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I’m Taking a Short Break

October 5, 2015 By: Patricia

I’m finally heading for the hospital this afternoon to get this creaky, uncooperative left knee replaced with a joint that actually works. You can guess how miserable I’ve been when you hear the surgery was originally scheduled for January 19th. My surgeon ruptured a tendon in her wrist, so I rescheduled the surgery for April. In March, while returning from a trip to Illinois, I broke the fifth metatarsal of my right foot and ended up having surgery for that instead. It took a good three months to get through the cast/walking boot/rehab process. The knee fix had been postponed again, this time to August. But then the surgeon cancelled. It turned out she had to have surgery on both or her wrists and would be in for a long recovery.

I found a new surgeon, one who has a great reputation and appears to have very strong wrists. We’re good to go. You probably have never known anyone so eager to head for the operating room as I am today.

So, I’ll be off computer for a few days, gathering (funny, I hope) stories for my next blog post. I promise I won’t post any gory photos. And I promise not to whine.

Well, maybe I’ll just whine a little bit.

Now, before I go, I do want to tell you what I was reading over the weekend. If you’re in the mood for a terrifying thriller, one that will keep you turning the pages to the end of the book, one with great pacing, tons of information, and an amazing cast of characters, I highly recommend:

The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus by Richard Preston.

Yes, this thriller is nonfiction. Yes, it’s terrifying. And yes, you should read it. There is so much information in this book about viruses that we all need to learn.

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Category: Books and Authors, The Writing Life Tag: Ebola virus, knee replacement surgery, Richard Preston, The Hot Zone

Comments

  1. Holly Jahangiri says

    October 7, 2015 at 9:38 am

    Wishing you the speediest of recoveries! You’ll do great – just do everything your surgeon and physical therapist advise. PT is key to a faster recovery here. I have a good friend who’s gone through it twice, and who has amazed me with how fast she was up and walking around well. PT.

    In other news, I finally graduated from PT – even got a T-shirt from them! Ankle’s still got some healing to do, but range of motion and strength are almost normal!

  2. Margot Kinberg says

    October 5, 2015 at 9:31 am

    We’ll miss you, Pat. I hope everything goes really smoothly. Most of all, I hope the end result is more ease of movement and less pain and discomfort.

  3. Susan Gourley says

    October 5, 2015 at 8:30 am

    I’ll be thinking of you. You’ll get better quick and the knee will feel so much more stable with the replacement. That book does sound good.

  4. Madeline Mora-Summonte says

    October 5, 2015 at 7:42 am

    You go ahead and whine if you need to! I hope the surgery goes well – take care!

    • Patricia says

      October 5, 2015 at 7:47 am

      Thank you, Madeline. Whining is sometimes totally necessary, I know. I can do it well when I need to.

  5. Alex j. cavanaugh says

    October 5, 2015 at 6:51 am

    Will be praying for you today! You’ve waited so long for this surgery.

    • Patricia says

      October 5, 2015 at 7:45 am

      Thanks, Alex. It’s an afternoon surgery so they said I could have my coffee this morning. That may seem like a small thing, but for me, coffee lover that I am, it was a huge blessing.

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I read, I write, I blog, and sometimes I do the laundry and cook. My 2014 novel, Dead Wrong, was a finalist in the thriller category of the 2015 Colorado Book Awards. Wishing Caswell Dead (Five Star/Cengage, December 20, 2017) is a historical mystery set in 1830s Illinois in the fictitious Village of Sangamon. The novel was a finalist for the 2018 Colorado Book Awards for General Fiction. My most recent release, In Defense of Delia (Five Star/Cengage, November 2022), is available in hardcover and will soon be available in ebook and trade paperback. Read More…

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