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Back home and happy

July 24, 2016 by jimmycsays

Posted in Uncategorized | 29 Comments

29 Responses

on July 24, 2016 at 7:23 pm Stephen Bruns

Hi Mr. Jimmy,
You certainly do not appear so happy. You must be smiling soon on the inside!
Groovy socks. Match the tennis balls on your speed racer very well.
Happy rehab!
Steve B.
on July 24, 2016 at 7:57 pm Lisa

If that’s “happy”, I need to add this to my list of concerns…you know, right along with raising two teenagers, the presidential candidates, retiring too young, and if I should run to the store for a diet Pepsi and milk duds.

Seriously, hope it is going well…we are back to the hip doc tomorrow with Marissa…fingers crossed he will have some answers for her pain,
on July 24, 2016 at 8:10 pm Alex Haig

As of now, I am in control here in the White House… And here at JimmyCsays.
- on July 24, 2016 at 8:33 pm jimmycsays
  
  Finally, someone has recognized dysfunction and dereliction of duty and has stepped forward to take the reins…Thank you, General Haig.
- on July 24, 2016 at 9:23 pm Tracy Thomas
  
  Best comment ever.
  
  You know, sometimes Vicodin does that to your mouth, and it erases any Botox you had before surgery.
  - on July 24, 2016 at 10:18 pm jimmycsays
    
    I wasn’t aware of such surgical subtleties, Tracy.
on July 24, 2016 at 8:47 pm Will Notb

Ah, no worries, Grumpy: the compression socks/leotards will eventually be replaced by normal men’s hosiery and a beneficent attitude.

Also? Looks like there’s not that much swelling (relatively) on the new knee. Looks to be a good outcome.
- on July 24, 2016 at 10:21 pm jimmycsays
  
  Six weeks in compression socks, Will…Off at night back on in the morning. I guess that’s one benefit of fidelity: It’s not a pretty sight, but she will see it through.
  - on July 24, 2016 at 11:38 pm gayle
    
    Also … keep your feet up!
    
    Congratulations!
on July 24, 2016 at 9:15 pm Jim Gottsch

Jim – Glad you are home and things are going well. You just need some pie. A la mode.
- on July 24, 2016 at 10:22 pm jimmycsays
  
  For the first time in years, Jim, I have no interest whatsoever in sweets. I am really sick…
on July 24, 2016 at 9:30 pm Margaret Nichols

Clearly you got yourself out of your bed and to your desk, and I can see your computer right there at your elbow. Another couple of days you’ll be driving yourself, much to Uber’s loss.
- on July 24, 2016 at 10:22 pm jimmycsays
  
  I’ll only take Uber if David Plouffe comes around and picks me up…
on July 24, 2016 at 10:26 pm John Blakeney

I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Saddest picture I have ever seen. Probably should be the poster picture for “New Knee Times.” If I have to make the decision to have this type of surgery…I believe I will pass on the surgery and re-start the daily induction of Southern Comfort!!!
- on July 25, 2016 at 4:07 am jimmycsays
  
  Once you get to the point I had reached — pain with every step, just hobbling with a cane to fetch the morning paper — those are the only alternatives you have. But I guarantee you, John, at age 70 — like we are Southern
  Comfort is not the answer. Look what it did to Janis Joplin…And she was 30-something.
on July 24, 2016 at 10:37 pm Laura Hockaday

Jim:
That was sure fast surgery!! Glad you are home. Why don’t you take some time off from your blog and just relax. I’m sure you should stay off your knees.
Cheers,
Laura
- on July 25, 2016 at 4:05 am jimmycsays
  
  Actually, Laura, the doctor and the therapists want you up on it as soon as possible. That way you don’t lose as much muscle tone and you start building up flexibility in the new joint…The joint itself feels very good. I feel like hell otherwise.
on July 25, 2016 at 2:07 pm Keenan

They shoot horses, don’t they?
- on July 25, 2016 at 2:57 pm jimmycsays
  
  Don’t put me down, podner…I’ll be back.
on July 25, 2016 at 2:44 pm Julius Karash

Thanks for sharing, Jim! Now what have you got for tomorrow? Anything for this weekend?
- on July 25, 2016 at 2:56 pm jimmycsays
  
  I think I’ll be going with “evergreens” for a while, Julius.
on July 25, 2016 at 5:01 pm Stacy Kearney

Well. you look thrilled.
- on July 25, 2016 at 5:58 pm jimmycsays
  
  Life’s just a bowl of cherries…Too bad about the big pits.
on July 25, 2016 at 5:38 pm John Altevogt

You always did look cute in nylons.
- on July 25, 2016 at 5:58 pm jimmycsays
  
  I thought you might have kept that between us, John.
  - on July 25, 2016 at 6:29 pm gayle
    
    Does Patty know? :-(
on July 25, 2016 at 7:33 pm jimmycsays

No, Gayle, she usually doesn’t read the blog…Mostly just looks at the first line or two that come with the email notification that I have posted. So I can get away with murder, and all sorts of perversity, on the blog…
- on July 25, 2016 at 10:35 pm gayle
  
  You devil you.
on July 26, 2016 at 8:46 am Margaret Nichols

My sons says a morning ( July 26) story reports 32 — THIRTY TWO !– let go from Lawrence newspaper after sale to Ogden Newspapers