I Promise, This Is The Last Post Of The Day

From my Mother-In-Law otherwise known as E.G. - the Evil Grandmother:

Hi Family -- I just got back from the orthopedist, and have a date scheduled for my hip-joint replacement surgery -- Monday, March 10th. So, since my birthday is coming up on March 30th, I guess that what I get for a present is a new hip prosthesis! I don't mind telling you that I'm scared spitless -- but I do like this doctor very much, and since he does hundreds of these surgeries every year, he should be able to do mine successfully! He is a colleague of my usual orthopedist, and I've switched to him because the other one, Dr. Wicklund, is preparing to retire, and is backing off on his surgical load. He gave me a good report on this Dr. Jay Johnson, and I found today that I like him a lot -- and I appreciated the thorough way he explained things to me. I'll be going to United Hospital in St. Paul -- the surgery is first thing on the Monday morning, the tenth, and I'll be in the hospital until Thursday the 13th, or Friday the 14th. Depending on how well I do in therapy, I'll then go either directly home, or to a rehab facility for several days before going home.
I am very anxious to get rid of this constant pain in my hip, so I'm glad to have it scheduled finally -- however, as I said, I'm frightened at the whole prospect, and have to stifle the urge to run away and hide somewhere! I keep telling myself it can't be any worse than doing chemo, or recovering from childbirth, and I've successfully negotiated both of those, so I can do this, too.
We'll be in touch about this later, but I just wanted to give you the heads-up about it now. Love, Mom/Phyllis