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10/12/18: 10 Months P.O.
10 months PO. I gave in and started wearing underwear again. Definitely overrated, but…okay, necessary on certain days. A lot of sensation has returned to the back of my surgical side thigh, and it doesn’t feel so bizarre & uncomfortable anymore to have the underwear’s elastic against the incision on my glute fold. Probably not an issue so late in the game for other Hamsters, but I’m farther out on that sensory integration scale than most. I can’t wear that shit *every* day. Commando days remain. Still… progress.
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10/11/18: Never Alone
When you wake up early, and take your meds, and get on the foam roller and stretch your body awake, and then get on Facebook, and no one is on yet, but then you watch, starting at 5:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, as the little green circles next to your Friends’ names start to come on, one by one, like stars coming out, or little suns rising…
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10/5/18: Perspective
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10/3/18: Rest. Breathe.
Look..! They *do* sit still. Find a way. Rest. Breathe. Then off you go again.
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9/30/18: Breathin
Keep feelin’ those feels, friends, with a buddy if you need to. And keep breathin’.
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9/27/18: Big Triumph for This Turtle
9.5 mo PO and I made this reach from the driver’s seat without any pain or tightness in my hammies. Big triumph for this turtle. Huge flexibility gain. Woo-hoo! (That’s my arm, not my leg.)
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9/26/18: The Hamstring That Was Patched Up With Polyester Tape
The Daily Mail article, The torn hamstring that was patched up with polyester tape!
Love this so much. Christina’s a friend I made on the Facebook group mentioned in the article. My hamstring tendons were only retracted 3cm – vs. her 10 cm – so they didn’t need the reinforcement tape described here, but what a great educational piece about the rare injury she and I share – some folks who sustain this injury take months or even years to find the correct diagnosis, proper care, and surgeon who knows how to perform the surgery. H/T to Victoria Valentine for starting the group, which has provided valuable information & saved my heart these past 9 months.
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9/25/18: Girls Gone Strong
I love this article from Girls Gone Strong as it reminds us that hamstring “tightness” can result from a number of imbalances & weaknesses in the abdomen, lower back, & pelvic floor. Most of us are not women who‘ve just given birth, but those of us who’ve born children may have instabilities that were never properly healed/addressed, and men can have similar pelvic dysfunction from postural distortions. Might be a good article to pass on to your PT.
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9/24/18: Happy Fall
Happy fall, FB friends.
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