Sorry I have been away for a while. Surgery has a way of doing that to you. It went well. I got home from the hospital on Sunday afternoon but have not been able to sit at the computer. Physical therapy is helping but the pain has a way of interfering with my thought processes. I am getting around with a walker and will graduate to a cane in a few days. My therapist and I walked outside for a short distance today and that was great. The sun felt good and healing. And what a miraculous thing: she is a "course" student too and wants to come to the gro[...]