Nice chat with Ann (NH)

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..I had a nice long phone chat this evening with Ann (also known as NH, but she really does like to be called Ann, and that makes her the only one -- I think).

What a positive lady. She's still feeling "poopy" from being cut up, and sad about being no better off for all the pain and cost, but she was very interested in knowing how I'm doing and reassuring me that I'm very different from her so I shouldn't worry. She still has the possibility of having her fusion extended to the sacrum and her degenerated joint decompressed. She might even be able to find a surgeon who would be able to fix the flatback, but meanwhile she is very glad that Dr. Rand is continuing to follow her. He was genuinely sorry to see her hurting, and was not put off by her getting a little emotional. She called him "" when she said good-bye, as a way of acknowledging his humanity, I think.

I hope Ann will be up to posting again soon.

Sharon._,___