Orthopedic implants

Getting a straight answer as to how a metal implant is composed is impossible.
Problems with metal implants

September - October 2019

Fire damage being repaired in Building 12

Van Cortlandt Lake
Labor Day September 2, 2019

August 2019

The two boilers	have arrived

Repairs under the 1 train.

July 2019

Zombie Hunters

I went to a paint program at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale. It was to raise money for the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot

May June 2019

Shocking news from the Luna Park Co-op.  President and treasurer of the board and office mangers charged with taking bribes to enable ineligible people at the top of the list for apartments.  They prepared fraudulent documents.  Daily Mail story

Pictures from the Amalgamated Nursery School flea market April 2019

The price of insulin is outrageous

March April 2019

thaw, 10:40 am March 4	Wonderful Concert, March 14, 2019
Before dawn	March 4 2019

January - February 2019

Jan 18, 2019 8 am

The clicking continues, January 5, 2019

November - December 2018

December 30, 2018

December 11 2018

November 16, 2018 the day after the first snowstorm of the season	Dec 3, a misty night

Repairwork on Building 12

October 2018

October 20, 2018 Hillman and Sedgwick Avenues

Concrete being poured on Saxon Ave. Oct 30, 2018

September 2018

This notice should have been more specific.

March of Dimes in financial trouble.

The March of Dimes told 37 researchers in July, 2018 that their funding was canceled retroactively to June 30. Here's the entire nasty story

August 2018

August 3, a rainy day	August 15, a hot summer day. Jerome Park Reservoir

July 2018

Facade repairs on Building 11 have begun

Facade repairs on Building 11 have begun

No notice was given of the change to the laundry card machine in the Tower 1 basement.

April - June 2018

I saw this on Facebook in the Independence Care System group

The hip healing goes on.  I found a useful exercise guide.   I am doing out patient physical therapy at Montefiore, Yoko has been my therapist.  She has been very helpful.  May 18, 2018 will be my last physical therapy session.  This has been a positive experience.

May 10, 2018 I had an appointment with Dr. Pope.  When I got to the office I saw James Raymond McCaughan, Physicians Assistant.  Supposedly Dr. Pope was there and saw the X-rays of my hip that were taken.  I was told I didn't need to make another appointment until the anniversary of my hip break.


April 29, 2018 I hope to learn soon the components of my implant.  May 2, 2018, it was manufactured by Zimmer US Inc.  I still don't know any details.  May 10, 2018 I now know it was a unipolar hemiarthroplasty and the implant is cemented.

Cost of hip replacement?  A recent study found prices ranged from $10,000 to $125,000

January - March 2018

On March 5, I was standing up putting on my pants. Left leg in, lifted right leg and then I fell to the left. I couldn't stop the fall. Crash! I broke the neck of the head of the femur. Dr. Pope at Wakefield Montefiore, the former Our Lady of Mercy, gave me a new ball. The operation was a left hip hemiarthroplasty. After Wakefield, I went to Burke Rehabilitation for 12 days. Here is a view from the cafeteria of Burke.

View of Burke from the Cafeteria

I'm on the mend.

November - December 2017

November 3, 2017 gas and electrical repairs on the corner of Sedgwick and Gouverneur, on the P.S. 95 side of the street.

Excellent article on nonconsensual physician shadowing

Public Citizen says it's time to ban olmesartan

August - October 2017

October 18, closeup of tree on Bldg 11.  I have since learned that there are three buildings with trees growing on them with root systems extending through the sites.  Years of neglect and now there is no simple, inexpensive way to handle things.

                                                   
September 16, 2017 foliage thriving.

August 30, 2017 foliage doing well

August 19, 2017 foliage on Building 11 is flourishing

Sealed at the end of the day

Saxon Ave. August 5, 2017

Here is a photo of the steel cladding on Tower 2, and the layer beneath.  The cladding is ugly.

July, 2017

Memorial to Olivia and Micha Gee

Pedro Cabezas

If you are in a crisis or have a family member or friend who needs help, you are not alone. Call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 or reach out to the Crisis Text Line by texting 'Home' to 741741.
Pedro Cabezas taught Vinyasa Yoga at the Van Cortlandt Village Senior Center.  He committed suicide.  A memorial service was held for him on Wednesday March 23, 2016 at 3 pm, the usual time of his class.
His sister brought this poster.
He was a wonderful, gifted teacher.  He could help others, alas he could not help himself.