My favorite blog post that I wrote in April was An Unexpected Benefit of a Hip Replacement. It discussed how my hip surgery forced an deep awareness about my body—one I haven’t had since my mountain-climbing days over a decade ago—and I can safely report that 5 weeks out from this surgery body awareness remains.
I continue to stand pain-free, I am walking without a cane, starting to hike gain, and I am an order of magnitude better than I was compared to the day before my surgery. However, even more importantly, I am in touch with my body. For the first time in years I feel healthy.
In fact, this physical feeling of health—amplified by my renewed walking and hiking—has also resulted in a psychological feeling of health.
My hip surgery has been the best single thing I’ve done for myself for years.