I Told Sister - Major Hurdle!

Why thanks for the compliment.  I do try to be understanding or at least as understanding of others as I am of myself.  I cut myself a good bit of slack so why be cheap with others, eh?  And yes, some of my loved ones are very afraid for me.  My very closest friend simply can't do anything but cry when I speak of the surgery.  I could get all bent BUT she has lost so many people in the past 15 years that it just isn't funny.  Not to surgery but it hardly matters, the poor thing is just terified.  She'll be a big support once I'm out of the woods complication-wise.  Thanks again - Treading