Decision to go through with a second surgery In 2008

Hello again,


In the end it really wasn't a hard decision to make on whether to agree to the second surgery. The rod in my back was loose and shifting when I would walk causing pain and I was not seeing any more improvement in recuperating. I was in pain and it was no longer decreasing. I was sort of stuck at this point where anything I tried just wasn't being very helpful. The only downside was that I was informed that I could be waiting till October or November before I could get in for surgery. All I could do was understand that is how our not so lovely health care system works and there wasn't much I could do to change that. At least this surgery was my second time around and I knew what to expect and the pain that would come afterwards. So I had almost no worries about the surgery. In the back of my mind there was a thought or two that there were some risks with surgery which I think my family was concerned about as well. I prayed and tried to put it in God's hands and that was all I could do. With the first surgery I wished I could be awake and make sure nothing went wrong but realized that was silly because I knew much less than the doctors did! I know my specialist is very good at what he does and had no doubt I was in good hands. I just needed to deal with the waiting and patience has never been a strong suit for me! I thought this whole experience would teach me patience but at this point I still had not mastered it. lol But luckily to my benefit, the surgery date did come sooner than expected.