pain and it’s slowed him down in his recovery. We were concerned. The doctor did an X-ray and asked lots of questions about the pain. He found no signs of serious problems. In fact Shelly’s healing is going well. The doctor suspects the pain is his body adjusting to the changes in his movements and the increase in activity since the surgery. Before the surgery he was really limited due to hip pain. Right after the surgery he was able to do much more. I suspect that was partly because he was on pain killers. He probably overdid things a bit. The doctor suggested taking things slow while still exercising and walking, a middle ground between pushing too hard and too little movement.