Lovely day here in Seattle--moderate temps, sunny with a few clouds, no rain expected. Ordinarily I am not much into discussing ailments and procedures that I'm going through, but I think there is a value in making some of the details more familiar to people who may, sooner or later, be faced with similar situations. It would have been helpful to me to have some information from others regarding this one, and things like root canal work, or childbirth, or growing old. Well, not everyone's awful... Sign in to see full entry.