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FAI Hip Surgery Recovery

FAI Surgery 5 or 6 Year Update?!?

November 25, 2017 by Amiee

It has been quite some time since I’ve provided an update on my FAI-y hips. Has it been 4 or 5 years since my first surgery? Wait 6 years?!? How about my last surgery? Which side was it that was done twice? Good thing I have this blog to look back on because I can…

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From Three Hip Scopes to Stoke!

February 26, 2016 by Amiee

When I first asked my hip surgeon if I would ever run again he said, “Yes!” to which I of course was thrilled to hear. And then he followed with a “but it’s not like you’ll ever be able to run the Wasatch 100.” Well turns out I won’t be able to run the Wasatch…

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FAI Surgery ONE YEAR Recovery Update: Into Unknown Territory!

November 18, 2014 by Amiee

“Always in the big woods when you leave familiar ground and step off alone into a new place there will be, along with the feelings of curiosity and excitement, a little nagging of dread. It is the ancient fear of the Unknown, and it is your first bond with the wilderness you are going into.”…

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FAI Surgery Week 20 Or So Update

April 20, 2014 by Amiee

Okay, so I have officially lost track of time and all will to blog about my FAI surgery recovery because I am… well, pretty darned recovered! The last few weeks have been AMAZING. I did my first 10-mile run and spent four days hiking through a little known canyon in southern Utah for a grand…

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FAI Surgery Recovery Week 18 Update

April 1, 2014 by Amiee

“There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.” ~Bill Watterson I have officially lost track of time and in the FAI recovery world that is a good thing meaning I am no longer counting the days until I can run and ski again since I have been busy doing just that –…

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FAI Surgery Recovery Week 11 & 12: Nordic Ski Stoke

February 25, 2014 by Amiee

If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country. ~Author Unknown I am starting to lose track of what week of recovery I am in, which is a good thing meaning I am more concerned with living than obsessing and catastrophizing every little hip tweak, pop, or twinge. My physical therapist…

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FAI Surgery Recovery Week 10: Third Time is the Charm?

February 15, 2014 by Amiee

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest. ~Confucius On the homestretch, ten weeks out from hip surgery number THREE and stoked as can be! I don’t know if it is because…

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FAI Recovery Week 9: Iron People

February 2, 2014 by Amiee

“Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do With your one wild and precious life?” ~Mary Oliver I work with sick people, very, very sick people. A place where treatment success is measured in months rather than years…

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FAI Surgery Recovery: The First 6 Weeks!

January 30, 2014 by Amiee

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” ~Haruki Murakami The first six weeks post-FAI surgery are definitely hardest so let’s just say that I am happy to have the first six weeks behind me. At the post-FAI surgery six week point I have successfully ditched the crutches and have essentially zero pain in the hip although…

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FAI Surgery Recovery Week 6: Goodbye Crutches, Hello SI Joint

January 3, 2014 by Amiee

“I often lose motivation, but it’s something I accept as normal.” ~Bill Rodgers Six weeks down from FAI hip surgery number two – hallelujah. Okay so after my first FAI surgery, I started weaning off the crutches after five weeks and this time they had me start weaning at four weeks, which felt way too…

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I still don’t quite understand how one can “ow I still don’t quite understand how one can “own” a bazillion years of geological time 🤔
New obsession, desert ice! New obsession, desert ice!
Not sure if either one of us is ever going to get Not sure if either one of us is ever going to get used to these average Monday morning run views (not a fan of how close he gets to the edge though).
Was worried I’d miss the snow living in the dese Was worried I’d miss the snow living in the desert this winter. Guess I don’t have to 🤷🏼‍♀️
Took my mom on her first slot canyon adventure the Took my mom on her first slot canyon adventure the other week. She said she learned those moves watching Ninja Warriors 😂 We then ticked off another of her bucket list items and had dinner at @hellsbackbonegrill (holy moly carrot cupcake desert, no photos cuz we enjoyed every second!). Now she just needs to buy a horse or at least find one to borrow and her winter in the desert will be complete (although she still has four more months here)!
Day 41 in a tent. Temps never got above freezing t Day 41 in a tent. Temps never got above freezing today. Hotel tomorrow 😜
A few bits of fall in the desert now that I live h A few bits of fall in the desert now that I live here 🌵🍂 💛
When your dog and hubby are sporting matching @sto When your dog and hubby are sporting matching @stormykromerofficial masks and only one of them is wearing it appropriately...
Last night we played bananagrams and I only used f Last night we played bananagrams and I only used flower words. I did not win 🤷🏼‍♀️, yet I did 🎨 💐!
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