Things which are things and are thingsy

Truth be told, I was super gutted after the appointment on Monday. So gutted I forgot to mention lots of the good stuff!

I’ve started putting weight on my hip again, and it’s really not so bad. I can definitely feel it but it’s not super painful at all. Being able to spread the weight a bit means my other hip isn’t under so much pressure, either. And it meant I could manage to climb the stairs to the cinema yesterday - I didn’t feel steady enough with all the weight on one leg.

Also, I no longer have to sleep with a pillow between my legs, which is a bit great! I’m sleeping a lot better already. And the surgeon said I can fly at the three month mark (they don’t like you to fly after surgery because of the risk of blood clotting), which means I can go and visit the sister in Sydney in November and meet my niece.

AND the fact that the other hip hopefully won’t need replacing yet is awesome! If they can fix the cause of my pain with a less intrusive procedure, I can keep my real hip for as long as possible and not have to go through all of this again just yet. Fingers crossed they’ll get onto it quickly and I can be all fixed up and back up to Auckland in no time.

I’m not allowed to swim just yet, though. Not until I’m a bit stronger. And obviously, no driving or being able to walk far means minimal amounts of getting out and about. I hate to think how much weight I’m going to put on over the course of this recovery. Especially if people keep making me cake (Mum’s friend made us cake just cos I had surgery, how nice is that?!). That said, feel free to make cake :D

In other news, here are some things:

Australian band ‘Boy & Bear’ are rocking my slippers (cos I still can’t put my own socks on). Alt folk rock along the vein of ‘Mumford and Sons’ and ‘Fleet Foxes’. According to Wikipedia, they call themselves "a combination of drivey indie folk and indie harmonies". Listen to this and prepare to melt with joy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AeKD2oHrFg&ob=av2e.

I went to see The Help (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_help/) yesterday, and Crazy, Stupid, Love (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crazy_stupid_love/) on Saturday - both of which were awesome. Super different but super super. Apparently Emma Stone’s in everything at the moment, huh. Both well worth it.

In my post-appointment grump, I stayed in bed until about 2.30 yesterday afternoon. Which means I finally finished reading A Game of Thrones. Really good book! Well worth it. Can’t wait to get onto the next one, and to watch the series. I also read Terry Pratchett’s The Fifth Elephant last week, which (like all Pratchett) was a bit great. I’ve just started a book called The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, set in Nazi Germany and written from the point of view of Death. So far, so good. I think I’m going to get pretty into it.

I think that’s about it, for now. Tune in next time for ‘Why it Kinda Seems Like My Surgeon Made a Wee

Mistake’, when for once I hope I’m wrong!