Allison Hunt: How I got my new hip

Translator: Silvia Cuartero Agramunt Reviewer: Guillermo Parra

Allison Hunt: My three minutes hasn't started yet, has it?

Els meus tres minuts encara no han començat, no?

Chris Anderson: No, you can't start the three minutes.

(Chris Anderson) No, no pots reiniciar els tres minuts.

Reset the three minutes, that's just not fair.

Reinicia els tres minuts, no és just.

AH: Oh my God, it's harsh up here.

(Allison Hunt) Mare meva, sí que sou estrictes aquí.

I mean I'm nervous enough as it is.

Ja estava prou nerviosa amb la presentació.

But I am not as nervous as I was five weeks ago.

Però no estic tant nerviosa com fa cinc setmanes,

Five weeks ago I had total hip replacement surgery.

quan em vaig sotmetre a una operació de reemplaçament total de maluc.

Do you know that surgery?

Sabeu en què consisteix?

Electric saw, power drill, totally disgusting

Serra elèctrica, trepant... Molt desagradable,

unless you're David Bolinsky, in which case it's all truth and beauty.

a menys que siguis David Bolinsky, perquè llavors és una meravella.

Sure David, if it's not your hip, it's truth and beauty.

Clar, David, si no és tracta del teu maluc, és una meravella.

Anyway, I did have a really big epiphany around the situation,

En qualsevol cas, vaig tenir una gran revelació sobre l'assumpte,

so Chris invited me to tell you about it.

així que Chris em va convidar per a que us la contés.

But first you need to know two things about me.

Però primer heu de saber dues coses sobre mi.

Just two things.

Només dues coses.

I'm Canadian, and I'm the youngest of seven kids.

Sóc canadenca i la petita de set germans.

Now, in Canada, we have that great healthcare system.

Bé, a Canadà tenim un sistema de salut fantàstic,

That means we get our new hips for free.

de manera que obtenim malucs nous de franc.

And being the youngest of seven,

I sent la petita de set germans,

I have never been at the front of the line for anything. OK?

no he estat mai al capdavant d'una cua per res. D'acord?

So my hip had been hurting me for years.

Doncs fa anys que em feia mal el maluc.

I finally went to the doctor, which was free.

I al final, vaig anar al metge, que era de franc.

And she referred me to an orthopedic surgeon, also free.

La doctora em va remetre a un cirurgià ortopèdic, també gratuït.

Finally got to see him after 10 months of waiting -- almost a year.

I finalment em va atendre, després de 10 mesos d'espera, quasi un any.

That is what free gets you.

Això és el que comporten les coses de franc.

I met the surgeon, and he took some free X-rays,

Vaig anar al cirurgià, em va fer algunes radiografies de franc

and I got a good look at them. And you know,

i quan les vaig veure, imagineu-vos,

even I could tell my hip was bad,

fins i tot jo podia dir que el meu maluc no estava bé.

and I actually work in marketing.

I això que em dedico al màrqueting.

So he said, "Allison, we've got to get you on the table.

Ell em va dir: "Allison, t'haurem d'operar.

I'm going to replace your hip -- it's about an 18-month wait."

Et reemplaçaré el maluc. Hi ha una llista de 18 mesos d'espera.

18 more months.

18 mesos més.

I'd already waited 10 months, and I had to wait 18 more months.

Ja havia esperat 10 mesos i hauria d'esperar 18 mesos més.

You know, it's such a long wait that I actually

L'espera era tan llarga que

started to even think about it in terms of TEDs.

vaig començar a pensar en els TEDs.

I wouldn't have my new hip for this TED.

No tindria el meu maluc nou per a aquest TED,

I wouldn't have my new hip for TEDGlobal in Africa.

ni per al TEDGlobal a l'Àfrica,

I would not have my new hip for TED2008.

ni tampoc per al TED2008.

I would still be on my bad hip. That was so disappointing.

Encara tindria el meu maluc roí. Em vaig disgustar molt.

So, I left his office and I was walking through the hospital,

Així que vaig sortir de la consulta i, quan caminava per l'hospital,

and that's when I had my epiphany.

vaig tenir la meva revelació.

This youngest of seven had to get herself to the front of the line.

La petita dels set germans havia de posar-se al capdavant de la cua.

Oh yeah.

Per descomptat.

Can I tell you how un-Canadian that is?

Sabeu com és açò d'anti-canadenc?

We do not think that way.

Nosaltres no pensem així.

We don't talk about it. It's not even a consideration.

No parlem d'això, ni tan sols ho pensem.

In fact, when we're traveling abroad, it's how we identify fellow Canadians.

De fet, és la manera d'identificar els compatriotes quan som a l'estranger.

"After you." "Oh, no, no. After you."

-Passi vostè. -Oh, no. Passi vostè.

Hey, are you from Canada? "Oh, me too! Hi!"

-És vostè canadenc? -Ah, jo també! Hola!

"Great! Excellent!"

-Fantàstic! -Excel·lent!

So no, suddenly I wasn't averse to butting any geezer off the list.

De cop ja no em semblava malament eliminar algun vell de la llista.

Some 70-year-old who wanted his new hip

Algun vell de 70 anys que vol un maluc nou

so he could be back golfing, or gardening.

per poder tornar a jugar al golf o a arreglar el jardí.

No, no. Front of the line.

No, no. Al capdavant de la cua.

So by now I was walking the lobby, and of course, that hurt,

Ara ja estava a la recepció i, per descomptat, amb dolor

because of my hip, and I kind of needed a sign.

degut al meu maluc, i d'alguna manera necessitava

And I saw a sign.

un senyal. I eI vaig veure.

In the window of the hospital's tiny gift shop there was a sign

A la finestra de la tendeta de regals de l'hospital hi havia un cartell

that said, "Volunteers Needed." Hmm.

que deia: "Es necessiten voluntaris." Mmm.

Well, they signed me up immediately.

Em van contractar immediatament.

No reference checks. None of the usual background stuff, no.

No em van demanar referències, ni van comprovar si tenia experiència.

They were desperate for volunteers

Necessitaven voluntaris desesperadament,

because the average age of the volunteer at the hospital gift shop was 75.

perquè la mitjana d'edat del voluntari de la tenda de regals era de 75 anys.

Yeah. They needed some young blood.

Necessitaven sang jove.

So, next thing you know, I had my bright blue volunteer vest,

Seguidament, em vaig posar la camiseta blava de voluntari,

I had my photo ID, and I was fully trained by my 89-year-old boss.

em vaig fer la foto identificadora i el meu cap de 89 anys em va ensenyar

I worked alone.

la feina. Treballava a soles.

Every Friday morning I was at the gift shop.

Cada divendres al matí anava a la tenda de regals.

While ringing in hospital staff's Tic Tacs,

Mentre venia caramelets al personal sanitari,

I'd casually ask, "What do you do?"

els preguntava: "A què es dedica vostè?"

Then I'd tell them, "Well, I'm getting my hip replaced -- in 18 months.

I després els deia: "A mi m'han de reemplaçar el maluc, d'ací 18 mesos.

It's gonna be so great when the pain stops. Ow!"

Seré d'allò més feliç quan em deixi de fer mal. Ai!"

All the staff got to know the plucky, young volunteer.

Tots havien de conèixer la jove i valenta voluntària.

My next surgeon's appointment was, coincidentally,

Casualment, la següent cita amb el cirurgià va ser

right after a shift at the gift shop.

just després d'un torn a la tenda de regals.

So, naturally, I had my vest and my identification.

Així que, evidentment, portava la camiseta i la identificació.

I draped them casually over the chair in the doctor's office.

Els vaig deixar damunt d'una cadira a la consulta del metge.

And you know, when he walked in,

I, quan va entrar,

I could just tell that he saw them.

només puc dir que els va veure.

Moments later, I had a surgery date just weeks away,

Uns minuts més tard, tenia data per operar-me al cap d'unes setmanes

and a big fat prescription for Percocet.

i una bona recepta de Percocet.

Now, word on the street was that it was actually

Llavors, el que es va dir va ser que, en realitat,

my volunteering that got me to the front of the line.

el meu voluntariat va ser el que em va portar al capdavant de la cua.

And, you know, I'm not even ashamed of that.

I, sabeu què? No me n'avergonyeixo.

Two reasons.

Per dues raons.

First of all, I am going to take such good care of this new hip.

Primer que res, tindré molta cura d'aquest nou maluc.

But also I intend to stick with the volunteering,

Però també intentaré continuar amb el voluntariat,

which actually leads me to the biggest epiphany of them all.

cosa que em porta a la revelació més gran de totes:

Even when a Canadian cheats the system,

Fins i tot quan un canadenc fa trampes,

they do it in a way that benefits society.

ho fa de manera que beneficia a la societat.