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I  met the doctor at my appointment with whom I’d spoken on the phone several times during fits of hypochondria, when I was freaked out about the swelling and bruising of my feet and legs. I drew a cartoon about that incident (“Late Night Phone Call”), and posted it here on my blog.

I told the doctor about it, and he remembered me, and I guess he thought it was pretty funny that I’d drawn a cartoon about it, so I told him I’d send him a link.

Anyway, he says my hip looks good, and I can start moving around as usual (after 6 weeks of strict limitations of movement). The first thing I got to do was DRIVE the car home!! (and got stuck in a serious rainstorm that turned a one-and-a-half-hour trip into nearly five terrifying hours. We had to pull over because we couldn’t see out the windows it rained so hard, and the water in the ditches was rising… I imagined the scenarios drawn above….)