Duke, OUR BEST wishes are with you. You have all the pieces in place....FAMILY Support......A good Surgeon..... and US!
We will certainly be talking a LOT in the next few weeks!
Life Will Change after this surgery, but, normalcy will come back.
Just a thought.... After Surgery, and after your first walk, Look at yourself and remember we all have had this moment. I know it will at first look like a SCI-Fi moment. Tubes and bags and scars. Your first feeling will be quite depressing. BUT, Think of this line...."If only my friends could see me now! I AM the BIONIC MAN and they have built me 'Stronger, Faster , Better than before' I AM Better"
It is kind of a revealing moment we"ve all had, and we all will remember as a defining monent. You WILL get better, and you will remember these moments as growth experiences and soon as great comedy.... Nothing works so good as laughing at one's self.
Good Luck from the other side of the country.
George