A Sports Fan's Guide to Scheduling Surgery
November 14, 2008 11:39 AM | 0 Comments
My sports fan husband Bryan has to have hip replacement surgery. Even though he’s relatively young, he suffers from early arthritis. We’ve been trying to figure out the best time to schedule the surgery, because he has a pretty intense job as a Project Manager. I suggested the month of December. My rationale is that things pretty much come to a halt for about three weeks of that time anyway, and his estimated recovery is about a month. Additionally, since he never helps with Christmas shopping, being on the injured list won’t impact the holidays that much.
This caused great lamentation, not because of the holiday accusation, but because Bryan prefers Spring for convalescence, specifically the month of March. Here’s an insight into fanthropology – the endlessly fascinating study of fankind.
Here are some stats. In the nearly 20 years since I’ve been married to Bryan he’s had three surgeries: two knee surgeries and one of a highly personal nature related to birth control – yes, the Big V. In each case, unbeknownst to me, Bryan scheduled the surgeries during March so he would have an ironclad excuse to laze around, I mean convalesce, watching college basketball games. As his nurse, I’d set him up with snacks, beer and a bag of peas in the freezer for icing. If you haven’t discovered the glories of frozen peas in the household medical kit, start now. What’s beautiful about peas is that they will sculpt to whatever part of the body needs to be iced.
One day, when my Louisiana mother-in-law was visiting us, we got home from work and she had surprised us with dinner. One of the items on the menu was peas. Once I realized that these were medicinal peas, I politely told her I’d have to pass on the peas.
Lesson learned: label the peas clearly in your freezer if they are not meant for consumption.
Bryan is consoling himself with the fact that there are a lot of Bowl games during this December timeframe, so life is not all bad for the sports fan.
The Sports Widow
(aka Nan Hall)
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