The first and second rules of Fight Club ought to be applied to having knee replacement surgery: “You DO NOT talk about knee replacement surgery. With anybody .” Failure to follow the rules will result in confusion. Dangerous, tremendous confusion . That is especially true if you are an American expat living in Taiwan with contacts in both nations who have undergone the surgical procedure and are eager to talk about it. Add to that the ubiquity of YouTube videos from therapists and patients alike, and you have a child’s recipe for muddle pies. You see … The adventure that is a full knee replacement begins many years before the surgery itself. It starts with the grudging admission that a knee, or both knees, have completely lost their youthful vigor. I’m talking about that time when walking a mere 4,000 steps — what was once a friendly half-hour stroll — becomes a two-hour trudge through discomfort. The feet get blamed, and they step forward to point a finger — er, a toe — ...
The sometimes lunatic and often unreasonable rants of an American "big nose" living in Taiwan.