Good news at the doctor’s office today.
First, he took out BJ’s stitches and showed us the little round “before and after” pictures from the arthroscope. The after is a lot better, even if the reattachment stitches are blue. And I wonder if the pins will set off the airport metal detectors….
Then, he gave […]

The day after BJ’s shoulder surgery, there was a knock at the door. Some guy was standing on the porch, wanting to know if this was where he was supposed to deliver the shoulder therapy device.
The doctor had talked to me about prescribed exercises and arranging physical therapy, but this was the first I […]

Well, BJ’s shoulder surgery is finally over — and I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or not.
The doctor is a fabulous surgeon — but bless his heart, he has the personality of a doorknob.  It was a rotator cuff repair.  He said, “No guarantees here.  I’ve seen shoulders that were really torn up […]

Don’t you just love it when medical professionals come up with really scary-sounding names for procedures (even THAT word is scary!) that are actually not all that bad?
I had to report to the hospital on Monday for — get this — spirometry.  No, it’s not an examination of disgraced 1970s vice presidents.  It’s a breathing […]

Having multiple pelvic fractures will certainly give you some time to think about life and its funny little twists.
For example, in spite of the fall, I really am much more careful now than I was when I was still looking for a good knockout drug for PMS relief.  Yet when I was younger, the only […]

I’m not exactly the model for nutrition and healthy habits, and as it turns out, I’ve been doing quite a bit wrong to help heal my broken pelvis.
First, the online experts I’ve read say I should cut back on protein and carbonated beverages. I’ve been living on ham and turkey sandwiches and huge amounts […]

I’m not too hard to figure out. Pamper me, tell me I’m wonderful, and give me lots of presents, and I’m generally a happy camper.
A new company has presented me with a free sample of its product, and it couldn’t possibly have come at a better time. The company is called Freeze It, […]

What a nice couple of surprises!
My computer must have been feeling sympathy pains, because it decided it no longer wanted to play nice with me at all.  Simply turning it on was taking as much as 20 minutes; by then, I was too tired to sit up and write anything, or even try to check […]

I really hope my pelvis knits itself back together soon.  Right now, I can’t do much of anything beyond lying flat on my back, propped up on a couple of pillows.  It’s even making it difficult to work at home on the blog.  Right now, I have the laptop on my lap, running on battery […]

I’ve decided that having multiple pelvic fractures is a royal pain in the arse.
This isn’t going to be much of a post because I’m in a LOT of pain, but I did want to tell everybody just what happened.
I was cutting a dead limb from a very large maple tree, but OSHA probably would have […]