One week down, five to go. Actually, that’s a bit misleading. I still got five weeks left that I may not put any weight on my left knee. Then, I have an appointment with my orthopedist, and presumably, I may slowly start to use that damn leg again, and should be free of those damned [...]
Monday’s operation was a cakewalk on easy street. The situation in my knee was slightly worse then could be seen from the MRI, which means that I’ll now have to walk around on crutches for at least six weeks. That leads to a whole new set of complications to which I haven’t found a sollution [...]
Today at ten AM—which is just about the time this post becomes public—I am expected to check myself into the hospital for a knee operation. Sometime later this afternoon, I can take my crutches and go.
The rest of the week I will be taking a break from the internet while I suffer and have a [...]
One Wednesday night last October, I had some free time on my hands. ‘Twas the night before my holiday in the south of France, and I didn’t feel like sitting at home. So I went to the cinema to see Stardust. As with most movies I really like, the reviews were lukewarm at best, and [...]
This is just a note for future reference or a possible quick fix for those who experience the same problem: after upgrading to Wordpress 2.6 earlier today, all my special characters became a garbled mess. As I use quite a lot of them—don’t you just love crème brûlée and em-dashes?—that is quite unacceptable. Commenting out [...]
Tomorrow afternoon, I have an appointment with an anesthesiologist. As far as I know, we’ll go over the list of questions about my health—which basically is a long list of “no’s”: no medicines, no medical conditions apart from my knee, no allergic reactions to anything, no nothing—and if he or she (I have no clue [...]
The first time I read Animal Farm was back in high school, when I had to read a load of books for my English classes. Since then, I kinda figured out that I only like reading when I don’t have too, so it’s safe to assume I found it a drag. Luckily my teacher allowed [...]
Maybe I’m a bit prejudiced here—just take a look at that cover, add to that some nuggets like one out of three ain’t bad and I remember everything. [...] Every little detail. As if it happened only yesterday. and top it of with a motorcycle crashing after seeing that sudden curve way too late ¹—but [...]
The joys of eating home-made crème brûlée totaly outweigh the hassle of making home-made crème brûlée.
While I knew about American football, I never knew there’s such a thing as an American football indoor league. And apparently, you can rent out the space in the black stuff beneath your eyes as advertising space.
In other sports—and I’m [...]
When I got my appointment for a MRI-scan of my messed up knee in early August, it’s a good thing I didn’t get overly enthusiastic and booked a holiday, as I said I might. Due to a opening in the schedule, that MRI took place two weeks ago, and today, I got the results.
The doctor [...]