First off, thanks for all the well wishes! Surgery went amazingly well. The Surgeon replaced 2 disks in my neck and the numbness and shoulder grinding was gone the first day. Managed to get on my feet and walked unassisted within about 6 hours of things. Got home the next day and have been puttering about here. Sleep has been a pain in the butt as trying to get comfortable without damaging everything. Same with bathing..I'm a little ripe, but the scar is still pretty ugly on my neck. Trying to swallow these last 5 days started off bad, so I'm just now getting to soft foods (soup and crackers). Also got a bone growth stimulator that I have to wear at least 4 hours a day for the rest of the year. No driving yet, but I should be in a week or so. Unfortunately, my nerves are going back to normal after being squished for ages, and I'm getting weird pains showing up all over the place.