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 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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More Surgery Stats The title really does say it all. Today marks another entry in the very long milestone marking process of my ankle surgery recovery. I should say up front that I am not keeping track of all of these modest progress points either to brag or to engage in some kind of elongated
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Ugh It has been a little while, I know. Last week was a particularly heavy grading week, so I spent much of my free time commenting on student paper drafts. In addition, I am working on another web project, this time for my father. I have been furiously working to try to bring that project
My Ankle, by the Numbers Throughout the duration of my recovery, I intend to offer intermittent updates about the various stages of rehab that I’ve experienced and about the overall duration of this very long process. Again, there seems to be precious little information about osteochondral defect rehab on the vast, vast Interwebs, so I’m
Time Flies It is early on the morning of January 7, 2019, and today, I am making my official return to work—two months to the date of my ankle surgery. For the most part, I am now walking in a motion-control boot without the added support of prosthetics. I tend only to use crutches when
A Boot on the Ground! Today marks the day when I can officially begin bearing (some modest) weight on my right ankle. I have not walked since the morning of November 7, 2018, some 36 days ago. Today also marks the day when I am officially off of all post-operation medication, save for the handful
30 Days Out Well, today marks one month from the date of my ankle surgery. It has not been easy. It’s odd to say that, by the way. As I constantly remind myself, what I have experienced is hardly the most serious kind of surgery, and the prognosis is far from grim. I don’t have
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Attempted Relaxation Here is a picture of the stack of books that I hope to read during my convalescence. They are as follows: Lee Mcintyre, Post-Truth Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad Ron Stallworth, Black Klansman François Cusset, How the World Swung to the Right Mitch Prinstein, Popular: Finding Happiness and Success in a World That
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