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A sense of peace
16 Apr 2026 09:18 pmThat is what I feel upon deciding with my husband that the kids and I will remain in France for 6 more weeks. We should have left yesterday for Lebanon, but everything felt too fragile, too up in the air, to go back. So, we pushed our return date as far as we could on these tickets, which is the end of May.
We are determined to enjoy our time here as much as possible and have been happily slipping into "doing life" at our home. We will most likely leave in September for another overseas posting, so we are taking all we can get and soaking up the gift of spring as much as we can.
I will see the surgeon* I have been in contact with on May 29, and he will likely operate on me around June 4, giving me ample time to heal before J's contract ends on 31 July and we leave Lebanon for good. Hallelujah for a new knee, although the surgeon said I won't be thanking him before 3 months most likely.🫣🥴
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* What a godsend medical practitioners are in Lebanon. I have never seen this surgeon before; he comes highly recommended (he operated on J's colleague and the ambassador's wife) and has a reputation as the foremost knee surgeon in the country. He has consulted my images (x-rays and MRI that J took to him), called me twice, and given me his private number and email address. In France, I can't get this surgery because of my age, but he sees the futility of making me wait--in pain and constantly degrading the state of both of my knees--until the State health system deems me old enough.
We are determined to enjoy our time here as much as possible and have been happily slipping into "doing life" at our home. We will most likely leave in September for another overseas posting, so we are taking all we can get and soaking up the gift of spring as much as we can.
I will see the surgeon* I have been in contact with on May 29, and he will likely operate on me around June 4, giving me ample time to heal before J's contract ends on 31 July and we leave Lebanon for good. Hallelujah for a new knee, although the surgeon said I won't be thanking him before 3 months most likely.🫣🥴
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* What a godsend medical practitioners are in Lebanon. I have never seen this surgeon before; he comes highly recommended (he operated on J's colleague and the ambassador's wife) and has a reputation as the foremost knee surgeon in the country. He has consulted my images (x-rays and MRI that J took to him), called me twice, and given me his private number and email address. In France, I can't get this surgery because of my age, but he sees the futility of making me wait--in pain and constantly degrading the state of both of my knees--until the State health system deems me old enough.
