Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

So I pulled something in my back recently.  Had the worst sciatica pain down my hip and leg--could hardly walk or sleep from it.  I we...

As I gear up for Hip Replacement #2, my sister sent this funny comic to me.  I heard that something like a million joint replacements ar...

This was something amazing that really gave me pause.  In the physical therapy center, hanging on the wall, encased in this wooden...

Day 4...pain gradually subsiding, walking improving. Still pushing my body...walk, ice, walk, ice.  But more than the physical, I real...

Came out of the hospital yesterday. Able to walk with a walker--thankful for this miracle already. Thanks to good 'ol technology...

So surgery was yesterday around 11 am. I was asleep under anesthesia before I ever even got to the operating room, so can't remember...

So I'm at a new medical practioner, and he sees on my information sheet that I am scheduled to have some orthopedic surgery.  He c...

So this is what a new hip looks like. Well almost, anyway--this is a small-scale model of one. About 300,000 people per year benefit...