Category Archives: Pawel

February 8, 2017 — Knees & Hips

Dear William, Daniel, Catherine, Michael, and Sarah, (and your parents), (and any future descendants and their parents),

For quite a long time now, my hips have been hurting me. At first, they hurt when I would lie down — no matter which way I was facing, they hurt — face up, they hurt; on my side, facing right, they hurt; facing left, they hurt (but less so, because I would see Babcia Kryisa, and that made it better).

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Over time, my hips started hurting from just standing — NO FUN to be at a cocktail party!

So, I started taking Advil PM — 2 tablets each night. That would put me to sleep, even thought the pain was still there.

I told my doctor about this, but he was not particularly impressed — he told me to see an orthopedist; and told me I may need hip replacement surgery.

SURGERY!!! My sister Olenka had hip replacement surgery several years ago — this is not something I would be looking forward to.

Over time, the pain decreased; BUT, then my knees started to hurt also. Bacia Krysia told me that I was too heavy, and I was crushing myself. (I AM heavy — 317 lbs.!)

NOT a pretty picture 🙁

Babcia Krysia bought me a cane — which I do not need for regular walking; but, is VERY helpful when I need to climb or go-down stairs.

A few days ago, when I was visiting my doctor for my quarterly blood test, I convinced him that it may be a good idea to get some X-Rays of my hips and knees — he was noncommittal, but he did give me a recipe so that I could get the X-Rays.

Today, I was driving by the X-Ray place, so I stopped in and got X-Rayed:

These are my hips.

My Hips X-Ray Report

These are my knees.

My Knees X-Ray Report

Bottom line — things do not look that bad (but, it hurts). But, the alternative could be worse — I could be pushing up daisies.

If you want to catch-up on some of my other medical adventures, you may want to read HERE and HERE — I had other medical adventures, but I will save those for some other day.

Now, I have to get back to work.

Love,

Dziadziuś Paweł.

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February 5, 2017 — New Third Cousin (Magdalena Maczynska)

Dear William, Daniel, Catherine, Michael, and Sarah, (and your parents), (and any future descendants and their parents),

Congratulations! You have a NEW Third Cousin! Her name is Magdalena Maczynska, and she was born on February 1, 2017, in Warszawa Poland.

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Probably, the easiest way for you to understand this Family Tree is to print it out, and then paste the pages together (each next to each other) — to do so, go HERE.

As you can see from this Family Tree, Magdalena is the daughter of Marek’s, Rysiu’s, & Malgosia’s Second Cousin, Kasia Maczynska (nee Tomala), who is the daughter of my First Cousin, Roza Tomala (nee Bobrowska), who is the daughter of my Dad’s sister, Teresa Bobrowska (nee Kostro).

I met Kasia (Magdalena’s Mom), when Malgosia, John, Marek, Kelly, Babcia Krysia and I traveled to Poland in 2006 — I started telling you about that trip HERE (unfortunately, I never got around to telling you the rest of that story — maybe I will have a chance to do so soon).

Anyway, on our second day in Poland, we attended a dinner hosted by my First Cousin Roza and her family. That is when I met Kasia.

On May 26, 2012, Kasia married Piotr Mączyński.

5/26/2012

 

Together, Piotr and Kasia set up a photography business — FlipFrames

Piotr & Kasia

I hope that each of you will have the chance to open your own business some day — it is hard work, but it can be very rewarding.

Today is the Superbowl — so, I have to run (I need to prepare some snacks).

Love,

Dziadziuś Paweł.

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October 13, 2015 — The Day I Officially Became Too Old

Dear William, Daniel, Catherine, Michael (and Baby Girl Y) (and your parents), (and any future descendants and their parents),

Today was a sad day for me — it all started when I received an email Notice from the N.J. State Bar Association about a problem the Court was trying to solve:

9/23/2015 Notice

9/23/2015 Notice

After reading this Notice, I decided to respond by writing a letter to the Chief Justice of the N.J. Supreme Court:

2015_09_23_LetterToJusticeRabnerReComplexCommercialLitigation

When I wrote this letter, I was a bit anxious about it, as I usually get nervous when I reveal myself to a stranger (my family and friends already know me pretty well); however, I decided to write, since being a judge was something I thought about in the past (but I never acted on it because I was not particularly politically active, but I understood that becoming a judge was something that required political connections), and here was an opportunity to fill a need; perhaps the need was greater than my lack of political connections. [By the way, if you want to see my Resume, you can see it HERE.]

There was no immediate response to my letter; however, about a week later, two N.J. Tax Investigators (badge and all) showed up at my office, allegedly investigating some corporate entity that was claiming to have an office in the building where my law office is located. It all seamed weird, but I answered the Investigators’ questions (again, strangely, more questions about me than about this mysterious corporate entity they were supposed to be investigating). That “interview” lasted less than ten minutes; and I never heard anything more about it.

Then, today, I received a private response to my letter, from the Chief Justice:

10/12/2015 Note from the Chief Justice

10/12/2015 Note from the Chief Justice

So, now I am officially “too old” to become a judge in N.J.

This news (although not unexpected) was sad because I do not think of myself as “old” [all my physical failings I blame on my weight, not on my age]. Not only do I not feel “old”, I do not feel “too old” either. But, what others perceive is reality — THEIR reality; and to the extent that this perception limits my opportunities, it became MY reality.

I am sure (at least I hope so), tomorrow I will feel better; although, today was a sad day for me.

Love,

Dziadziuś Paweł.

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