Florence - thanks so much for worrying, but you don't have to! I spent the weekend out of town, visiting fmaily, and just got home.

Yes, the surgery is for the damage caused by the Killer Column of Death. We think that my ongoing problems of pain with arm movement are caused by a thoracic vertebrae that the doc noticed before - so we exsdpect 1 or 2 more procedures before this is over. Nothing new with the lawsujit - the other guys requested more medical records, which were promptly sent. My atty. expects to have an offer on the table some time this month.

personally, I want blood...