Well, another long week behind me. I have survivied a birthday, new aches and pains, and my first PT appointment. It was quite interesting. The PT woman had never even heard of my surgery so I provided her with lots of info including what Germany had sent with. She asked for a couple of days to review before coming up with a plan of action. I said that was fine, I really wasn't feeling like exercising anyways. I have started to have a lot of pain in my hips and legs. After speaking with a woman in Fargo who had this surgery, sounds like this is normal. Sounds like recovery could easily be a 2-3 month period of aches and pains. Mike has been taking the kids to ND for the weekends to give me a break, it does help but I get quite lonely. I will try to blog at least once or twice weekly until all is well. Mike has been great through all of this. Hopefully I will feel better by January and make it up to him for his 40th. I finally developed my pictures and was very disappointed ina how few we took. I guess we were so caught up in the surgery and everything else, but thanks to Marc for saving us on the Straubing pics. Thanks again for all your support. If you have ANYONE who is having back problems, encourage them to get a referral to see Dr. Alex Mendez in St. Paul as he is the best surgeon I have ever met. He is very honest and will keep YOUR best interest in mind. He is the one who recomended I look into europe for the ADR's. I called to leave a thank you message along with an update and he called me back in person to ask who I went to and how it was. He also offered to be available for any follow-up. This was a wonderful experience once I met this doctor. Well, going to try and get comfortable and go to bed. Take care and thanks for following.
Love, Jodi
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