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Food For Thought!
Most times my mind and spirit are fed what it needs when it needs it. Sometimes, I am actively seeking to find that food whether it be...

Hopeful Hippies
Mar 1, 20202 min read


Research: Closure
Eleven and a half years ago I thought I had closure to my hip issues. That was until my pain returned in the summer of 2018. Pain there...

Hopeful Hippies
Feb 23, 20203 min read


Learned Lesson
I want to share with you a big lesson that I learned last weekend. I'm heading into my 6th hip surgery in a few weeks - it is outpatient...

Hopeful Hippies
Feb 22, 20203 min read


This Is Me!
During my son's high school and college years, he was a drummer in the high school and college marching bands and it was something that...

Hopeful Hippies
Feb 15, 20202 min read


Hip Preservationist Perspective: Dr. Dustin Woyski
Dr. Woyski’s article, Surgical Treatment of Labral Tears: Debridement, Repair, Reconstruction, was featured in last week’s blog post...

Hopeful Hippies
Feb 9, 20204 min read


Hip Vocabulary
I have no idea what the truly “hip” vocabulary is now. When my kids were in their teens, I think the word was “tight”. And, of course,...

Hopeful Hippies
Feb 9, 20202 min read


Research: If It’s A Tear, Repair.
I’ve been around the block like a used car with my hips. They are not under warranty and should have been recalled years ago. They were...

Hopeful Hippies
Feb 2, 20204 min read


Home: My Fight Song
Detours suck! They make me angry. They frustrate me. I am diminished! There is no control of the situation. But, at the end of the day,...

Hopeful Hippies
Jan 31, 20201 min read


Stroke Of Luck?
Five years ago last week, I got the call no one wants. The phone rang and I forwarded the call. It rang again and I forwarded the call....

Hopeful Hippies
Jan 25, 20202 min read


Dominique Hamblin, Hip Patient and Equestrian: Galloping with Hope
If you fall off a horse, you get back up. I am not a quitter. Olivia Wilde And so she did. Dominique Hamblin is a hippie equestrian from...

Hopeful Hippies
Jan 25, 20203 min read


Victory
Weight. Shoulders. Pressure. Anxiety. Downward. Stress. Emotions. The last few weeks had been weighing me down, but I been looking...

Hopeful Hippies
Jan 18, 20202 min read


Connected At The Hip: Monya Prinsloo
You all have heard that phrase, “They are connected at the hip.” My best friend, Power, and I would be described as that. The kind of...

Hopeful Hippies
Jan 18, 20203 min read


Seat of Emotions
A Poem by Rossara Jamil My broken hips heal me on endless days of watching shadows dance, away from a world that continues to turn,...

Hopeful Hippies
Jan 10, 20201 min read


Self-care
“Put your own oxygen mask on first”. How many times have you heard that phrase? Every single time (hopefully) you get on an airplane....

Hopeful Hippies
Jan 10, 20203 min read


Perspective: Dr. Robert Kollmorgen, Hip Preservationist
I’ve had the privilege of sharing with you, through my hip journey, some of my lessons learned from Dr. Robert Kollmorgen, but this blog...

Hopeful Hippies
Jan 5, 20203 min read


Two Words
“Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year. This helps you do your part. It is an affirmation...

Hopeful Hippies
Jan 4, 20203 min read


UK Hip Preservationist Perspective: Mr. Rishi Chana
I'd like to introduce you to Mr. Rishi Chana who is a hip preservationist/surgeon in the UK. He is extremely committed to supporting...

Hopeful Hippies
Dec 29, 20195 min read


Transition...
We all have good days and not so good days. I’ve been fighting a cold and the weather had been plain blah! My body (and thoughts) were...

Hopeful Hippies
Dec 28, 20192 min read


Opposite of Yes?
Up or Down. Stop or Go. Left or Right. Right or Wrong. Light or dark. All of these are opposites and you can see them in your mind’s eye....

Hopeful Hippies
Dec 21, 20192 min read


Tap, Tap, Tap
Every morning for hours. What is going on? Where is this noise coming from? I hear it and I go “looking” for the sound. I open the door...

Hopeful Hippies
Dec 21, 20192 min read
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