I’ll make this brief. My hiatus from posting was due to equipment issues of two sorts: my back and my computer. The outcome for both was positive, but clearly took my focus off of blogging.
When I went to Toronto just 13 days after surgery, it was with my surgeon’s blessing. In fairness, however, he did say that four weeks was usually his minimum. I feel that being there was absolutely essential, so I have no regrets for boarding the plane. On the other hand, I now understand why Dr. White usually has his patients wait a full month before airline travel — especially the 5-hour-each-way kind of flights.
The day or two following our return flight, I began to feel pains that were eerily reminiscent of the pains that sent me to surgery in the first place. I was scheduled to lead Stadia through Strategic Planning (Session Two) on Monday through Wednesday, but I knew that would only make matters worse. Tom McGlinchey graciously agreed to lead the effort, giving me a chance to take Naproxen for the inflammation and to rest for three days.
The good news is that the plan worked. On Thursday I returned to work and had my first physical therapy session and since then the pain has virtually disappeared. I credit rest and a return to a healthy, back-supporting regimen.
No sooner was my back on the mend than my computer went on the fritz. No connectivity at all, either wired, wireless or even broadband to Verizon. I was dead in the water. With the great help of our IT team, I was actually put in a new ThinkPad T61 laptop on Friday, which may tell you what I’ve been doing for the last 36 hours. Ah, the joys of reconfiguring a new computer.
So, I’m back online in two important ways. If you are in the habit of checking my posts (or have RSS feed), you may reasonably expect more stirrings of life from me.
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