[badgirl]

Originally Posted by TigerPig

See? They're like fucking unicorns!

Oh well. I'm too tired to think about this anymore *grumbles*

By the way badgirl, or Gloria, you're going to be fine. I know you're scared as hell, its freakier than shit to have someone move around the nerves in your spine. But these guys have been in college 4 years, med school 4 years, and have seven years of neurosurgery before they even get to be on their own. And that would be if you had a doctor who was brand new. He probably has 20 years of experience under his belt, easy! They're superhuman in their skill.

The surgery will be the easy part, the recovery will hurt like hell. When you first get out you're going to be in a world of hurt, but they'll give you good meds to balance out. Then you're going to have to do exercises to strengthen back those stabilizers in your torso. Your Pelvic Floor muscles (believe it or not, the muscles people use to "flex" their genitals are very important to core stability, lol) and transverse abdominus (the muscle that pulls in your belly) will need lots of strengthening to get back to pre-surgery form. And you will be sore. You will be pissed you have to do it some days, but you will have no choice but to just go with it. And within a few months of getting this surgery you will be kicking yourself in the ass repeatedly for having not done it as soon as the pain started. Cause after a few months you'll feel great! You'll be able to sleep through the night without waking up sorer than a motherfucker. You'll be able to sit and/or stand in one position for a long period of time, and all sorts of great stuff! You'll literally be happier cause the pain won't be there, and you'll feel better physically just from the pain relief, not to mention the better rest you'll get from it.

Thank you, this is very encouraging.