I'm home recuperating from the hip surgery ....doing pretty well. I have a PT coming 2x a week. I have a home health care aid who is GREAT !! There is still pain in my hip and leg but for the most part 800 Ibuprofen works well enough.....I won't take anything stronger. If I time the dosages correctly ...like take one in the middle of the night (when I'm awake anyway) then it makes it that much easier to move (my body) first thing in the morning.

I am trying to put this all in perspective ....Parkinsons, falls, my risky behaviors ( like moving sticks and stones), walking with a walker forever (maybe)....

Maybe its time to move to a single level condo. Maybe give up my obsessions about feeding every bird and squirrel in N. Bethesda....

Instead of creating huge rock gardens make little ones (not sure what to do with them ??)  

I definitely DO NOT WANT TO go through this kind of  trauma again and will do what is necessary to avoid hazardous situations,   This latest fall was unpredictable and seemingly had no cause (didn't trip, stumble, feel dizzy)  I just went down  !!! That's what makes Parkinson's such a stupid, tricky, nasty, mean, unrelenting disease.

Could be worse I know. Way worse. 

Whatever