To catch you all up, I left Homer and headed to Anchorage for my flight home. First a bus ride from Homer to Anchorage. I took the 5pm bus which arrived at the Anchorage Airport around 10pm. I then had to wait until 1:30am for my flight to Seattle.
Arriving in Seattle with time before my flight I settled in and ate breakfast at the assigned gate. About 20 minutes before departure they change the gate. The new gate was about a mile away, I was attempting to run to the gate with my arm in a sling while I rolled my carryon with my other hand. This was not easy and took awhile to arrive at the gate, sweaty and tired. As I caught my breath and listened for a boarding call, they change the gate, again. It is now past the scheduled departure time, the new gate is only two gates down, about a quarter of a mile. We finally boarded and were on our way to Albuquerque.
Arriving in Albuquerque I headed toward the transportation desk to locate the bus to the train terminal. There was a bus waiting and I hopped on for the ride to the depot. First time I have ridden the RoadRunner rail service, it was cheap and very nice. I got off at the station closest to my ultimate destination and took a Uber to my vehicle.
I arrived at my vehicle to find a dead battery. I called for service which was very prompt. My car was parked head-in in the garage and the cables would not reach. We had to push the car out of the garage, a Toyota Highlander is heavy, especially when pushing uphill and I could only use one arm. Eventually, we were able to move it just far enough that the cables reached. I then headed to my house.
Arriving home I first checked my solar system which had shut down during the snow storm two weeks earlier. I was sure that all the food in my freezer and refrigerator, I turned the system on and entered the house, it was freezing cold. I went to light the heaters and discovered that my propane tank was completely empty.
Two weeks earlier I had asked the person checking my place for the meter reading and he said it was at 50%, no way it should have run out. He read the wrong meter. I got online ordered a refill I was informed it would be 4 to 7 days. Wore lots of clothes and blankets for 7 days until they refilled the tank. During the day, I heated the house with my electric heaters, kept the one in my bedroom running most of the night. The freezer and refrigerator had held their temperatures and no food was ruined.
I spent the next couple of days cleaning and making appointments. Saw my urologist for my follow up treatment, he found a spot that he wanted to biopsy. Had to arrange rides to the hospital and someone to stay with me for a few hours after the procedure. The recovery was much faster then last years procedure. The spot is benign.
I also had to see a wrist doctor and set up continuing Physical Therapy. Pretty much spent most of the month of February seeing doctors and doing PT. PT is now down to once per week for the next two weeks and then I should be done. I was able to remove the splint a week and a half ago but need to be careful.
I finally got a referral to a surgeon for a hernia I have had for 14 years.
Here is a picture of the X-ray of my wrist a plate and seven screws.
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