5.22.2009

Surgery

Will now be July 6th. (I didn't want to cause my work any hardship by having to take off 4th of July in my recovery period.)

My surgeon wants me to wait a good 2 weeks before returning to work. She says "If you had a desk job, you could go back to work after 3 days. But since you're on your feet all day, I want you to give it time to heal". Makes sense. But it also means that I will be relatively mobile.

Sick leave is drawn from a couple different PTO banks at my work, but until I've been out more than a certain amount of time I am forced to burn a few vacation days. Therefore, assuming my foot is healing nicely and without complications I feel zero guilt sneaking home at the end to see you. Expect me somewhere in the July 15-19th range, depending on how the foot looks.

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5.21.2009

Forces at Work

When you hold two magnets apart, you can feel the fields pulling your hands together. MRIs are kindof like that, except you can feel that force moving through your body. It was a strange experience, lying in that tube. The machine was very loud. I twittered: "The vibrations of the MRI are, to me, the sound of tribal drums. I feel the fields move the atoms of my body in a dance of plus and minus." And it was true, I could imagine the rhythmic patterns as a voice speaking in time with the visceral humming of my cells. "Let there be light", it said, and somewhere in a room beyond my body did light up according to it's density, and pictures were taken.

Now my foot surgery is scheduled for June 22nd. More details will follow. I hope I can take a few days at the end of my recovery period to visit with friends.

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