Thanks so much for the kind blogs and emails. Not to be too wet about it, but it is really nice to have this on-line support group when you get the sniffles. Feels good and matters. The recovery continues...

Probably a bit early to say but the darned old hip surgery seems to have gone very well. Turns out that there was a bit of a bump on the bone and some wear and tear on the labrum....

Thanks so very much to all of you who wrote – as comments on the blog or otherwise – to wish me luck tomorrow with the darned old hip. It is such a kindness and means a lot. No...

Trying to work out pretty hard to make the surgery go better. But a little leary of leg work…fear making the “tear” worse. So am just doing leg stuff at a maintenance level…i.e. biking at 60-70% of max. Maybe...

Finally have a date (April 14th) for the hip surgery. Now, to follow my own advice, and do a little push to get in the best possible shape for it.

We are in the city for a while becuase a truly close pal is in bum shape, with esophegeal cancer. No good. took him to the hospital yesterday for a bunch of new tests etc…haning around to try to...