Good goin', Jim.....write down your questions...and get a BP monitor for home if you don't have one....I will nag you like a mother on your diet and management....let us know what happens Monday....take care, and hang in there. Sue

PS....you have a beautiful place to connect and meditate, Bruce. It sounds magestic. And yes, the fact that I will be home so soon is reassuring to me....it tells me that this microsurgery is so much less traumatic. You all are my heroes....you have been through so much more.

Thank you all. I keep thinking back surgery is different......I mean from other orthopedic surgery. I asked the doctor how many of these he did, and said "many" "200 last month".....flat in bed last night, when my mind was wandering, I started to think....that is BS.....that is 10/day....plus his office visits? No way. Is he BSing me? I still might chicken out.
You are right, Bruce....I tend to be obnoxious in the OR....hopefully I will be out cold....during my cath, the doctor told me to shut up...I wasn't making it easy on him....I told him to give me more valium...he told me I had enough......that was the start of our love/hate affair.....oh, I said that I was in V tach and did he want to do anything about it.....he said it was transient....it was....he was right (luckily) :) Yup, I have been known to push my guerney over to the phone in the recovery room to call dietary to change my post op diet.....becasue I was hungry. I went to the gym and did light things today, and I have no pain now, just numbness...I am weighing the pros and cons......my husband is kicking my butt to go for it. Two doctors said I should live with this....In my brave moments, I want more from life, and think I will take a chance....this ain't gonna be cheap either.....I have such a high deductable it is almost out of pocket. Anyway, I am venting right now....tomorrow I could be in misery and saying "Is it Monday yet?"

Sue , I hope for a fast recovery for you , good luck . Jack , it has taken me most of the day to understand your response to my condition , but thank you for your wisdom . Sue you are right about needing my behind kicked for 3 years of high blood presure . Am making a list of questions for the cardiologist Monday .( Does he really need another vacation so soon ). Thank you all. Jim

Sue, I walked today (slowly) at a high school track to clear my head. It's a beautiful place, I can see Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Jefferson from there but hey, it's walking on a track and the mind wanders. The synapses snapped up an image of you during your surgery, your personality is showing through on this site and it struck me... Sue will assist during her own surgery, and possibly take over the operating room!

It's amazing that you will be home so soon.

Sue,
Good luck on Monday
Regards Ian

Good luck, Sue. I'm sure the surgery will be a success and afterwards you will be pain and numbeness free.

My wife suffered for years with a bad knee and avoided the recommended knee replacement. Now that she finally had the surgery, she's 100% better and wondering why she delayed going under the knife all that time.

Tony

Sue Good luck and to a speedy recovery. Take care.

Hi, Bruce....thanks for the good thoughts...I will just be in the hospital overnight. Pretty cool, IMO. I don't know about rehab.....I do know that I cannot bend at the waist or turn at the waist for 4-6 weeks, hence the brace. That limits things in a big way. I will get a detailed list of activity after the surgery....that is where my list of questions will come in handy....I want to go through each weight machine and find out how much....I'll bet he says nothing for 4 weeks. Then I want to address the aerobic factor....I'll bet he says mild walking. I will be like a tiger in a cage. :)