Tag: Post-Op

Flash

On The Road Again

Nancy's Notes 🖊️🎶

Six weeks after my spinal fusion surgery I have been given the all clear to start driving again! Woot woot! 🥳

This is very exciting news for me; however, some people may feel differently knowing I’m back on the road. Well, you’ve been warned! Just saying. 😆

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Author’s Note: Kidding aside, I am so grateful to be doing this well after major surgery. Both Bill and I are delighted with our new-found freedom; he’s been my chauffeur for the past six weeks. I’m really an excellent driver and in the 53 years I’ve been driving, I have never gotten a moving violation (and it’s not because the police have been unable to catch me!). 😎

This is “I Can’t Drive 55″ by Sammy Hagar

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Haibun

As Days Grow Short

Nancy's Notes 🖊️🎶

Written for dVerse Poets Haibun Monday where
the theme today is “equinox”. This is my haibun.

It’s now one month post op. I have spent a lot of time looking out my bedroom window contemplating the healing transformation of my body and the seasonal metamorphosis as we gently slip from summer into autumn. I had been facing physical limitations as I aged; they have now been compounded by my back surgery. On bad days I curse myself for agreeing to this procedure but I know it was the right choice. Getting back on my feet is taking longer than I anticipated. Like the brittle tree branches that come with autumn, my bones are not what they once were. But now I have a chance to walk among the fallen crimson and golden leaves instead of simply watching them drop from the trees and for that I’m grateful. I am better today than I was two weeks ago and in two more weeks I’ll be better than I am today. It’s a process.

warm burnished tones of autumn
as days grow short
the earth prepares for new life

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Haibun Monday 9-25-24: Equinox

This is “Autumn In New York” by Billie Holiday

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