December 18th!!

December 18th is the date of my surgery. I will be traveling to Overland Park, KS and having surgery at Heartland Spine and Speciality Hospital www.hssh.org with Dr. Frank Feigenbaum. I have to be there on Wednesday for my pre-surgery consultation and then have surgery on Friday, most likely will be discharged in 3-4 days after surgery. Since I live so close (4-5 hrs), they are going to let me drive home and return in 3-4 weeks for my post-op appt. I am waiting for my packet of info., so I can make my travel arrangments. I am so excited to be finally moving on with this. He normally only does surgery on Tuesday/Thursdays, but I explained how I really want surgery this year due to my insurance rates going up so much next year and the fact that I have already met my deductible and part of my max. out of pocket. It is so nice that the are squeezing me in. I should be home and celebrating Christmas, it isn't until about a a few weeks to a month post-op when the nerves start healing that I will begin the pain roller-coaster.