Laughter therapy

Oh man!
I just read a post on a TOS (Thoracic Outlet Syndrome) support group that made me laugh so hard!! Like, I'm STILL wiping the tears off my face...woo!

A woman who just had the same rib resection surgery I am having soon said she explained to someone she had a rib removed, and they said-

"Does that make you a man?!"

(like Adam, the first man, who had the first rib removal ever.)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! OOhhhh!!!! OW!!

Seriously, I am SO going to tell people at church I'm going in for a "sex change operation" now, oh!...it'll be such fun.
I need to work on my delivery of this one though.

I'm still laughing over this...too funny.
oh man.

This is a Cervical rib

I have these. They're pretty rare.
They cause a traffic jam for my blood flow, nerves, and muscles.




Things you never knew, huh? :)

So I talked to the surgeon this week. He read the note to me from my spine doctor who referred me to him...
"This patient says both her children have had surgery for this condition. I don't know why she hasn't considered it for herself after 20 years of sypmtoms."

I have resisted surgery quite agressively.
The past year I've done everything I know to do, including much prayer.

But it is what it is.

I can't believe I'm actually feeling willing to have surgery.
It has become clear to me I will never massage away the bone, never crunch it at the chiropracters office enough, never heat it, physical therapy it, relax it, stretch it, drug it with muscle relaxers enough.
It's time for the extra rib to go.
I think I am ready.

I think.

It just occurred to me that 2 percent of people have red hair.
and 1 in 10,000 people have cervical ribs...so how special does that make me?!!
wow. ( chuckle)

Back to reading my book, -books are awesome.

Though, I have to hold 'em up to read...all because I have extra ribs.