The instant-messages that fly between Lulu and me are always scintillating and, as you can see, sometimes even touching: Yo-Nenny — I keep telling you: if you want me to write about you too, you have to come over so I have something to say. Okay? Honestly: daughters! I spoke with one of my doctors today. Not my new foot guy from England or my old foot guy whom I miss. Not the eccentric surgeon […]
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Battling age
Freedom
On Monday morning I got my cast off. Right afterwards, I shaved my right leg and flew to LA. I love the funky North Hollywood hotel where I stay. Its café (Café 101) has stellar french fries. Speaking of stellar, the establishment is reputed to be frequented by stars but I’ve never seen any. Just people who dress like them. I came home after the Pacifica Radio Archives fund drive the next night. [I’d been […]
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Today I had to get my cast changed. I took the bus to Kaiser, riding in a backwards-seat next to an old woman who hadn’t bathed since shortly after birth. Happily, my favorite cast tech in the world was working today — the one who enlightened me, a broken foot or two ago, about the existence of cast fetishists. “Just look it up on the Web,” he told me. And there it was, all over […]
Read moreThis Cast Was Made for Walking (and that’s just what I’ll do)
Since purple wasn’t available, I chose (on Eleni’s recommendation) a tasteful black. It doesn’t go with everything as well as purple does, but maybe I’ll add designs to make it more practical. The cortisone shots weren’t bad. It’s this I could have done without: Doc: “Remember I said we’d keep you in the cast for three weeks? It’s going to be more like four.” Medical Assistant: “The doctor is going to be out of town […]
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