OK-- I had scope surgery yesterday.

Today it hurts worse than ever. I can get around on crutches and walk a
little bit without but it hurts.

Getting up from lying down and trying to walk without crutches is
excruciating. Using crutches for a bit and then continuing to walk is a
little better.

Anyway, logic tells me that this is the day after surgery so it's completely
normal. But I had this vision of being tougher than this. Boy am I impatient
(actually a bit worried)

So, for those who had scope surgery (mine did cartilege removal) is my
situation to be expected?

Mel

Wish I had heard this story when our kids were growing up. It would have
really been helpful!

NAILS IN THE FENCE

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag
of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a
nail into the back of the fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few
weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered
daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his
temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when
the boy didn't lose his temper at all.

He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull
out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.

The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that
all the nails were gone.