Immortality

~~Hip-Hip-Hooray~~

After two years of gradually worsening hip pain, I’m finally about to see some relief. Osteoarthritis has progressively caused the cartilage in my right hip joint to wear away. So when I move my leg, the bones are rubbing against each other making it difficult to stand from a sitting position, to walk more than a few feet without a walker, and to bend over. I can’t wear socks because I can’t bring my leg up to put them on.  Now that I’ve finally reached the Medicare eligibility age and secured a Medicare Supplement insurance policy, I am able to afford total hip replacement surgery.  Who’d have thought I would be excited to be sixty-five? So on March 6th I’ll be going in the hospital for a new metal hip. After a few weeks of recovery, I’ll be able to run and play again. I'm tired of just sitting around. I'm too young to be old.