Eeeek- BL/BA with TT or LBL? Complication rate with LBL Freaking me out!

You are right on about sucking it up and getting things done - I am sure that if I had the type of job where I could take time off, I would take my time off.  Since my cir****tances don't really allow for that, it just doesn't happen,  No one really covers for me, so whatever I am not doing I will eventually have to do myself - that gives me a lot of incentive not to get too far behind.

I will admit though, that I thought this surgery might be the one that "beat" me and I might really not get back at it as quickly, so I was pleasantly surprised.  Of course, I was expecting the worst, in preparation.  Sounds like you are a good candidate to go for what you want!