Lockdown complete

The surgery went surprisingly well.

The worst part of all was the anesthesia and it was really unpleasant. It took the anesthesiologis seven (uh huh, seven) failed attempts at putting in the epidural before he switched to a spinal. At one point he asked the surgeons to leave if they were going to talk. Nice. I don't know who was more relieved when he finally got it in. Makes me want to consider a natural birth.

I didn't have much bleeding or any cramping after the surgery -- but my back hurt like shit. I was bruised and battered but I figure if that's the worst thing to come out of this I got lucky.

I spent the weekend basically on bedrest and it basically sucked! The one thing I have to figure out is how to read/use my laptop while reclining without straining my neck.

Back to work today for the next couple of weeks. I'm relieved to have this part of things behind me.