Hi there! I am doing pretty good most days. All told I've had 5 surgeries now. Plus one for a bowel obstruction a year ago. They think that was lesions from radiation sticking together and causing my intestine to twist over on itself.

I am now missing the front of my pelvic bone and the top of my femur. I was stronger before my last surgery. That one took a while to recover from. Abdominal surgery is tough. Plus it affects your ability to eat and digest, keeping you weak.

I am able to walk with a walker, but I need to really lean on it and rest often. But I'm out of the wheelchair! I use an up walker at work and a regular rollator at home.

I go in to my office for work every day. I walk about a quarter mile over the day inside the building. I'm pretty tired come Friday. I usually take an accessible bus that picks me up at my house. I am able to drive still, but can't lift my regular rollator with the seat. It weighs 15 lbs. I got a small walker with no seat that I can take in my car. It weighs 8lbs. So I can go to places that have a scooter I can use or short distances like a restaurant. I tried crutches, but I fell a few times. Sometimes just twisting wrong and my bad leg collapsing, once in a restaurant with slippery floors.

I do best indoors on smooth floors. I walk slowly. Can't make it across a street before the light changes. Don't think I'll ever go to just a cane like some people can. I am cautious with exercise because I have hurt myself by doing too much.

When I was in rehab, I started with one of those gray folding walkers. Just tip toe weight bearing on that side. A few steps at a time. Adding a few steps each day. They don't like you to use a rollator at first because the fall risk is higher. They allowed my friends and family to come help me. Usually they are short staffed, so they don't voluntarily offer PT, unless it is a short term facility. You sometimes have to be your own advocate and say what you want.

I was also able to get off opioid pain pills. Now I take acetaminophen and use a heating pad for pain. I also lost some weight because of some antibiotics over a 3 month period making me sick. I don't recommend that diet. It helps not having so much weight. I turned 65 this year, so it's never to late to try and get stronger. I'm still not good at doing PT. Lol