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When I was first in the rehab at The Laurels, I needed something more substantial than a hospital gown. My first thougth was a nightshirt, because it had to fit over the braces on my legs and the boot on my right foot. What Mary found were these giant stretchy shorts. Some kind of athletic gear, apparently. but they stretched over everything and yet provided the impression of being fairly normal shorts. And they were a godsend. They sufficed (wll, 3 pair of them) thru my entire stay and after coming home. She even found some long pants version of them that allowed me toRead More →

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It has been a while since I posted. Not because nothing has happened but mainly I was waiting for something BIG to happen. And that hasn’t quite happened yet. But I have some time, so maybe I will write a little. First, I did have my surgeon appointment (two weeks ago). He said everything was looking good. I managed to get some pictures of my x-rays. See all the pretty screws? He was pleased that I had not bent or broken any. Then he said to stay off the leg for another week and a half. That was a minor disappointment … but at leastRead More →

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This comic strip ran last Sunday. I found that it struck a seriously sympathetic chord. Click it to make it large enough to read.

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Made it to church this morning. The new part of my header pic shows me dressed up and ready to go. Immediately after having the picture taken,, I spilled coffee all down the front of my shirt. But, after a change, off we went. It’s quite a production number taking me anywhere, with Mary doing all the (literally) heavy lifting. I move myself (mostly) and the walker is not too bad but the wheelchair is really heavy. But we made it and she doesn’t seem to have hurt her back. We did make one improvement to the process today. I ride sidewise in the backRead More →