Thanks so much to everybody!!!

I talked to the doctor and we will meet to go over surgery plans, etc. He said that I CAN get back on the bike!!!! Yahoo!!! The only caveat - the disks above & below the fusion will be working extra hard, so I will need to be careful. BUT - I'm the "draw the alphabet with your nose" gal (never knew why I needed that until a few weeks ago

I learned the alphabet-nose thing on THIS FORUM several years ago. You ladies "totally rock" (but you don't tip over, right?!)