Allison Hunt: How I got my new hip

Translator: Ida Tjell Reviewer: Louise Frilund

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

Mine tre minutter er ikke startet endnu, vel?

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

Nej, du kan ikke standse de tre minutter

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

Start forfra med de tre minutter, det er ikke fair

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

Åh Gud, det er strengt heroppe

I mean I'm nervous enough as it is.

Jeg mener, jeg er nervøs nok i forvejen

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

Men jeg er ikke så nervøs som jeg var for fem uger siden

Five weeks ago I had total hip replacement surgery.

For fem uger siden fik jeg en udskiftet min hofte ved en operation

Do you know that surgery?

- kender I den operation?

Electric saw, power drill, totally disgusting

Elektrisk sav, boremaskine, virkeligt ulækkert.

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

Medmindre du er David Bolinsky, for så er det sandt og smukt.

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

Helt sikkert, David, hvis det ikke er din egen hofte, er det sandt og smukt

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

Nå men jeg fik en stor åbenbaring under den her oplevelse

so Chris invited me to tell you about it.

så Chris inviterede mig til at komme og fortælle jer om det.

But first you need to know two things about me.

Men først skal I vide to ting om mig.

Just two things.

Bare to ting.

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

Jeg er canadier og jeg er den yngste af 7 børn.

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

I Canada har vi et godt sundhedssystem.

That means we get our new hips for free.

Det betyder at vi får vores nye hofter gratis.

And being the youngest of seven,

Og som den yngste af 7,

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

har jeg aldrig stået forrest i køen til noget som helst. OK?

So my hip had been hurting me for years.

Så jeg havde haft ondt i hoften i årevis.

I finally went to the doctor, which was free.

Jeg gik endelig til lægen, hvilket var gratis,

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

og hun henviste mig til en ortopædkirurg, også gratis.

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

Endelig kom jeg til hos ham efter 10 måneders ventetid - næsten et år.

That is what free gets you.

Det er, hvad du får for "gratis".

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

Jeg mødte kirurgen, der fik taget nogle gratis røntgenbilleder

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

og jeg så på dem og ved I hvad,

even I could tell my hip was bad,

selv jeg kunne se at min hofte var dårlig.

and I actually work in marketing.

Og jeg arbejder i virkeligheden med marketing.

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

Så han sagde "Allison, vi skal have dig på operationsbordet.

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

Jeg vil skifte din hofte ud - der er omkring 18 måneders ventetid."

18 more months.

18 måneder mere.

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

Jeg havde allerede ventet i 10 måneder og nu skulle jeg vente i 18 måneder mere.

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

Ved I hvad? Det var så lang ventetid

started to even think about it in terms of TEDs.

at jeg begyndte at tænke på det udtrykt i TED'er

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

Jeg ville ikke have fået min nye hofte til den her TED

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

Jeg ville ikke have fået min nye hofte til TEDGlobal i Afrika

I would not have my new hip for TED2008.

Jeg ville ikke have fået min nye hofte til TED2008

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

Jeg ville stadig hænge på min gamle hofte. Det var så skuffende.

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

Så jeg forlod hans kontor og var på vej tilbage gennem hospitalet,

and that's when I had my epiphany.

og det var dér jeg fik min åbenbaring.

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

Denne yngste af syv var nødt til at få sat sig selv forrest i køen.

Oh yeah.

Åh ja

Can I tell you how un-Canadian that is?

Jeg tror ikke jeg kan forklare jer, hvor ucanadisk det er.

We do not think that way.

Vi tænker ikke på den måde.

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

Vi snakker ikke om det - det er ikke engang noget vi overvejer

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

Faktisk er det sådan vi genkender andre canadiere, når vi er ude at rejse.

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

"Efter dig." "Åh nej, nej. Efter dig."

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

"Hov, er du fra Canada?" "Nå, det er jeg også. Hej!"

"Great! Excellent!"

"Fint" Fremragende"

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

Men nej, pludselig havde jeg ikke noget imod at skubbe de gamle gubber af listen.

Some 70-year-old who wanted his new hip

En eller anden 70-årig der ville have en ny hofte,

so he could be back golfing, or gardening.

så han kunne komme tilbage til golfbanen eller haven

No, no. Front of the line.

Nej, nej. Forrest i køen.

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

Så nu gik jeg igennem forhallen, og det gjorde selvfølgelig ondt

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

på grund af min hofte, og jeg manglede ligesom et tegn.

And I saw a sign.

Så jeg så et tegn.

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

I vinduet til hospitalets lille gavebutik var der et skilt,

that said, "Volunteers Needed." Hmm.

hvor der stod: "Frivillige søges". Hmm.

Well, they signed me up immediately.

Nå, men de antog mig med det samme.

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

Ingen tjek af anbefalinger, intet af den sædvanlige baggrundssnak, nej.

They were desperate for volunteers

De var desperate efter frivillige.

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

fordi gennemsnitsalderen af de frivillige i hospitalets gavebutik var 75.

Yeah. They needed some young blood.

Jeps. De manglede noget ungt blod.

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

Så, bare sådan uden videre, havde jeg fået en lyseblå frvilligvest.

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

Jeg havde fået et ID-kort med foto og var blevet oplært at min 89-årige chef.

I worked alone.

Jeg arbejdede alene.

Every Friday morning I was at the gift shop.

Hver fredag morgen var jeg i butikken.

While ringing in hospital staff's Tic Tacs,

Og når jeg slog hospitalspersonalets Tic Tac ind på kasseapparatet,

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

spurgte jeg henkastet, "Hvad laver du så?"

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

Og jeg fortalte dem; "Ja altså, jeg venter på at få min hofte skiftet - om 18 måneder.

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

Det bliver så dejligt, når jeg slipper for smerten. Av!"

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

Snart kendte alle på hospitalet den tapre, unge frivillige.

My next surgeon's appointment was, coincidentally,

Min næste tid hos kirurgen var, tilfældigvis,

right after a shift at the gift shop.

lige efter en vagt i butikken.

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

Så jeg havde naturligvis min vest og mit ID-kort med.

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

Jeg slængede dem henkastet over stolen på lægens kontor.

And you know, when he walked in,

Og da han gik ind, ved I hvad?

I could just tell that he saw them.

Jeg kunne bare se, at han havde lagt mærke til dem.

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

Få øjeblikke efter havde jeg en operationstid et par uger senere,

and a big fat prescription for Percocet.

og en stor, fed recept på Oxycontin.

Now, word on the street was that it was actually

Det rygtedes, at det i virkeligheden var

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

min frivillige indsats i butikken, der fik mig forrest i køen.

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

Og ved I hvad, jeg skammer mig overhovedet ikke over det.

Two reasons.

To årsager.

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

For det første fordi jeg vil passe virkeligt godt på min nye hofte.

But also I intend to stick with the volunteering,

Men også fordi jeg agter at fortsætte som frivillig,

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

hvilket leder mig til den største åbenbaring af dem alle.

Even when a Canadian cheats the system,

Selv når en canadier snyder systemet,

they do it in a way that benefits society.

så gør de det på en måde, der kommer samfundet til gode.