Hip, Hip, Hooray - The Second Time Around

Nearly one year ago - eleven months and seven days, to be exact - I had total hip replacement surgery. On Monday, I am having the other hip replaced.

What I wrote then is still true. I am elated to start the process that will allow me to move more freely; aprehensive about any procedure involving needles, saws, hammers, and scalpels; resolute about the rehabilitation which is very precise, involved, and fairly lengthy.

A repeat surgery is an odd thing. I know what to expect, so have less anxiety about just what will occur.
But, I know what to expect, so have more anxiety about just what will occur.

And I'm sure the food in the hospital is no better than it was last year. It was interesting to see how bad even simple things could be - I will avoid the toast and the cream of wheat. Still, far better to have the food be not so good and the quality of care excellent, which it was.

So, here I go again. I'll be dancing soon!

Dancing Makeover

Melanie LaPatin is one of my all-time favourite guests on the TLC show What Not to Wear (October 2004). She is fun, energetic, enthusiastic, and totally owned the changes in her makeover.

 LaPatin is the only subject of the show that I have ever been intrigued with enough to check out further.

LaPatin and her partner Tony Meredith are ballroom dance champions and have done choreography for the hit TV show So You Think You Can Dance.

The partners also own and run the Dance Times Square Latin Ballroom in NYC and have written a book on ballroom dancing.

I would like to invite Melanie LaPatin to my soiree.

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