Constructing a Life

Today marks the first anniversary of my right hip replacement and I'm getting all choked up here at how much this has made a difference in my life.  As I went to the doctor for my one year appointment this morning, a flood of feelings came over me.  I remembered what it was like waiting with my father for the surgery to begin, the fact that it was so early in the morning that the door wasn't opened, I remembered the pain of waking up after the surgery, and I remembered my most down point in time, when they took the catheter out and I realized that I had to get up to go to the bathroom myself and I couldn't imagine how I was going to do that.  

How much different are things now?  wow. No pain, I can bike, I can swim, I can carry my son up the stairs, I can take him out of the house without worry about not being able to carry him...  I am so grateful of my marriage to my wonderful husband.  I was thinking about how many things in our short marriage we've endured: car accident, back surgery, building a house in the middle of a recession, a kid, hip replacement, moving across country etc...and every time we go though something like that, our relationship gets stronger and more meaningful. 

The other hip is fine.  I go back in 2 years and every time I go back, they will take a picture of both hips to see how they are doing.