A Short Form of Retirement
Thirty minutes before the last Italy tour finished, I experienced a new form of pain. My Achilles tendon ruptured and I fell to the floor. The rest of the night was in the hospital. Now I am home getting ready for surgery to repair the tendon, and looking forward to more pain and 3 to 6 months of rehab. No walking the lovely streets of Parma for me–not for quite a while.
So I get early temporary retirement. Thankfully it did not happen while everyone was here on the study tour. Once I find the right pain medication, I guess I will be confined to writing and reading. Such is life in the broken (but repairable) world.