Hey AJ,
Weird about the initials....It would be even weirder of your name was Anthony John.
Anyway, cheers for your response......I'm now 11 days away from surgery with my final preop this coming Thursday 6th July 2017. If all goes well with that, the surgery will be confirmed for the following Thursday 13th July.
I'm feeling really good......over the last 4 weeks I've completely changed from the person I've been for the last 7 years and I'm feeling like the old me again. I've begun my transformation and it feels awesome....I'm convinced this has all happened for a reason and it's going to make me a better person.
When I got the funding I was supposed to be having dr Hossein Mehdian as my surgeon but he retired. Now I have a very impressive surgeon named nasir quarishi......I'll be having a neck osteotomy which will hopefully correct my chin on chest deformity.....then a possible lower back surgery 3 months later.
I'm super excited about the adventure to come, it might sound crazy but it's true....I've been stuck at home for over 7 years so the prospect of doing something different is awesome, I've got no fear and I believe everything will be fine. As you said, I'm in the best place for this surgery and that's why I pushed so hard to get the funding. I live in Bradford and originally I was referred to the spinal team in Leeds. However they told me I had to wait over 2 years for the first surgery and they wanted to do 2.....so I wouldn't be done until 2020. That didn't fly with me and so I emailed Dr Mehdian and he phoned me and said I shouldn't let them operate on me because the surgery is very specialised and only queens medical does AS surgery in the UK. That's when I went into overdrive and was able to secure funding within 3 weeks and now 7 months later I'm about to have my surgery.
I've been training my [*bleep*] off and I'm ready to rock and roll.....I just want a life again and I'm prepared for the battle ahead.
