. “If you're going through hell, keep going.” - Winston Churchill Well, one week after the first hip surgery, I rolled a little bit to one side, the side I could manage, and told Jeff, "If I had know how hard that was going to be, I'm not sure I would have done it." This was after being in a lot of pain for several month, but still the ordeal of it was truly awful. This time, one week out, it is nowhere near as bad. Comparing the two experiences has really been a meditation on "heyam dukam anagatam." This time, I got to have the surgery at the Surgery Center. I was supposed to last time, but I think the Physician Assistant was sick and so things had to be rescheduled to Seton Main. It was still supposed to be outpatient, but that didn't happened. It feels very much like I feel through the cracks in the system last time and ended up in a giant hole of pain that, even leaving the pain a...
Thanks Anne!
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