Good News

I got two pieces of good news today.

I finally got to see the orthopedic surgeon this morning. Thankfully, I do not have the loss of blood flow and the bone is not dying. I just have common, garden variety osteo-arthritis in my hip – I inherited my father's hip! Since the medication I am on now is controlling the pain, that is all I need to do. So I am cleared to do all the exercises at Curves, except 2 and to walk all I can tolerate.

I got to see my Xray that was taken at the end of July. My right hip joint looks like the joint in Figure 1 above (from WebMD.com) and my left hip joint looks like the joint in Figure 2 above. Including the upper (but not the lower) bone spur.

The other piece of good news is that I have now lost 22 pounds since May. And now that I can do more exercising than I have done in the last month, I hope to keep losing till I get to a healthier weight. Thank you to everyone who has been praying for me!