My left sock.

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It has been exactly a month since my hip replacement. I’m not jumping for joy, but only because it’s not physically possible yet. I haven’t begun physical therapy to get my full range of motion back, but that starts in a couple of days.

While I can’t jump or run, there are loads of things I can now do — I can take a shower in my own shower, which entails stepping over the lip of the bathtub. I no longer get so tired out by a shower I…