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Skriven 2009-09-21 22:05:30 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: DR's appt.
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Hey Ruth!
-> 
->  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.
-> 
Since a lot of my photo work was for 
magazine and other publications, I had to keep
them fairly organized all along. 

-> ->  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.
-> 
I have my pre and post op appts set up now, and 
they will call me a day or so in advance to let me 
know what time to show up for the surgery.
-> 
->  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.

I'll take them the first couple of days, but
will probably stop using them fairly quickly.

-> -> 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)
-> 
Most likely some chili, and some crock pot stew.
Perhaps some roasted chicken as well.

-> ->  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 ...........
->
Amanda is in DC right now and until Wednesday 
(I think) and will be back in Davis for a couple 
of days of meetings before heading back out 
to the lab on Friday or Saturday. I hope to get 
a call from her while she's there but knowing 
how busy those meetings can be I won't be
holding my breath!
chat with you soon!
hap  
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