Whew.

[rivka]

According to the orthopedist, my artificial hip looks exactly the way it did in 1997. Hasn't moved a millimeter. There's some bone loss around the plastic socket - he said that the plastic can cause bone to dissolve, which I don't remember anyone telling me when I had the thing put in. But it's not enough to cause concern.

He thinks the problem is muscle weakness. After his exam, I'm inclined to agree. I had more trouble than I'd expected moving my leg the way he asked me to, not because the joint hurt but because the muscles did. So he's prescribed physical therapy, and I have to think of a method of exercise that accomodates Alex. (I'd love to hear from other mothers of babies, on that matter.)

I am quite relieved.

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[rivka.livejournal.com]

In reasonably good weather, I can take her out in the stroller (or the sling, to add an upper-body workout). Even in chilly, sunny weather I can bundle her up. But it doesn't seem very fair to take her out if it rains every day of the week, or if it's very cold. This summer there would be whole weeks that we couldn't go for a walk because the temperature was over 90 degrees and the air quality was poor.

I might be able to walk in the late evening, after Alex is bed and Michael and I have had dinner. I'd have to pick and choose where to go, though, for safety reasons.

[kcobweb.livejournal.com]

There is a mall here that has a lot of empty store fronts, but gets tons of mall walkers (and, in fact, caters to the walkers, by posting mile markers and suchlike). Although it wouldn't be that exciting, I keep thinking I should go there for walks when the weather gets bad here.