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*photo courtesy of Sharon Steadman

Yes folks, that’s my fat, pimply a@#. Rather unattractive from this POV. Well, I’ve just been sitting on it for the past two months awaiting my fate. Hiking for only one hour and Mom’s home cooking are a recipe for love handles. I’ll have to work them off in PT. More specifically, that’s my lower back and this is the last time it will look like THAT again. Soon it’ll have a cool scar. I’ll post a post-surgery photo in a few days.

I met with my back surgeon for the first time last Thursday and I’m a GO for a Partial Lumbar Discectomy this coming Wednesday, July 6th. Dr. David A. Wong will be performing the procedure and I couldn’t be happier or more confident with a doctor.

Here’s what’s wrong with my back:

http://www.understandspinesurgery.com/understand_problem.asp

(Select: spine, lumbar, herniated disk, lumbar)

You can read about the procedure and view an animation of it here:

http://www.understandspinesurgery.com/understand_procedures.asp

(Enter: 80218 for the zip code, view a procedure with David A. Wong, enter tim.t.han@gmail.com (or your own if mine doesn’t work for you), select lumbar, Lumbar Partial Discectomy)

My surgery is scheduled for 3:00pm. I should come to around 6:00pm. I won’t have my cell phone with me, so my apologies ahead of time for those of you who want to call. I’ll be checking in for the night, hope the room service is good. Thursday morning at 11:00am, I’ll be discharged. If I’m up to it, I’ll post an update and answer any voicemail. Wish me luck!

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