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Skriven 2009-09-16 14:15:21 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 28771 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
Ärende: DR's appt.
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Hi Hap,

 hn> I can still locate most of my images within a few
 hn> days or so. Have not had the need for the last few
 hn> years however...but the boxes are patient!

We have most all of our photos in a couple of book boxes, waiting for me
to sort and put into albums.  That's one of my "other than studies"
projects for the time we're here.  I've got a couple of boxes (same
size) of various recipe clippings, print outs, etc that will get the
same treatment.  I've started some of it already; there are some file
boxes inside those boxes.

->  hn> If the surgery gets rid of the pain from the torn
->  hn> meniscus I'll be happy and walking straight again....
->  hn> at least that's the hope!

-> For your sake, I hope it works. I've never been able to come back 100%
-> from major orthopedic surgery.  But, I can walk (dr thought I never
-> would when I ruined my knee in 72); I have (limited but beats none) use
-> (flex) of my wrists (one dr wanted to just fuse the bones); and most of
-> the use of my left elbow (therapist said most people don't get as much
-> range of motion back as I did).

 hn> This isn't considered major surgery (at least by
 hn> the doc) but anytime they cut on me I consider
 hn> it pretty major!

I'd call it major as well.  Not as intensive as the knee surgery I had
but still, pretty major.


 It will be done as an outpatient, I
 hn> go in they knock me out do a quick clean out of the
 hn> meniscus tear and wake me up...hopefully in less
 hn> than an hour! Home the same day and a couple
 hn> of days of pain meds (I suppose) that I most likely
 hn> won't take.

Take the pain meds; it makes a lot of difference.  I have been fussed at
by doctors who felt that I should be using more than I did/do now but I
do use them.  The discomfort caused by not using them will not make you
heal any faster; it may actually delay healing.
-> Yes, when we first got here, we filled the freezer with gallon jugs of
-> water.  We've still got a couple of them in but the rest of the space is
-> full of food--grains, raw meats, fruits, etc.

 hn> I made a couple of meat loaves last night one for this week
 hn> while I'm at the ball park and one for when I'm "off" my
 hn> feet.

Sounds good to me.  You've got a few more weeks to add things like pasta
sauce, chili, stew, etc. (G)

->  hn> That's the hard part.....waiting!

-> It will be here before you know it.  How many trips to see Amanda/have
-> her come home before spring training?

 hn> She's got a symposium sometime this month in DC
 hn> and a meeting in Portland OR the first part of November
 hn> so she's planning to make a couple of days extra on the
 hn> Portland trip to come up and visit! Other than that we
 hn> will see her at Christmas time!

She's keeping quite busy but it's good that she will be taking the extra
time on the Portland trip to come up & visit.  We'd like to be able to
get out to NV and AZ this year but will have to wait because of the
other trip.  Sarah will be a year old in about 3 weeks; Robert will be 6
in November.  We've seen them twice already this year but ...........

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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