It's now been a little over six months since the second of my two knee operations…so time for a report. The knee's doing pretty well most of the time. I have problems getting up out of low chairs or car seats. I have trouble getting up after I've been sitting anywhere for a long time. And every once in a while, things hurt more than I'd like.
But other than that, the knee's doing well. I'm walking better than I have for a year and certainly better than I'd be walking now if I hadn't had them swap out the old knee for a new one. I'm still not driving much and especially not when I'd be in a lot of traffic but I hope to drive more in the coming weeks.
My assistant John has been driving me about and I've been taking a lot of Uber and Lyft cars — mostly Lyfts. There's not that much difference between the two services but at least in my area, Lyft seems to show up sooner and I've had a higher percentage of interesting conversations with Lyft drivers. Last Friday, my Lyft driver turned out to be a longtime comic book fan and an artist, not of comic books. His name was Jerry, he recognized me and we talked about Jack Kirby all the way to my house. A very pleasant ride.