Goodbye knee!

Good afternoon from another cold but sunny day here in NH. Had a wonderful visit with one Dr. Varney today in Wolfboro. He's an orthopedic knee surgeon and he gave me the ok to get my left knee replaced. Hooray! I was thinking about getting both knees done at once, but he talked me out of it, and I understand completely. Helen came to the appointment with me, first time for that, but I wanted to make sure all questions we might have had were answered, which they were. In the course of watching me walk, and the 2-year-old x-rays of my hips it was decided that I didn't need a hip replacement first. Unfortunately, I have a few things going on at once, scoliosis in my lower back which leads to hip dysplasia which doesn't help at all my bowed legs and bad knees. He said my right knee looks much worse than the left, but the left carries all the pain, so it has to go! I asked when he thought the operation might happen and he said it usually takes about two months from now to the operation. Well, nothing I can do about that, I've started the ball rolling and hopefully this gets me a bit of easier walking a less pain. The rest of this messy body I'll probably have to just live with, although I can get the other knee replaced if I want in the future. I guess one operation at a time is the way to go.

Leaving early tomorrow morning for a trip to CT to visit my mom and bring to her eye doctors' appointment and possible visit my brother who's still in the hospital. I'll spend the night with our son, then head back on Wednesday. Life seems long at times, but as I get olde it seems to be flying by me, not so much in a physical sense, but mentally. In my readings this morning I was told to constantly raise my mind to God, as often as we can remember, during the day. I'll really have to train myself for that.