Homesteading/Rural and Surgery

This thread has been quiet. so here is my recent journal:

I've had a total hip, later the opposite knee, then later the other hip since we've been here. Always in the off season. Oh, boy, the stories of medical people freaking out because you are snowed in and can't get to check ups or PT. When the knee happened and we got home and a snow storm happened afterward. We were snowed in for 3+ weeks. The staples had to come out so I grabbed the hooked and straight needle nose from the gun cleaning kit and removed them. No big deal. The surgeon and hospital freaked out - YOU CAN'T DO THAT. So what? you gonna get here by snowmobile? That's all past. And a fun memory. I still have those notes in my chart.

Next up recently is Carpal Tunnel on both. The surgeon wanted to do both. The DW said H*** no (she had both done years ago) separately. So being a good boy and following DW instruction I only did one. Why? Yesterday I had Carpal Tunnel restoration. TG I followed the DW's directive. All is good but if I did both? Oh, dang. It's not wiping the butt or anything similar but city people who have no idea about living rural. Just moving around is critical. Of course you don't ever fall, right? We don't have paved sidewalks and driveways. The surgeon, bless his heart, has no idea. So you have to override the surgeon? You betcha.

Just some journal thoughts.