Well, my dear friends I am back in hospital. I will be having surgery late Tuesday morning. Professor Yousef Ghabrial will be performing the removal of my Bursa which has been giving me so much grief since late last year. This is my second stint in hospital and I hope now to get things moving. I have another problem too which showed up on the second MRI I had on Friday and that is a depressed disc in my lower spine. I will have to have an operation on that later but by another Doctor. I'm so glad that Amy and Steve have postponed their wedding till next year, as no way, would I have been o.k. by April when they were originally planning to get married. On Friday I drove into Amy's place crying my eyes out as the pain in my Bursa was going down into my leg and driving was just excruciating. When I arrived at Amy and Steve's place poor Steve thought someone had died. I collapsed on their lounge and Ophelie and Delphi came over to give me cuddles and kisses. I was crying so much it worried them. Anyway to cut a long story short Amy took control and rang emergency daycare for Delphi. Steve took Ophelie to school and then Delphi to daycare. Amy rang the Professor's office (and he was supposed to be having a day off) and organised an appt for me at 9.00. Poor girl had to go to work but took me to the doctor's rooms and came in when he arrived. She then took me to the hospital which luckily is just in the next street. She left me when I had to go and have 2 x-rays. I came up to my room which Prof had organised and then had the MRI at 1.00. I was not to eat anything for 2 hours prior just in case I had to have an injection. This MRI was really noisy and luckily I only had to be in there for 15 minutes. I'm back on heavier pain medication which is helping a bit. I won't be out of here till next weekend apparently and will be needing physical therapy for quite a few weeks. I have great empathy for Toogie who has had to endure so much with her leg. I know I'm going to be on crutches or a walker for a while, gee that makes me feel really old! I won't be sewing for a while I imagine as it's just so bloody painful to sit down!!! I also won't be allowed to drive. Mum has cancelled appointments she had for her hair and a doc's appt for her Vitamin B12 injection on Tuesday. I suggested she catch a Taxi and that when down like a wet blanket. She has not had to take any form of transport as I always take her to everything. Trev said he would take her if she can reappoint. My reason for writing is to ask for prayers for me for a good recovery from this operation. I'm not sure how long the pain from the surgery is going to take to settle down, but I told the Professor well I've been in constant pain since early November, so a few more weeks won't matter, I hope. Love to you all, prayers for all who have asked for them and happy birthday to all having birthdays. God bless you all, love Chris (Sorry I've had to write this all in one long section, but I've been caught before when I've written a lot of information and the whole lot has disappeared when I've hit the submit tab - so no paragraphs this time.)