NIDINI News Flash

Finally, after what feels like months of waiting (because it actually WAS months) we have a knee surgery date -- Dec 12th.   (hmmmmm?)  Now why does that date sound familiar? 12/12 -- because, we arrived at our new retirement home on 12/12/12 just one year ago.

During the last few months, we have formed a knee support group that reaches across the Pacific.  NIDINI is the Hawaiian phonetic spelling for Needy Knee and is pronounced just the same.  Members include folks from Ferndale and Eureka, California with headquarters in Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii.

I met with my ortho surgeon and really like him.  He's got a sense of humor and did a great job explaining the procedure to me.  But, because I had the same job done about 12 years ago in Eureka, it wasn't too scarey.  (That is as long as you don't look at the picture.)

Needless to say, I am hobbling around with the brace on, trying to get all the last minute things done that I can -- especially taking care of all the new plants.  Unfortunately the surgery falls in the middle of our friend Esther's visit -- but it will be nice to have a little distraction for a few days.