January 6, 2011

• Goodbye 2010

  2010 was not a particularly good year for me and my family. I spent too much time in hospital and rehab and my wife spent too much time battling colon cancer and eyesight failure. This prevented us from going to Maine for the summer as we have for the past forty years, and greatly curtailed our enjoyment of life.
  Hopefully, all (or most) of that is behind us. My wife's battle with cancer culminated with a serious operation which has left her stronger and feeling better than she has in years - unfortunately her eyesight has continued to deteriorate (Fuch's disease) but that has slowed.
  My arthritis led to bilateral knee replacements and I can now walk without pain for the first time in a decade (I know, why didn't I get it done sooner? Because I could live with it until immobility became too pronounced). My carpal and Ulnar tunnel problems seem to have been solved and we are looking forward to being able to travel once again.
  Our only close relative's marriage has ended in a bitter, but uncontested, divorce and he seems to have found happiness for the first time in years. His ex-wife and her family seem to be trying to assuage her guilt by making up to us - something she certainly never did before. Ahh well, life as a soap opera will certainly continue.
  Fortunately we seem to be in a position where we can watch the economic and political changes which have and will take place without too much worry. My wife now watches a lot of political and financial TV and is fascinated by the shallow and short-term thinking of the politicians, pundits, and experts - and irritated by their self-serving disregard for the welfare of the country - and consequently their own long-term welfare. The fast buck and re-election seem to be their only goals.

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