After a fallow January, I’m back. Four reasons for the silence. First, I was in London and Ireland for Christmas and New Year. Secondly my subscription to Write-Away-Salonika expired. Third, a bout of the Winter lurgies struck. It was bad enough to force the postponement of reason #4: surgery.
My time in London convinced me that I was no longer “urban fit”. The Victorian underground stations without lifts or escalators were a trial, as was the Victorian theatre where I had to climb several flights to find my seat. Dublin was easier, but I want to be fit enough for urban walking.
With that in mind, and in the hope of a quicker recovery, I opted for a total knee replacement using robotic surgery with a machine called CORI. Till now, the results are encouraging. Within two weeks I was walking (ie limping) unaided. And at the end of the third week, I was able to drive. My physio will pay one more visit next week, and that’s it.
The CORI machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSQsQXIIoIg
Anyway, I’m back and I hope to post more frequently in 2026.
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