I'm home!
Functioning on all cylinders too. The op was a complete success so I've said goodbye to the bag, hello to my rear end and greetings once again to everyone at our on-line comunity.
Christina printed off all your kind good wishes and brought them into the hospital for me to read. It really gave me a lift. Thank you so much, I really appreciated that.
The docs in the hospital insist that you are performing perfectly before they let you out. I've got so used to "earthy" language that I think I will have to re-learn the rules of common decency (Now that's a quotable line!) now that I'm back amonst us stuffy English folk.
Anyway, it's 6 weeks of recuperation for me now before I ascend to my lofty perch amongst the gutters once again. I don't have much pain, apart from when I walk more than a couple of yards - I have a huge scar, anyone wanna see pics?
Thanks again everyone, it's nice to be back.
Mike / Englishman.