In twenty-nine day I will have back surgery for Spinal stenosis. Cindy sent E-mails to our friends describing my condition. She said: "We finally saw the neurosurgeon yesterday. He said that Clare has arthritis in the the lower spinal column along with the herniated discs; and this condition runs from L1 through L5. He said the appropriate surgery is a laminectomy where he will remove the lamina at L3 & L4 and gain access to the spinal column to remove all the stuff that is causing the stenosis, and thereby the pain. The doctor ordered some flexion and extension Xrays of his back and determined that his back structure in the area is very solid so that they will not have to do a spinal fusion. We liked the doctor and his fellow very much, and they were very careful to explain to us what the surgery entails and all its risks and complications; all which have a little more probability for Clare, because he is diabetic. (The listing of complications is sort of like reading a mutual fund prospectus).
The bummer is that they don't have an opening in the doctor's surgery schedule until March 21. But the scheduler said that since the surgery is predicted to be about 2 hours (which she considered very short), - - - - - - So we could be in San Francisco for another 6 weeks. We will not be going back to St. George until after the surgery. The car trip here was miserable for Clare."
I did make my warm tuna sandwiches yesterday and discovered I had left out the celery in the list of ingredients. The correction has been made in the recipe. It was a challenge, because may of the ingredients were not available in our daughter's kitchen.
It is uncomfortable to sit, unless the pain pills are at their peak, therefore the post on this blog will be sparse.
À bientôt,
Mr Nut
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