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My mother-in-law is having surgery on her back this morning. I think I was more nervous than she was (hard to tell in an email though). I've had 2 surgeries before, one horrible experience and one fairly good one. I also had a friend die recently after a routine surgery, so to me, hospitals are more than scary. I will have to be near death before I do a voluntary surgery.
Hopefully my mother-in-law will have a speedy recovery and be pain free by Christmas. That's probably really optimistic - I haven't heard how long recovery will take.