News and Views

Gisele, Derek and I are going to Taiwan for three weeks, leaving Monday. Derek will actually be coming back after two weeks so he can take summer classes. We’re going to spend time in Taipei with Devon, and also take a tour around the island. Devon, by the way, signed a contract with an agency, […]

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Yesterday in physical therapy, I raised my arm over my head using its own muscles for the first time since surgery. Straight up in the air, pointing at the ceiling. I was very excited! This is significant, since many people never recover this capability after rotator cuff surgery. My Dad for example was never able […]

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It’s been 4 weeks since I had my rotator cuff repaired in my shoulder. So far physical therapy has been purely maintaining and improving range of motion. The rest of the time my arm is in a sling. However, this week we started some simple, light, strengthening exercises. Boy, is my arm weak! I can […]

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After shoulder surgery, the doctor said there was very little I could do for the next week, especially using the right arm. I can type on a keyboard, and I can walk. I asked him about walking a dog. He said, “As long as you hold the leash in your left hand.” So for the […]

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I had my rotator cuff repaired yesterday in a 2-hour operation. I was home resting a couple of hours later. They gave me a nerve block so my whole right arm was numb and paralyzed. It wore off in the middle of the night, and I had to start taking hydrocodone. I’m still on pain […]

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Last week Richard, Dale and I did a short overnight backpacking trip in Roger’s Canyon in the Superstition mountains. We started at about 4800 feet elevation, hiked about 5 miles down into the Canyon to about 3500 feet. There are lots of oak trees along the trail, with some cottonwoods near the streams. There was […]

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I got a new phone this week, the HTC Thunderbolt. I’m trading up from the original Droid, which I’ve had for almost 2 years. The phone works on Verizon’s new 4G (“LTE”) network, and it is FAST. Speed tests show that I’m getting between 10 and 20 Mbps down, and between 3 and 4 Mbps […]

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Simon and Garfunkel had a song called “Old Friends”, that has the line: “How terribly strange to be seventy.” I’m not 70 yet, but I did turn 60 today, and I have to say that it is terribly strange. How different 60 looks from this perspective than it did when I was a youngster (under […]

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My shoulder has been hurting for a few months, since I was “thrown” to the floor while playing basketball. Today I saw the second of two orthopedic surgeons (and one of the local experts; it’s the same clinic that treats the Phoenix Suns and ASU athletes) and he is emphatic that I need surgery. I […]

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Dales son David and Dave’s wife Lisa were here in Arizona this week. We took a day-long trip to the Grand Canyon on Thursday, and went hiking in the desert Friday and Saturday, besides lots of meals and time spent getting to know each other better. It was wonderful having them here, as it was […]

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