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Author Archives: trailhiker
Light at the End of the Pain Tunnel: Surgery and Initial Recovery
In my previous post I described what turned out to be 6 months of waiting for total hip replacement surgery, including being scheduled once, then cancelled, then scheduled again, due to healthcare system responses and adaptations to the coronavirus pandemic. … Continue reading
Waiting Game, Training, and a False Alarm
As described in my previous post, I had an exploratory consult with an orthopedic surgeon on December 6, 2019. During this consult the surgeon told me I was ready for a hip replacement, even though my hip joint was not … Continue reading
“You’re Ready Now”
In my last post I described the joy of my active lifestyle after recovering from a hip fracture several years ago, and the gradually increasing pain in my hip and limitations to my activities that began to creep in. In … Continue reading
An Active Lifestyle with Growing Limitations
My original “real hip experience” began in October, 2011. I fell while ice skating, landing directly and abruptly on my right hip, resulting in a hairline fracture in the neck of the femur – a classic hip fracture, even if … Continue reading
Spring in the time of coronavirus
In a recent post I described some of the spring colors I have encountered during my neighborhood walks during this spring’s coronavirus-related shelter-in-place. In that post I described fairly traditional things that I like to put in my “seasonal colors” … Continue reading
Spring colors in the San Francisco Bay Area
A few years ago I began what turned out to be an occasional series of seasonal colors posts (see, for example here). One recent day during my nearly-daily walk in my neighborhood, I rather literally stopped to smell some roses … Continue reading
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park: Narrows Earth Trail
On the first day of a recent road trip to view wildflowers in the Southern California desert, not counting an initial travel day, I visited the North Algodones Dunes Wilderness. Because I spent less time there than I’d planned, I … Continue reading
Algodones Dunes exploration
During the second week of March – just before what turned out to be a critical period in all of our lives – I finalized my plans to take a short road trip to the southern California deserts to view … Continue reading
SCCP PixInParks 2020 (ADA route): Almaden Quicksilver County Park
During the month of February I have been hiking the trails that were designated for the 2020 PixInParks Challenge, a program sponsored by Santa Clara County Parks. The program consists of seven easy-to-moderate hikes, each in a different county park, … Continue reading
SCCP PixInParks 2020 (ADA route): Los Gatos Creek County Park
This month I have been participating in the Santa Clara County Parks 2020 PixInParks Challenge, an annual program now in its fourth year. The program includes seven mostly easy-to-moderate hikes, each in a different county park. There is an effort … Continue reading
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