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Take Care of Your Snow Plow Driver and He Will Take Care of You

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This is not a cry for help, but we are having a lot of winter this winter in the Washington D.C. and Mid-Atlantic region.  Up to 250,000 homes have been without power, including my home and neighborhood.  A man who works with me has been out of power for nearly a week.  We are breaking the all-time snowfall record of 54 inches for one winter.  The air is white with it just now and blizzard-force winds are blowing it sideways.  We have the heat turned up and the candles and flashlights laid out and ready.  There have been discussions about portable generators and other preparations. …

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Humanity

When More Seems Like Less

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Lance Armstrong bristled.  He bristled when someone implied that it’s easy for him climb steep mountains on a bicycle.  And not just climbing, but climbing fast.  Did they believe him when he told about his legs burning and his lungs bursting?  He said what about it?  It doesn’t get any easier, it just gets faster. …

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Hip Replacement

Hip Replacement – Percocet

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Don’t ask for a new hip unless you really need one.  Part Five in a series.

For the first two days following my hip surgery the pain was managed by the epidural which I activated with my friendly hand pump.  After this they took out the tube that injected this into my spinal fluid and I went on oral pain medications.  I recall that my surgeon had asked if I had ever taken Percocet before and my answer was no.  Percocet was what I began taking for pain and to be able to get some sleep.
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Hip Replacement

Hip Replacement – Hospitals

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Don’t ask for a new hip unless you really need one.  Part Four in a series.

I was in two hospitals with my hip replacement.  The first was where I had the surgery and stayed for several days.  The other was a rehabilitation hospital and I was there for several days as well.  Although physical and occupational therapy were begun almost immediately at the surgical hospital, these were a focus at the rehabilitation hospital.
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