My hip precautions are over now so I can sit at my computer desk once again. So...I'll be popping in a little more regularly. This week, the doctor and physiotherapist gave me a good report, so I have actually been walking outside two days in a row (with my cane, and quite a limp yet). After 7 weeks of no real walking, and only limited walking for months before that, I am terribly out of shape. But, patience is one thing that I have been practicing. The goal...to be in much better walking shape by summer.