Yes, But It's A Different Kind Of Pain! ! ! !

MASTER'S PERSONAL LOG:

It has been over a week now and my hip still hurts, but it is a different type of hurt. This is definitely all muscles/ligaments/ tendons and I can even feel it beginning to fade . . . at least a little.

I was only on the morphine pump for 48 hours but that was sufficient to "fall in love with my little friend." There was no real "buzz" just the edge missing from the pain. One experienced "discomfort" rather that real PAIN so long as one didn't move a great deal. I spent the first two days trying to find the illusive and probably non-existent position where there was no pain..

The drugs really scrambled my brains. I could barely complete a sentence and it was very disconcerting to pause to think up a word to use and then loose the word . . .the context . . . . the sentence . . . and then even what the hell I was talking ab out.

The people at the Middlesex were wonderful and couldn't do enough. I'd got back there anytime though not anytime soon. And I was out by Tuesday morning. I am staying with a good friend with a great house . . . . one floor . . . and with the way in which I am healing, I should be out and about before the end of the month. All of the medical professionals are very pleased at the progress. The next milestone should be next week when the staples ( all 33) get removed.

One amazing aspect is my tolerance for fatigue. . . .I don't have any yet. I get up, perform my morning ablutions, have breakfast, read the paper . . . .and I am exhausted. I have to rack-out for a couple of hours! And it is not a question of putting it off either. Either I choose to shut down for a couple of hours or my body does it on it's own! I mention that now because I am crashing. See you soon.