A slight hiccup in my schedule has occurred, as I was expecting to be done with the following medical event sooner than has ultimately turned out:
As of 0930 hours this Monday morning I was put under anesthesia for knee arthroscopy -- as of 1230 hours I was awake and by 1430 hours I was home. As with my last operation on the other knee, I had expected that this was to be a minor tear of the medial meniscus (a part of the knee cartilage) and I was looking forward to being up and around on the same day (usually the doctors want you to do weight bearing activities immediately despite the pain).
The Bad News, the procedure took little longer than expected because the good doctor found THREE separate tears in the cartilage. Hence I will be recovering over a slightly lengthier period than expected and will not return to my regular job until after the new year. I will also need be off my feet and keep the knee elevated above my heart for the next two to three days.
However the Good News is that after these two or three days have passed, I will be free to putter around my solder bench and play with flashlight mods, all the way through the holidays and not stopping until I return to work after the new year!
Apparently in every modder's cloud there is an Arctic Silver lining...
As of 0930 hours this Monday morning I was put under anesthesia for knee arthroscopy -- as of 1230 hours I was awake and by 1430 hours I was home. As with my last operation on the other knee, I had expected that this was to be a minor tear of the medial meniscus (a part of the knee cartilage) and I was looking forward to being up and around on the same day (usually the doctors want you to do weight bearing activities immediately despite the pain).
The Bad News, the procedure took little longer than expected because the good doctor found THREE separate tears in the cartilage. Hence I will be recovering over a slightly lengthier period than expected and will not return to my regular job until after the new year. I will also need be off my feet and keep the knee elevated above my heart for the next two to three days.
However the Good News is that after these two or three days have passed, I will be free to putter around my solder bench and play with flashlight mods, all the way through the holidays and not stopping until I return to work after the new year!
Apparently in every modder's cloud there is an Arctic Silver lining...