A blogging pal said he was surprised that I worried that the hip surgerey might not work. “Of course it would work.” Oh. I see.

But when you are a little old guy, there is a terrible temptation to see every set back as the betginnings of the slippery slope. Dumb but true. So, the fact that this thing is working so well – I am “way ahead of the normal recovery curve” according to the therapist – is a huge spirit raiser. Huge. So there you go.