October’s Orthopedic Sausage

This post went to Patronizers at the beginning of October, and to the public at the beginning of November. Not a Patronizer? You could be! I’d like to say that the title of this month’s post is a clever pun in some way, meant to either expand your vocabulary or troll your deficient vocabulary. It is not. Terry Pratchett said, “They say that the prospect of being hanged in the morning concentrates a man’s mind wonderfully; unfortunately, what the mind inevitably concentrates on is that it is in a body that, in the morning, is going to be hanged.” The mysterious pain in my arm that keeps me from sleeping well? I’ve severed my rotator cuff tendon and get to have surgery for it. Having surgery to fix a health problem is a privilege in the United States, but I’m not looking forward to the four to six weeks my right arm will be immobilized. It’ll happen some day soon. My hope is to be able to appear at my divorce hearings without being hopped up on painkillers. What’s the date? No idea. I…

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