Hip Resurfacing In India

Doing some laps

Well, it's Saturday here in India, I can start to feel Colorado just around the corner. Went for a long walk this morning along the beach after an OK night of sleep. Came back, had a good breakfast then returned to the room for a refreshing shower. By the time I finished the shower I had been up for about 5 hours, so yes, you guessed it, time for a nap.

I slept for a solid 2 hours with the deepest sleep I've experienced here at the resort. Dang did that feel good. I can't help think that my body, deep inside, is still on Colorado time. My nap corresponded to 10:30 pm at home, just about bed time on a Friday night. I awoke feeling very rested and surprised I slept as hard as I did. I also noticed that my hip and leg felt markedly better. As a bike racer, I know you don't get stronger when you train, you get stronger when you rest. Same goes for recovery. After that nap, my hip, and especially my thigh and nerve felt much better. It's funny how the same rules apply.

So, had a great nap, what to do next? Watch another movie of course! I switched on the movie channel and "Crimson Tide" was just starting. The channel is great, but during the day the movies are punctuated by long commercial breaks. (Not so much at night, they try to hurry through the bad movies.) You know, the kind that show the same commercial sequence every break? So what I did during each of these breaks, was get up and do laps across the room, without any aid, working on my gait.

Man did that make the commercial breaks tolerable. I felt like I could complete a lap or two each break without much of a limp, but with some pain in the hip. But it's the good kind of pain, of muscle strengthening and use.

So for about 2 hours, every 15 minutes I'd do laps across the room. I imagined I was track racing, round and round, concentrating on my form. I think I'm going to make it through this thing!

So there you have it, another day in the life of Rus. Oh yea, I watched "EdTV" last night, can't help to draw a small parallel to the movie and this blog. Is anybody really interested in these ramblings?...

Can't wait to come home. I miss Karen and the kids deeply, I've never been away this long. But the end is near! Dang it's hot out there I can feel it trying to break in through the front window, better turn the cooler up a bit...

Rus

posted by Russell Kappius @ 1:56 AM