Day 18 Post-Surgery (Total Hip Replacement)

[ellen]

Whew, I did it! The morning of the surgery I got up, did my yoga, taking as long as I wanted to stretch out my muscles and relax. I was really focusing on my breathing and my thigh muscles, since I knew there would be pain and trauma. I now know that doing this on a regular basis prior to surgery really helped me afterwards! My swelling has gone down quickly compared to others having this same surgery, and my range of motion with the wrangled muscles (my hip to my toes) is much greater than it would have been otherwise. I also feel more confident because of this, and confident for my continued recovery and expansion into yoga, and a healthful life of mobility and independence.

On Day 9 Post-Surgery, I ventured out to a local arts reception where my bf won an award, and then to a free concert (just next door to my loft at the courtyard of the historic Majestic Theatre) of the Grammy nominated kora player Mamadou Diabate, compelling, mesmerizing, energetic rich West African sounds --incredibly beautiful evening. And there was Carrie B!, looking beautiful and happy - her face told me right away that she'd gotten a dream job! OH - I am going to miss my Carrie!!!

But I know that we will stay in touch, and I'll continue to be inspired by her! All my Best, to you, Carrie!

love, ellen

p.s. links to Mamadou Diabate and his music:
http://www.myspace.com/diabatemamadou
http://www.mamadoukora.com/
http://www.mamadoukora.com/cgi-bin/md_samples.pl?tunga

[MagickalFairie]

Congratz on your healing with your hip surgery! I had a major back operation last year and I know because I was in such good shape when I did it, I recovered sooooo much faster! I actually couldnt imagine someone that was not in good shape having an operation like I had,,, I HAD to use my leg muscles to stand up and even do simple things like got potty... I imagine a hip replacement was really challenging too! If people only knew how healing yoga was,,,, i think the world would do it!

Nice to meet ya by the way,,, i just followed my friends Anamere and Aura here and thought I would peek in and say hi! I'm Star :)

((hugs)) and recover fast!

[Anamere]

Wow that is an amazing painting!

I'm so glad to hear all this great news! I miss a couple of days and people have found dream jobs and are healing and Aura's Drooling! LOL!

Nice warm and fuzzy's going on.

So wonderful to hear yoga has been so great for helping with your process.

[ellen]

Yes, yoga has been very good to me, and my friends here on Yoga Spirit Center have been very good to me too! Here's my bf's award winning oil painting, "From the Vine".

[Carrie B!]

Ellen....dear...... 1) I'm so happy you're already feeling better!!! 2) Mamadou was soooooooooooo awesome!!! 3) I'm going to miss you-but we can talk anytime...and there's and 4 and a 5 and a 6! Just know I send you so much love and thank you for posting the sites of his music. I love the way he had this smile on his face the entire time, plus I brought the CD home so I can enjoy it anytime. Although there are no vocals on the CD!

Now for you!~ You're getting along really well, I couldn't believe it!l You just keeping using your breathing and gentle stretching as you can and YOU know you will go where your body will allow. If only we'd listen to our bodies all the time, we would have many answers! I see you're listening!! Beautiful!

I love you! Remember and GROW YOURSELF into the beautiful garden you are!

Kisses,
Carrie B!