Focus on
the future and let the present take it's course.
Before
taking the final steps to having my old hips replaced with shiny new titanium
ones I adopted a mindset that I would not dwell on what I was missing over the
next three months while undergoing two hip replacement surgeries and the
ensuing recovery period. Instead I would look to the future and the promise of
adventures to come. Adventures and rides I was reluctant to commit to because
of lousy hips that previous surgeries never quite resolved.
Now as I
sit here dealing with the pain of recovery and boredom of inactivity I remind
myself of my commitment to the process of healing and immediately start
pondering rides for next year on bionic hips.
I'm
walking at least a quarter mile every day. In a few days I should be able to
hop on my Catrike 700 with the CycleOps hooked up and start some real pedaling.
As soon as the right hip is working well then I get started all over again with
the replacement of the left hip. Oh well...just get it done.
For now I
have a new Adventure Cycling Magazine to read.
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| First rainy day of the season. Resting my hip by the fire while checking the latest Adventure Cycling Magazine. |
