Despite the odds broke my hip

Thanks for the positive message @reculver. You're right, recovery is SO BORING! But it is what it is and short cuts don't help. I always push the boundaries at first, driven by uncertainty and frustration, but gradually accept my limits and focus on the present.

It's now a month since my break, and I had my first physio appt today. It was actually my first outing further than the corner shop too, so strangely exciting/daunting.

Had to answer two surveys about my mood and how I'm coping, which kind of surprised me. Good that they do that though - I can absolutely see how detrimental to one's mood, the loss of mobility in a leg or back can be, especially if you live alone or don't have help and visitors.

I hoped to be allowed to start bearing weight from now on, but have to wait another few weeks as the orthopedic team haven't seen me yet. I've instinctively been flexing my knee, lifting the leg up and out, and stretching my ankle to reduce the tightness caused by the oedema and lack of exercise, and that seems to have been an good thing.

I've also started having epsom salt baths, using comfrey massage oil (aptly traditionally known as 'knitbone') and taking L-Glutamine, in addition to the multi-vits and calcium I already have.

Finding it hard to keep to a normal sleep routine or concentrate enough to read/study/draw/write but I expect that will change as I come off the pain relief. Doing a lot of one-legged cleaning and cooking though, and catching up with so many lovely friends. I'm super excited about @hats giving me a crochet lesson this weekend :)

Sorry if tl;dr - hopefully sharing experiences here helps others reading this in the future.