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OK family. Wish some of you would get blogging again. Seems that Cheryl and I are the only ones holding the post right now. How are we going to know what is happening if you don't write?
As for me, I don't think that I have yet disclosed, although most of the family already knows, that I am having hip replacement surgery on May 17th at 8 p.m. Several people have joked that they hope that my surgeon is not celebrating St. Patty's Day before the surgery. Son John will be with me for the surgery and daughter Natalie will be flying in the next morning to spend 3 days. By the time she leaves I should be ready to return home. I will be so glad to have all of this finally behind me. Hip replacement is way easier than knee replacement so it really doesn't amount to much unless you are the one having it. Probably the worst part for me will be that I won't be able to sleep on my left side for quite a while. I have been trying to practice sleeping on the right side and have moved my TV to the opposite side of the room but it is a hard habit to break. I guess the pain will keep me on the right when the time comes. A couple of months ago by brother built a nice wide step for me to use getting in and out of bed which really helps a lot. I talked to a lady this week who had the surgery 10 years ago and she says that her artificial hip feels no different than the real one and most of the time she can't remember which side is which. That was nice to hear. Right now it is difficult to visualize that I will be able to walk and go up and down stairs normally since I haven't for so many years. Absence of pain is almost unbelieveable. I hope that it is true.
Next week my kitty, Kiki, gets spayed so that will keep my mind occupied for several days. She is so tiny that even though she is one year old she still seems like a baby. I would be so lonely and lost without my kitties. The other kitty, now 5 years old, is as big and fat as Kiki is tiny. She is black and white and lazy. Kiki has fur that looks like a ratty old fur collar on a coat at the Good Will and yet she is beautiful--what I refer to as brindle in color--with stripes and a racoon tail.
I hope to spend some time browsing at the book store this afternoon. I'm also hoping to get the power steering fixed on my car this weekend. The pump went out and I have been driving a muscle car. Wow! We forget how good power steering is. I've been not driving much lately--betweent gasoline at $3+ and no power steering it's easier to stay home.
Have a good weekend everybody.
As for me, I don't think that I have yet disclosed, although most of the family already knows, that I am having hip replacement surgery on May 17th at 8 p.m. Several people have joked that they hope that my surgeon is not celebrating St. Patty's Day before the surgery. Son John will be with me for the surgery and daughter Natalie will be flying in the next morning to spend 3 days. By the time she leaves I should be ready to return home. I will be so glad to have all of this finally behind me. Hip replacement is way easier than knee replacement so it really doesn't amount to much unless you are the one having it. Probably the worst part for me will be that I won't be able to sleep on my left side for quite a while. I have been trying to practice sleeping on the right side and have moved my TV to the opposite side of the room but it is a hard habit to break. I guess the pain will keep me on the right when the time comes. A couple of months ago by brother built a nice wide step for me to use getting in and out of bed which really helps a lot. I talked to a lady this week who had the surgery 10 years ago and she says that her artificial hip feels no different than the real one and most of the time she can't remember which side is which. That was nice to hear. Right now it is difficult to visualize that I will be able to walk and go up and down stairs normally since I haven't for so many years. Absence of pain is almost unbelieveable. I hope that it is true.
Next week my kitty, Kiki, gets spayed so that will keep my mind occupied for several days. She is so tiny that even though she is one year old she still seems like a baby. I would be so lonely and lost without my kitties. The other kitty, now 5 years old, is as big and fat as Kiki is tiny. She is black and white and lazy. Kiki has fur that looks like a ratty old fur collar on a coat at the Good Will and yet she is beautiful--what I refer to as brindle in color--with stripes and a racoon tail.
I hope to spend some time browsing at the book store this afternoon. I'm also hoping to get the power steering fixed on my car this weekend. The pump went out and I have been driving a muscle car. Wow! We forget how good power steering is. I've been not driving much lately--betweent gasoline at $3+ and no power steering it's easier to stay home.
Have a good weekend everybody.
posted by dddonna @ 2/22/2008 11:36:00 AM
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