So, the call came today. I'm booked for a neck op here in Vienna on 22nd April (well, that's the admittance day - the actual op would probably be the 24th or 25th). That's fixed. No idea who will do the op. All I know is that they need to replace three (3) discs in my neck.

I'm still hoping for a 2nd opinion. The surgeon I was given the contact to in London at the Neurological Institute turns out to be 91 years old! I've dropped that lead. I now have a connection to an Egyptian neurosurgeon (early 40s) in my Mother's local hospital, Southampton. Apparently, he operated on a 60+ year old sheep farmer who farms sheep on my Mother's land - he gave this sheep farmer a 6 hour neck operation from front and back and now the sheep farmer is leaping 5 bar gates! Plus we are lucky enough to be close friends with a retired leading surgeon from the hospital who gave me a hernia operation about 15 years ago. This would seem to be the route we will go. It would be far easier for all concerned. Yes, I know this is MY life but at least we know somebody who has been operated on by this neurosurgeon with great results and that says a lot. It will also be far easier for family and friends to visit and support and for the post-op recovery.

An artist friend of mine will move into my g/f's flat and take over care of my dog and her budgies.

If we can't get in there, we still have the op lined up here.

Follow That Dream

Sam
Karaoke King

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Turning that corner again - I have to keep following that dream, no matter what