I’m reading this late (see, this is why I love newsletters — I can go back and catch up on stories I missed!) but just wanted to send along some positive vibes too. I hope that by the time I’m writing this your healing is well underway. I, too, am terrified of surgery (and most medical procedures) but learned from an overnight ER stay on a business trip a couple of years ago that I am also really funny when I’m scared and on drugs. (They had to give me valium to survive the MRI machine.) Thanks for a great story, and I’m glad you’re through the procedure.