Medical Update:!!!
Ok, first off, the iron is a hefty 12.5!!!! Up from 8.4 in just one month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH YEAH! Feeling good!!!!
(ok, i guess i was getting a little winded after workouts!).

Surgery: Done!
I had it done on Tuesday...8:30am and was back home fixing dinner at 6:00pm. Ok, i'm not the norm, i tend to want to push recovery, but i'm feeling pretty good! It's Thurs. and i just got back from walking into town to Starbucks for my soy latte (2 miles round trip). I wasn't walking my usual crusing speed but boy is my posture great!!!! (after this surgery, you ONLY want to stand up straight!!!!).

Dea: The dr. said it would be a while before the numbness in my toe would go away, and i have to say that the pinching in my hip is worse, but it's only been two days and i feel pretty swollen still.

From what i understand, they grind (AHHHH) out the bone behind the nerve to relieve the pressure on it from the bulging disk, then he cleaned out another disk that was "spongie"! (AHHH). He said my disks were pretty "old" looking BUT!...i have no fat and have really thick ligaments (both good things!!!)....which will help me in the long run!

Ok, time to stand again...sitting starts to hurt after a while!
thanks for your prayers!!!!
gretchen