Happy Fourth of July!

It is the 4th of July and it has been thundering and lightening-ing and everyone around us has been setting off fireworks. Lots of wet and lots of noise and I am glad that I am inside listening to it all and watching old movies and eating pretzels and petting the cat.

Expert on: Post-Op Rules

After Church this morning, I spoke with a wonderful woman who is going to have to undergo surgery this coming week. As we talked, I realized that I had been operated on for the same problem. She asked me about what to expect after the surgery. Her doctor had told her that she was to stay completely flat on her back in bed for 12 weeks to allow the new tissue time to completely heal and settle into place. She asked what problems I had--and I explained that I was not as wise as she was and had felt pretty good after just 3 days in bed--so I got up and went into the kitchen to empty the dishwasher. Someone came to pick up some music and I sat with them in the living room and talked until (wonder of wonders) I began to bleed and to hurt-- A LOT. I listed for her some of the liquid-ish things that were OK to eat--and others that would seem to be OK, but that contained high amounts of fiber--which was NOT OK to eat. I recommended that she stockpile a dozen or so movies that she could watch on her laptop--so that she didn't have to get up and change the DVDs. She is smarter than I am and I am sure that she will stay down and let her body heal.

It occurred to me this evening that I am really good with infants since I have no infants to take care of myself. In the same vein, I am great at telling people what to do after surgery since I am not recovering right now myself.

Well, actually I am recovering from knee surgery.

Never mind.