good luck and prayers! actually the grimace on your face gave me the chills more than the actual incision....in that expression, i could feel your feelings LOL

i really liked that paragraph you sent to your aunt.
though all the rheumies try to convince me that i have no evidence of an inflammatory disease and some are even so bold as to suggest i have no inflammation and i have to ask, then what is tendonitis and why do the
physiatrists give me cortisone in my SI, and then they concede, ok, inflammation but not an inflammatory disease.......and can't explain
the mysterious tendon injuries.......and so far i haven't had a tendon
as injured as you've described, but your description of the whole thing
gives me confidence that my fears of what could happen are not
irrational......anyway, what i'm trying to say is thanks, this is information
i can use.

but sorry you have to go through all of this, but it sounds like you're
doing as well as one could be under the circumstances,
and hopefully, you will be able to skip again! why should skipping
be something we only do in childhood!

here's to future skipping,

sue