A temporary goodbye (Bird Update)

[napolitana869]

I'm a little late, but welcome back. Its good to hear that the surgery went well, and good luck on the hard part (rehab)

napolitana869 Reviewed by napolitana869 on 07-24-2007. A temporary goodbye (Bird Update) My dear friends, I will be offline for the next few days to be in the hospital to have some spinal fusion/laminectomy surgery. I will be beside myself with sadness not to be online and talking to everyone, and I hope you'll all be well and happy till I can get back on the keyboard and catch up with all the scoop. Please behave yourselves and be kind and civil to one another while Iâ??m gone. Do this to honor me and the other mods, whoâ??re going to be stretched even thinner than we are now. Rating: 5

[the image reaper]

my apologies, BirdGirl, I just now, noticed this thread ... I didn't even know you were in the hospital ... I do hope all went well, and you never see another hospital :thumbsup:

[birdgirl73]

Thanks, kids, for the warm welcome. All seems to be well. I'm a little tired of people--like my parents, mostly--being oversolicitous and saying things like, "C'mon, hun, why don't you go easy on that for now?" and encouraging me to take it easy instead of simply do what I feel like doing. I felt like vacuuming earlier and my plans were quickly interrupted. I love them for all being concerned, but ortho-neuro surgery is a much different thing these days for most youngish, healthy people. We get well fast and we can tolerate a lot more post-operative activity than the old-style "slow recuperators" realize. Tomorrow, my parents are going home even if I have to get in the car and drive them to their door themselves. Which, of course, I won't be allowed to do since I'm in a neck brace and there's no driving for four weeks.

[birdgirl73]

Thanks, Image Reaper. Yep, had two bad discs removed and vertebrae in my neck rebuilt and fused together. I hope to see no more hospitals soon, either. At least till I go to work in one!