Skiracer

“Hey Bud how ya doin! I have been thunkin Of ya and hope all went well with your surgery! Yo bear!”

“Yeah me too Ski. I've had 1 shoulder and 3 knees done (Ski racing too). Oh the joys of gettin older!”

“Best wishes to get well soon Skiman. Guess you'll have to use the other hand for awhile LOL!”

“doing ok. it hurts... a lot. worse than doc thought. took out torn cartiledge and fixed rotator cuff. zoned most of the time on pain meds. tough to sleep sittin up. but, managing quite well under the circumstances. can't wait to be healed and get back out there.”

“I will send you REKI. WHich shoulder?”

“good luck to ya”

“right shoulder, jerbear. thanks for the good wishes, everyone. good news was that it was all donevia arthroscopy...quicker time to full recovery.”

“ugh.

i hate hoisting a glass of beer with my left arm.”

“better than not being able to hoist at all, rad.”

“well, scotch is lighter, anyways. LOL!!!!”

“heck, just use a straw. ~8')”

“Ski, glad to hear that it went well, all things considered. Be good to yourself, okay? I'm sure you could convince a group of us to split up your pack weight if you decided to come out hiking... I'll carry the tent!”

“I'll carry the pot grabber.”