That’s how long Doctor Faust (you have to love that name) says it’s going to be before I have all my strength back. I saw him today to have the stitches removed, which only hurt moderately since my skin was trying to bond with it. I also got back my MRIs and am wondering if there’s any market for them on ebay or at the CBLDF auction at San Diego. I mean, they’re of no use to me since they’re out of date.
But man, six months. It really underscores for me how absurd it is when you see characters injured and/or hospitalized on TV or in movies and they’re back up and around in no time. Consider when Josh was shot on “West Wing.” Although there was much exploration of his psychological trauma, he was basically up and around and back at work in a couple of weeks, even within their own continuity. Chances are in real life he wouldn’t have been back to work for several months. Then again, it’s nothing new: Didn’t someone once do a study that said Nancy Drew would have been a dribbling idiot if she’d really been knocked unconscious as many times as she was in her books? It’s just that when you actually experience surgical intrusion or trauma, it gives you a new appreciation for the gulf between reality and fiction.
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Updated; Yeah, okay, I checked. I didn’t realize “The Midterms,” the third episode of that season,actually took place over a period of twelve weeks, which would be enough time for Josh to recuperate. Although I still think he would have been working restricted hours even after returning to work.
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