Pain is merely weakness leaving the body.

Hip replacement

My hip surgery was last Friday, and had a few complications, which i wont go into...but things got a bit grim. Thank god for my darling Lorraine, who has been nursing me, through all this, all the time dealing with her own illness, she really is an angel.
I was discharged back home 2 days ago (wed) and found myself back in hospital that night, after yet another setback. It is going to be a longer road back, thank i thought...but i will get there.

Apart from the trauma of the operation and subsequent pain and setback, I was appalled at the state of our public health system, and in particular the state of the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

My god the are I was in should be torn down and rebuilt ASAP.

Any government should be mandated to make health, education, and police priorities while in office, in fact we should have a constitution that these three areas get money regardless of economic shortfalls, or vote grabbing 'glamour' projects.

Who needs football stadia, or wine centres when we can't get the basics right!

just got the call from the hospital

...admission at 7.30am tomorrow (Friday) surgery scheduled for 11.00am.

Two Days to go

Before I have the hip replacement surgery, and to say I am nervous is a massive understatement!

An historic day

Julia Gillard Australia's first female Prime Minister.

6 Long weeks

I was told by the doctor that for six weeks after the operation, I will not be able to drive a car...or even worse, stand at my easel to work.

It seems the lateral stress of my standing and working on lager easel pieces, could dislocate the new hip joint, as result in more surgery.

I am thinking of painting some VERY small pieces, seated at a table...who knows?

I might even use the six weeks to catch up on reading, I might even start an "Italian for Idiots" language course, in preparation for a project I am hoping will happen later in the year.

Hip operation in 11 days

11 more days to go before the hip replacement surgery, and although I am really very nervous, I have been in so much pain today, that I want the operation to happen as soon as possible.

I have hardly been able to stand or walk today, with painful electric pulses going from the base of my spine all the way down my left leg. It has been excruciating.