The Randolph Guide | Asheboro NC | Home Page Blogging with Larry 2012-05-25T10:26:42-04:00 urn:uuid:65033c83-5fb2-430c-a54f-92d8923a148e Speaking of running... urn:uuid:1e5b4d32-c51c-412e-adf9-f9658b4a8e8c 2010-04-02T13:41:38-04:00 <p> It&#39;s been a while since Larry Penkava could job. But last Saturday, during the human race, he rejoined the world of the running, completing one mile during The Human Race.</p> I can see the light! urn:uuid:aed50e7e-3dd1-4d05-b89c-ceb812649426 2010-01-23T16:31:00-05:00 It’s been 16 weeks and three days since my hip surgery and I’m beginning to feel almost normal. I'm counting down to the end of March when I will (hopefully) go on The Run. Larry: Brothers joined at the hip urn:uuid:33300070-1cc8-4c1b-8234-4a4ecb02baff 2009-11-05T13:10:00-05:00 The Asheboro attorney and now city councilman-to-be had hip surgery just 10 days after I did. He had total hip replacement while I had hip resurfacing. Larry Penkava - Not so bad being a shut in urn:uuid:d1ef2417-c7a7-415a-9d0b-03107a4e3fa2 2009-10-28T06:48:00-04:00 Since undergoing hip surgery on Sept. 29, I’ve found myself sitting at home at the mercy of others. Being waited on hand and foot isn’t all bad, but it goes against my proclivity to do things for myself. Larry: Three weeks after surgery urn:uuid:fcfe8133-ac6d-41ae-b4a5-5c749e44198f 2009-10-28T06:46:00-04:00 My recovery has entered the "doldrums" period. For the first couple of weeks after hip resurfacing surgery, I was pretty upbeat while becoming acclimated to life as a semi-invalid. Larry: Whew. It's done. urn:uuid:78f780dd-dac5-4478-ab4c-d939222400a6 2009-10-28T06:43:00-04:00 My surgery went really well. At least that’s what one of the team of doctors told me the day after I had hip resurfacing. He also said my arthritis had been pretty bad. No wonder I had hurt so much in my right hip. Larry: On the mend urn:uuid:a7c2204e-7b87-490a-9bea-181428db5f04 2009-10-15T08:24:00-04:00 I received good news today (Oct. 14) during a scheduled visit to the hospital – I can go back to work. Larry: Free, if only for a while urn:uuid:f817e304-27bb-4608-9e41-f96854047d40 2009-10-09T22:31:00-04:00 Larry: Things are looking up urn:uuid:76fda4bc-a6d7-4932-b777-16f827bce82d 2009-10-07T12:29:00-04:00 Larry: Schedule, Schmedule… urn:uuid:33d5f2e1-b492-49d3-9dd2-5d4cc66484fe 2009-10-06T11:56:00-04:00 Major surgery means a major shift in your everyday schedule of events. Forget setting the clock to get up for work. Now it’s set to correspond with taking medicines, checking wound dressings, having injections and removing or putting on surgical hose.