Bad News

I found out some bad news today - the place that I was planning on having surgery is not in my insurance plan so I will not be able to get surgery (at least the type that I want). Unfortunately the doctor is one of only a handful in the U.S. that has the ability to perform arthroscopic microdiscetomies. My only other alternative is open back surgery but there is no way I am going to do that. I know several people who have had open back and said it was not fun and didn't work correctly... Guess I will have to suck it up until 2011 when I can switch to another insurance company that covers the facility. I'll be taking it easy this year - no sports, no running, no anything. At least right now the pain is a 1 on a scale of 10 and it's tolerable but anything can set it off.
Kathleen is working today and the kids and I have a holiday today, so I took them to play glow in the dark mini-golf and they had a lot of fun. Braden really enjoyed it and even got a hole in one. I miss Kathleen when she is away at work and I am off. I can honestly say I never get tired of being around her. We love our time together and when we are apart, miss each other greatly. I'm proud to say that even after 15 years of marriage, we still have passion for each other like when we we're dating. It's not hard to love someone who can be such a great mother and wife at the same time.