The view from Budapest

How many back surgery patients does it take to change a lightbulb?

Only one if it has been 8 weeks. Last Saturday, I changed light bulbs around the house in what was truly a landmark event. I finally did something to contribute to the household. I have done a little [...]

I’ve been really busy this week so not much blogging.

I thought I needed to celebrate the 6 week mark since my surgery. It is hard to believe that it has been that long. One of the things that I’m excited about is I was able to take all of the metal [...]

It’s been 1 month and 3 days since my surgery and I’m finally back at the office. I have worked a few days since surgery and I even had a half day meeting at my house before Christmas, but this is the real thing. We’ll see how it goes. I was in [...]

Here’s another recovery update. I’m 2 weeks and 2 days post-op and doing a little better every day. The biggest challenge is figuring out how much to do and how hard to push myself. The conventional wisdom on the recovery from this surgery is to do “normal” life as much as you [...]

I’ve been getting out regularly since I was released from the hospital. I’m supposed to walk everyday, but that has been difficult since there is snow and ice on the ground here.

Last night was Kendall’s School Christmas Concert and I was determined to go. It was snowing/raining/sleeting/etc . . . but [...]

I started this week attempting to read through the Bible (again!). I’ve started many times before, but I’ve never finished. I might not finish again this time, but it doesn’t mean it isn’t worth starting.

As I read through the first few chapters of Genesis, they talk about how everyone lived to [...]

Today we made the trek back to Budapest. It is about a 5 1/2 hour drive and we made it in just at 7 hours. I’m amazed at how well my back did. I sat up in the front seat wearing my new brace. In the past few days, the brace [...]

I can’t believe that these are really pictures of my back. I now have this thing that I think you can buy at Home Depot in my spine. I’ve had several people that have observed an Artificial Disc Replacement and it is similar to most home repair projects. Lots of hammering and [...]

[thumb:197:l]I’m back in the “comfort” of my hotel room. Valerie & I waited around this morning until they would let us go home. They seemed to be paying much less attention to me as they have other days. Every other day it was up at 6 or 6:30 and then a [...]

It’s me (Tom) again. I’m sitting in the lobby of the hospital typing this as it is the only place where you can get Internet access. It seems like they could make a lot more money if it was available in the room, but I guess that it American thinking.

Today has been much [...]