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May 02, 2006
Back In Town
Who is? Mike is, for one. He's been in Central America for the last 2 weeks on a business trip. 3 flights total and no lost luggage. That has to be some kind of record.
Speaking of back, I'm having back surgery on the 26th....and in order to maximize the inconvenience for everyone but ourselves, it'll be at St. Mary's, where my daughter used to work. My new neurosurgeon, who appears to be both competent and not an asshole, estimates I'll be in hospital 1-3 days. Depending on how tough I am, he said. I've got news for you, I told him. I hate staying in hospitals, and I'll be bugging you to let me go home as soon as I wake up. He laughed, and said I'd have to be able to walk around unassisted first.
He's going to be putting in some kind of metal contraption, looked kinda like a rebar and baling wire frame, to correct the spacing between two vertebrae. This should move the bone spur that's pressing directly on a nerve and relieve most, if not all, of my pain. And set off any metal detectors I may encounter.
In the meantime, I've a huge back brace to wear, so that I can become accustomed to it. I apparently will be wearing it for quite some time post-op. It looks much like some type of medieval corset torture device, but is actually pretty comfortable.
Anyway, there's a light at the end of the tunnel now. I don't think it's an on-coming train.
I don't even want to talk about why it's taking over a year to find someone who could see what was wrong AND was eager to fix it.
Let's don't even go there.
Posted by Rita at May 2, 2006 09:00 AM