What follows are two discrete photographs, each offering six individual arthroscopic images, organized in two equal columns of three, of Joseph P. Fisher’s right hip during labral repair surgery on May 31, 2023. Series 1 Image Description: a collection of six arthroscopic images of Joseph P. Fisher’s right hip taken during his labral repair surgery. […]
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I had my second hip surgery this past Wednesday, roughly 12 weeks after my first procedure. This time, I received a full labral reconstruction, rather than just a repair. In some not so insignificant ways, this has been reassuring, because my left hip is the one that became significantly painful at the very end of
I am back with a modest update on my right hip labral tear recovery. I have just passed the seven-week mark from the date of surgery, but yet, I am still considered to be in the early recovery stages. My surgery date was May 31, 2023. I was taking some form of required prescription medication
It has been an exceedingly long time, I know. Yet, despite how long it has been, I still have not decided how I want to style this blog. My preference is to design all of these posts using full-width Elementor layouts, because I think that they look much better than the standard blog layout. (Also,
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Joseph P. Fisher’s Blog He gets injured sometimes. Sporadic Stimulating Blogging June 7, 2023 I have tried to maintain a blog on at least three occasions. Attempt 1 In the late 2000s, shortly after completing my Ph.D., I was teaching an array of different English classes at Northern Virginia Community College-Alexandria and at The George
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The General Update Here I am on the morning of January 1, 2020—the year of the future—closing out 2019’s periodic surgery stats updates. We are officially at the point where I hope that these stats can be reconceptualized as training stats, because I do hope that I have progressed to the time when I can
This will be quick, because I am tired. For one thing, I started that new job. For another thing, I am trying unsuccessfully to finish Thomas Wolfe’s Look Homeward, Angel. The latter is more exhausting and much less fulfilling than the former. This week, I passed the one year mark for my official osteochondral defect
Again! Finally! Well, I’m back, sort of. This morning marked the first morning that I got out of bed, laced up my shoes, and jogged along the Potomac River in over a year. I have officially reached the return to running on the road phase of my recovery. At the moment, I am running in
Briefly (for Now) I remain very busy. For starters, I think that I have finally decided on a good working structure for this website, so I have begun the process of designing and installing a proper navigation menu for it. This endeavor takes time on its own, and it has forced me to streamline and
And Start Forward I will readily admit that last week’s post was grouchy. I feel compelled to issue an apology for that because the people who have been managing my medical care and the people close to me, presumably the people who are reading these posts, have consistently expressed concern about my recovery. At the