A humorous first-person account of the author's knee replacement surgery. He chronicles his conversations with his son, the pre-surgery anxieties, the surgery itself, and the post-surgery recovery, comparing his progress to that of a gazelle.
“I don’t know what you are worried about,” says my friend, Greg, there on the beach in his sluggos, pointing to his various body parts. “The knees aren’t mine,” he says, indicating both in turn, “neither are the hips. Both ankles are artificial, and so is my right wrist.”
The Space Cadet demolishes whole rooms and then rebuilds them on a whim, so has a deep admiration for his father, a human being whose attributes comprise 1) a ute and 2) a credit card. He’s unconvinced. “Do they really cut your leg off?” he asks. “Is there actually a point during the operation where your leg will be separated from your body? Like someone could walk off with it, make a couple of phone calls, and then return to the operating theatre?”
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