Oh, and of course we want to hear about your basement carpeting. Let me know if you don’t know how to reach us without oversharing with the public at large.

Anne, so lovely to know that you’re aboard with us. Dorothy’s got her hip coming up, and I’m just on the other side of having had an organ harvested. I shall be posting on that topic soon.

Mark

Enjoying your blog! Just not keeping up.

So sorry to hear about the medical shenanigans. American insurance policy care, er, health care is really ridiculous. If you need a distraction, I can send you stories about our project to replace the basement carpeting. But only if you still have access to good drugs. And are willing to share them.

Good luck. I’d say break a leg, but you’re paying someone else to do that.

Anne

Hey, Jackie. Delighted that you’re following along. So right about the medical system. The care itself evokes the famous Arthur C. Clarke formulation: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” While the systems for managing and providing that care are positively medieval.

Knock wood, Hip #2 is the last of the big ticket items for a while.

The scheduling was the truly harrowing part. If you can say of any surgery that the worst bit was the logistics, that’s a great surgery.

Especially after the situation with her knees. That shit was harrowing. Thank god for grading on the curve.

Eh, if there was no drama there’d be nothing to write about. Delighted you’re enjoying and following along.

Hey, Nancy! So good to hear from you.

Yes, we’re expecting much less drama for Hip #2. We’ve been through the process so we know what to expect, and the opportunities for scheduling fuckery seem limited at this point. Fingers crossed!