Happy Sunday!

Because it is so hard for me to type – I am going to give you a brief summary about where things stand with my cervical myelopathy:

I had my third opinion with top neurosurgeon this last Wednesday. It went well, I really like the doctor and his team. He explained the surgery he proposed (which was also proposed by neurosurgeon #2). It is major and makes me nauseous thinking about it, but basically they are going to cut open the back of my neck, remove portions of bone to allow room for my spinal cord to release some pressure which is what is causing my pain and numbness. They then will be attaching or “fusing” the vertebra in my neck (the 2nd vertebrae at the top of my neck all the way down to the 7th vertebrae) using some titanium rods and screws. Sounds fun, right!???! The 3rd neurosurgeon AND the 2nd neurosurgeon will BOTH be operating on me. My insurance company is going to LOVE getting that bill! I can’t even imagine how much it will be! I will be in the hospital for around 3 nights. I have scheduled the surgery for September 18th. The recovery is going to be a long one. I will not be able to lift anything heavier than 5 pounds for a week or so and then no more than 15 pounds for around 3 weeks. And, from what the doctors have told me, it is going to be a painful recovery – they will be giving me some opioid based pain med for about 3 weeks. Then I will probably need extensive physical therapy for about 12 months.

Welļ, that is it. Simple, isn’t it!

Anyway, that is it!

Now lets get to the funnies!!!