Allison Hunt: How I got my new hip

Translator: Janka Pazurikova Reviewer: Boris Fugger

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

Moje tri minúty ešte nezačali, však?

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

Nie, nie, môžete ich spustiť.

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

Resetnite tie tri minúty, to by nebolo fér.

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

Och, tu hore je to kruté.

I mean I'm nervous enough as it is.

Beztak som dosť nervózna.

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

Ale nie taká nervózna, ako som bola pred piatimi týždňami.

Five weeks ago I had total hip replacement surgery.

Pred piatimi týždňami som bola na operácii výmeny bedrového kĺbu.

Do you know that surgery?

Poznáte tú operáciu?

Electric saw, power drill, totally disgusting

Elektrická pílka, vŕtačka, úplne nechutné.

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

Iba žeby ste boli David Bolinsky, v tom prípade je to jednoducho nádhera.

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

Iste, David, ak to nie je tvoj kĺb, je to jednoducho nádhera.

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

Každopádne, vďaka tej situácii som prišla na jednu myšlienku,

so Chris invited me to tell you about it.

a tak ma Chris pozval, aby som vám o nej porozprávala.

But first you need to know two things about me.

Ale najskôr, potrebujete o mne vedieť dve veci.

Just two things.

Len dve veci.

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

Som Kanaďanka a som najmladšia zo siedmich detí.

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

Viete, v Kanade máme ten skvelý zdravotný systém.

That means we get our new hips for free.

Čo znamená, že dostávame naše bedrové kĺby zadarmo.

And being the youngest of seven,

A byť najmladšou zo siedmich detí znamená,

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

že som nikdy nebola prvá v rade v ničom. OK?

So my hip had been hurting me for years.

Takže, môj bok bolel roky.

I finally went to the doctor, which was free.

A konečne som zašla k doktorke, čo bolo zadarmo,

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

a ona ma odporučila k ortopedickému chirurgovi, tiež zadarmo.

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

Po desatich mesiacoch čakania, takmer po roku, som šla k nemu na vyšetrenie.

That is what free gets you.

To dostanete, keď nemusíte nič platiť.

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

Stretla som sa s chirurgom, a on zadarmo spravil nejaké rontenové snímky,

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

pozrela som sa na ne, a viete,

even I could tell my hip was bad,

dokonca ja som vedela, že môj bedrový kĺb nie je v poriadku.

and I actually work in marketing.

A ja pracujem v marketingu.

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

Povedal mi: "Allison, dostaneme ťa na stôl.

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

A ja ti vymením bedrový kĺb - čaká sa 18 mesiacov."

18 more months.

Ďalších 18 mesiacov.

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

Už som čakala 10 mesiacov a mala som čakať ďalších 18 mesiacov.

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

Viete, mala som čakať tak dlho, že som

started to even think about it in terms of TEDs.

začala o tom uvažovať vzhľadom ku konferenciám TED.

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

Nemala by som svoj nový kĺb na tomto TEDe,

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

nemala by som svoj nový kĺb na TEDGlobal v Afrike,

I would not have my new hip for TED2008.

nemala by som svoj nový kĺb na TED2008.

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

Stále by som mala svoj boľavý bedrový kĺb. To bolo tak rozčarujúce.

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

Takže, odišla som z jeho ambulancie, a prechádzala som nemocnicou,

and that's when I had my epiphany.

a vtedy som sa rozhodla.

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

Táto najmladšia zo siedmich sa musí dostať na začiatok rady.

Oh yeah.

Och áno.

Can I tell you how un-Canadian that is?

Mám vám vravieť aké nekanadské to je?

We do not think that way.

My nerozmýšľame takým spôsobom.

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

My o tom nerozprávame - och - na také niečo ani len nepomyslíme.

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

Vlastne, keď cestujeme do zahraničia, podľa toho spoznáme ostatných Kanaďanov.

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

"Až po vás." "Oh, nie, nie. Až po vás."

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

Hej, ty si z Kanady? "Ja tiež! Ahoj!"

"Great! Excellent!"

Skvelé! Vynikajúce!

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

Nie, nechcela som úplne vystrčiť zo zoznamu nejakého staršieho pána.

Some 70-year-old who wanted his new hip

Nejakého 70-ročného, ktorý chcel svoj nový bedrový kĺb,

so he could be back golfing, or gardening.

aby sa mohol vrátiť ku golfu alebo do záhradky.

No, no. Front of the line.

Nie, nie. Na začiatok rady.

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

A tak som prechádzala vestibulom, a samozrejme, to bolelo,

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

kvôli môjmu bedrovému kĺbu, a potrebovala som nejaké znamenie.

And I saw a sign.

A uvidela som znamenie.

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

V okienku nemocničného darčekového obchodíku bola značka,

that said, "Volunteers Needed." Hmm.

ktorá hovorila "Hľadáme dobrovoľníkov." Hmm.

Well, they signed me up immediately.

Nuž, vzali ma okamžite.

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

Žiadna kontrola doporučení, nič z toho obvyklého overovania kandidáta, nie.

They were desperate for volunteers

Zúfalo potrebovali dobrovoľníkov,

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

pretože priemerný vek dobrovoľníka v nemocničnom obchode bol 75.

Yeah. They needed some young blood.

Áno. Chceli novú krv.

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

A tak, než by ste si všimli, mala som na sebe svetlomodrú vestu dobrovoľníkov,

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

mala som svoju identifikačnú kartu a bola som plne zaučená svojou 89-ročnou šéfkou.

I worked alone.

Pracovala som sama.

Every Friday morning I was at the gift shop.

Každé piatkové ráno som bola v darčekovom obchode.

While ringing in hospital staff's Tic Tacs,

A kým som podávala nemocničným zamestnancom Tic Tacy,

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

nenápadne som sa pýtala: "Čo robíte?"

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

A potom som im povedala: "Nuž, mne vymenia bedrový kĺb, za 18 mesiacov.

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

Bude to skvelé, keď tá bolesť skončí. Au!"

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

Všetci v nemocnici poznali statočnú mladú dobrovoľníčku.

My next surgeon's appointment was, coincidentally,

Moja ďalšia kontrola u chirurga bola, zhodou okolností,

right after a shift at the gift shop.

tesne po mojej práci v obchodíku.

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

A tak som, prirodzene, mala svoju vestu a identifikačnú kartu.

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

Prehodila som ich cez stoličku v doktorovej kancelárii

And you know, when he walked in,

a viete, keď vošiel,

I could just tell that he saw them.

bolo mi jasné, že ich uvidel.

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

O chvíľku neskôr som mala dátum operácie stanovený o pár týždňov,

and a big fat prescription for Percocet.

a predpísaný recept na Percocet.

Now, word on the street was that it was actually

Teraz sa hovorí, že to vlastne

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

moja dobrovoľnícka práca ma dostala na začiatok rady.

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

A viete čo, ani sa za to nehanbím.

Two reasons.

Dva dôvody.

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

Po prvé, budem sa tak dobre starať o tento nový kĺb.

But also I intend to stick with the volunteering,

A po druhé, myslím, že zostanem dobrovoľníčkou.

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

Čo ma priviedlo k mojej najväčšej myšlienke.

Even when a Canadian cheats the system,

Aj keď Kanaďan podvádza systém,

they do it in a way that benefits society.

robí tak spôsobom, ktorý obohacuje spoločnosť.