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I go about my daily activities with a thought to which ones are going to hurt and how to ration my energy to get the most done. Now, my husband usually walks our one remaining dog, who is old and cranky (like I am) and doesn’t always want to go that far anyway. I try to carry on with life within my limits. Surgery is in my future if I want to keep walking.įor now I try to ignore the pain.
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Subsequent injections will likely be less effective with each dose. I tried a steroid injection, which seemed miraculous for a time-Look at me, I can bend and walk and dance and kneel again!-but the effects gradually wore off. I could blame my mother’s brittle Irish bones for my condition, but let’s face it: my age has more to do with the breakdown of my hip. Eventually, we arrive at the need for surgical replacement. Once we lose it, we experience pain in the joint. It cannot be restored or fabricated or grown in a lab (at least, not yet). No one tells us that this precious cartilage does not replenish itself. Over the years, we wear away the cartilage that cushions the moving parts of our joints.
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I took my ability to walk, the smooth cooperation of my feet and legs and knees and hips, oiled cogs in my biological machine, for granted. I always thought of walking our dogs as daily therapy to clear out my brain. I love a good hike, alone or with company. As my decades have progressed, I have gone from being a committed dancer to an indifferent runner to a stationary cyclist, but I have always been a walker. Due to osteoarthritis in my right hip, my walking has been curtailed recently. The Tibetan proverb, which may be neither Tibetan nor a proverb, stabs my heart a little at least, the part about walking double does. – Tibetan Proverb (from a friend’s social media post) “The secret to living well and longer is:Įat half, walk double, laugh triple, and love without measure.”