Life Update: Hip Replacement, CP, And A New Path

The quiet after a hospital stay can feel louder than the beeps and hall lights. Coming home post–hip replacement and hamstring lengthening, we open up about the messy middle of recovery with cerebral palsy: the hope of cast removal, the wobble of weak muscles, and the puzzle of choosing the right physical therapy. Six weeks plus a few days in, the hip feels secure, but the next move matters—orthopedic PT for joint safety or neurological PT for tone, gait, and motor control. We walk through what each path offers, where they overlap, and how to advocate for a plan that fits a CP body healing from an orthopedic surgery.

We also share the life reframe that follows any major procedure: dropping one project, starting another this fall, and reshaping a college path that better aligns with health and energy. Think of it as changing majors without the meltdown—clear-eyed choices, paced goals, and a schedule that respects rehab. Along the way, we trade small hacks that make a big difference, from retiring the trash-bag shower routine to setting up recovery stations and using movement snacks instead of marathon sessions. The theme is simple and strong: protect the new hip, honor the nervous system, and let purpose guide the calendar.

If you’re navigating CP, orthopedic surgery, or the foggy space between medical timelines and real life, this conversation offers practical takeaways, honest moments, and a reminder that progress is personal. Hit play, then tell us: would you choose neurological PT, orthopedic PT, or a blend? Subscribe for updates, share with a friend who needs a lift, and leave a review to help others find the show.

Transcript

Homecoming And Health Update

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Welcome to a different shape shot, you guys. I am home. My cast comes off tomorrow and then I'll be able to give you more of a life up date after the cast comes off. For those of you that do not know, and for those of you who are new to the world of sample palsy, aka C P aka the disability that doesn't stop, driving me nuts, and driving nuts. Um I had a hip replacement slash I hamstring lengthening on January twelfth, spent a month in hospital, finally made it home on February 13th, day before Valentine's Day. Yes, I have a Neo Mobilizer on with a Spanish Diddy's. Really can't tell. I think it's a Spanish. The reason why I say I think is because they did just last time they keep doing acepanages with knee mobilizers slash knee blazes on. So I don't know. I haven't no clue what they're gonna say, small, and I have no clue as to what they're going to say in the next couple weeks because I know my leg will be weak. But what I can tell you is I'm dropping one project and picking up another as of this fall, so it's going to be interesting. I'll give you again more of a life update as soon as I can because um it's going to be a life-changing thing in a good way, not in a bad way. And so my hip, the hip replacement is still in place. I mean, I would know if it would go um out of place, but the hip replacement is still in place, so that's good. Hopefully, as I said, they told me six weeks. Well, it's been six weeks and a couple days, so we'll see what happens. Small whether they take the cast off or whether they um decide to leave it on. I don't think they will decide to leave it on. I think they um will decide to take it off, and now I have to do the um fun part of PT, which is the fun part. I mean a um PT Sandy said to me already you would be um better off with a neurological PG. So neurological PD will be that will be fun. I don't know. I don't know where they put me. As of neurological PG, so we'll just see we'll just see what um I'm tired because I can't do anything with this cast. We'll just see what the neological PT says and if I have a backup plan if I choose to do that backup plan, I have a backup plan. So we'll we'll see, and we will definitely see what um they choose to do, and um the neurological PT may have a little bit more of a um aspect of a standpoint of CP than the also PD. I don't know. I don't know. They um because my surgery was ospedic, they put me with osteopedic piece um P D. So I don't know what's going on with PT. I also don't know what's going on with something else. That's something else I have to figure out today, and yeah. So that's always fun figuring out something else. But um that will coincide with my next project starting next fall. So we'll we'll see what um project one says versus project two projects to two I'm already having in the works and projects two that there was a part twist as of yesterday, so we'll just make work within projects. I mean we're already making work within projects, so we'll just see where uh projects two, which will eventually turn into projects one, um, will lead up to and we'll just see. We'll just see it's like I'm changing my major in a totally different way. Let's just put it that way. I'm changing my major in college in a totally different way. Yes, I said college, and so let's just put it that way, but we have to do shifting, which is fine. We've done a lot of shifting over the past year, which is fine. So we'll just see what um what life brings and how life is and what life um attends to be. But just now I'm home and just know I have a lot more movement wise we hope as of tomorrow. So Danielle, do you wanna leave us out? Yeah. Thank you for following us and we will see you later. Um we will be I will be more on top of everything as of next week. I will be super excited not to be bagging my leg anymore. When I say begging my leg, I mean putting trash bags over it. So we'll see what happens. And yeah, we'll see what happens. And so I'll give you guys an update as to what's going on, and we'll see you guys next week. Bye you guys.

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