I try to avoid gyms like the plague, but with running, dancing, jumping, walking, and basketball out, it looks like I’m going to the gym. I haven’t done one of those machines in 20 years. But I can get into anything. 
Thank you for the idea. I’ll look forward to trying it out!
Pain specialist guy had recommended a hip shot. He said it was not a steroid. He didn’t have time to tell me what it WAS. I canceled the appointment and decided not to go back to him. I have another ortho I could make an appointment to see. I’ll call tomorrow.
I don’t shine in this department, but I’ll see what I can do. 
Well, maybe auto will take care of it. I lost almost 25 pounds my first trip in. It’s what people do as they wait for their blood sugar to drop enough in order to eat.
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And I’m swimming today. So the plan is just to disconnect and go. I have zero plan for my blood sugar, but I’ll probably just do my old “pump it up” trick. It won’t hurt me for a day, and I really have to get in the water… or I’ll talk about it until I croak.
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I swam yesterday. 1000 something. Freestyle and breast stroke, and my hip is totally blown today. I’m going back today because I will lose my mind if I don’t get some kind of movement, but I’ll use buoys. I should’ve done that yesterday, but I’m nothing if not completely hardheaded and lacking in common sense.
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I swam today. A 1200 (meter or yard or feet, but not mile) swim. I did it with pool boys, and my hip feels great.
I did drink half of the pool because I haven’t quite sorted out the breathing, but I didn’t die or injure anything new. There’s light again. 
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And swimming is great, @daisymae. There really is something special in it. 
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Darn…@Eric beat me to it. Not that this thread wasn’t always interesting, but it just got a lot MORE interesting if pool boys kept your hips from hurting!!
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Wow…
Okay. 
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When they went to work this morning, they were pool boys. But by the time Nicky was finished with them, they were indeed pool men.
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I was going to go back and edit, but that’s the kind of tall tale I can get behind. 
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Hahahahahahahahaha.
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Glad you had fun with the boys 
Swimming is also my favorite form of exercise. I tend to carry a lot of tension in my back/shoulders/neck, and swimming helps with this tremendously. I think it’s because it strengthens my back muscles.
I swam on a team when I was younger, but when I started swimming again a couple of years back, I had to relearn some things. One of my shoulders started to hurt after awhile, so I found a lot of videos online that showed the right way to do things. There are also sites that give tips on how to do your stroke properly. I think alternating the side I breathe on helped more than anything else with my shoulder issue. I’m sure a trainer would also help a lot if you wanted to pay the money for one.
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How is core work going? Are you still doing that or did Kevin want you to completely stop?
I’ve stopped everything. He even stopped the soft tissue work. 2-3 weeks of absolutely not one thing at all, and, if I haven’t made huge progress, it’s off for some scans.
I’m experiencing mood swings. I walked today out of desperation, and I probably shouldn’t have.
That makes me sad.
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And I don’t want to do that, so stop it. 
The sliver of good news, and it is a sliver, is that I did notice the tiniest bit of relief in my hip today. It was tiny, but it was there. This is the third time this has happened with my hips… where I’ve run until I literally couldn’t walk. The first two times I was able to switch back over to jumping and just jump through the pain. It took a couple of weeks, but the pain slowly subsided. This time, it just isn’t following the same course. But I haven’t jumped now in 3 days… and then this, the slightest, tiniest bit of relief. Maybe it’s not a coincidence. Kevin says I’ll be running again. He didn’t sound unsure. So I’m trying very hard to be a good listener.
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I have a bad shoulder and elbow. They’re both on the right side. I’ve done a couple of cortisone shots in the shoulder, and in my elbow I have a pinched nerve. My right wrist is bad as well. I can feel them with the swimming, so my mom is coming with me and giving me feedback as I go. She’s usually swimming, and I’m usually doing something else, but we’ve both been bumped from our desired activities. My goggles leave huge purple circles around my eyes for like 8 hours, and she thinks it’s a riot. So the swimming is far from perfect, but it’s what I’ve got right now. And what she’s got.
She is an excellent swimmer and has been swimming for 40 years, so she is constantly critiquing my stroke. And, yes, I do alternate breathing… which means I swallow water equally on both sides. 
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So much for good listening. I danced. Merengue, salsa, samba. Even a little punta. It was a festive 40 minutes, and I refuse to allow myself regrets.
Here’s to not having any urge to feel them: 
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