I’ve alluded here and there to my hip replacement surgery last week, which I’m regarding as successful up to this point.
The bad pain is gone, the good “recuperative” pain bodes well for the future, and I awaken each day with a resolution to complete the instructions for physical therapy so that harmony might be restored to my walking moments.
As one might expect, the internet is festooned with earnest advice for pre- and post-operative hip replacement nutrition, most of which echoes the sheer historic joylessness of “eat right or die” bromides that vie for ad-placement supremacy with fast-food chain touts grounded quite firmly amid the “culinary disaster” sector of advocacy.
It all makes me yearn for an increasingly elusive middle ground, but yes, I realize that it will benefit me to pay attention to what I’m eating as the hip heals: veggies and proteins, vitamin C and whole grains. My general aim is a Mediterranean-style diet, and it fits nicely with the hip recovery routine.
Fish is among the recommendations, and if left to my own interpretation, this means “herring,” and as luck would have it, the Aldi in New Albany just let loose of its excess herring inventory just in time to suit my critical needs. We have butter and pumpernickel for support, and I’m just a few items shy to make herring salad from one of these jars, with potatoes, pickles, beets and onions.
Several readers have transmitted “get well soon” missives, and I’m grateful for them, and for everyone who reads these daily posts. I can’t believe it’s been five years already. Happy holidaze to you all, and thanks for your support.
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