This coming Monday I will be getting the staples removed from my knee. I’m really looking forward to this, partly because the staples are a little annoying – they get caught on the gauze and bandages – but mostly because it means my knee is healing. Naturally, I wish I wasn’t injured at all but, [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Crutching Right Along
Posted in Ruptured Patellar Tendon on December 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Spoke too Soon?
Posted in Ruptured Patellar Tendon on December 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Okay, maybe I’m a little slow to react or something. To use the now famous word of my story telling daughter – “Apparently” there are a LOT of nerves in a person’s knee.
Changes
Posted in Cancer, Mantle Cell Lymphoma, Ruptured Patellar Tendon on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What an experience knee surgery yesterday was! I was being told so many times by some how painful and difficult the first few days after surgery are that I was really worried. And then, just prior to my surgery, I watched as Cadillac Williams returned to playing in the NFL after having sustained the exact same injury and [...]
Oh Brother!
Posted in Mantle Cell Lymphoma on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What didn’t destroy me, made me stronger. For whatever differences or agreement I might have with the views of Friedrich Nietzsche, that particular thought has motivated me in life. After these last several months battling cancer it has certainly solidified its place as part of my credo. It has been my experience that when you [...]
