Day 68 - Shorter Leg

I made good progress on my leg/hip over the weekend. I think I may have finally turned the corner with my hip. I was able to walk without my cane with only a slight limp. Last week I added some exercises to strengthen my hip abductor muscles, which seemed to have helped. I was reading that the hip abductor muscles help stabilize the pelvis and hip. I am encouraged by my progress. I'm also relieved. For a while I was worried that maybe my limp was caused by my leg being shorter from my surgery. I remember when my grandmother broke her hip when she was 93, the doctor fixed it, but it ended up being an inch or two shorter than her good leg. I'm relieved that that's not the case. I don't want to be called "peg leg" for the rest of my life!