They are still felling the trees in our back yard. They finally have them cut down but now have lots of wood to cut up and get out of the way. I figured that I had had enough of the incessant wood chipper and chainsaw noise so I headed out for the day. My first order of business was meeting with a French orthopedic surgeon to discuss my knee pain and the results of my MRI. My friend, Sabine, accompanied me to make sure that all was understood but the doctor spoke excellent English so it was pretty nice. This doctor repeated what my American orthopedic surgeon had said in that I need to have arthroscopic surgery to remove an obvious piece of my lateral meniscus. We scheduled this to be done on January 7 before heading over to the hospital to make my appointment with an anesthesiologist there. It was then time to make a daily visit to Valerie to lift her spirits and see if she needed any errands done. When I suggested that she use an electric heating pad to calm some of her pain, she had never heard of such a thing! She has only seen hot water bottles in France! So, I ran around a bit in search of a heating pad for her but could find nothing easily. She then made some phone calls and tracked one down at a special orthopedic store. A friend will pick it up for her tomorrow. After lunch and a walk with Coco, it was time to join some of my first friends in France for an afternoon of walking. My knee was feeling pretty good and I hadn't seen a couple of these women for many months so I joined in. We drove out to La Trinité-sur-Mer for walk along the ocean. The weather couldn't decide whether to be cloudy or bright and sunny so we donned and doffed our jackets a number of times throughout the afternoon. Either way, the coast was gorgeous and the walking trails were uninhabited today so it was perfect. We saw beautiful houses and even prettier views. La Trinité-sur-Mer was the site of lots of excitement this weekend as the impressive sailing race, the The Vendée Globe left from there on Sunday. The Vendée Globe is an incredible single-handed sailing race around the world without stopovers! It takes about 4 months to complete and is obviously filled with danger. Can you imagine?
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