Today I had the staples removed by the family doctor (10 days after the surgery). Overall I feel really good, I stopped taking tylenol a few good days ago and I don't have any head ache. The biggest surprise of all is my memory that works just fine, same as before, I see no difference in anything, except the general weekness. Even with that, I don't need to sleep during the day. I'm just resting all the time, and walking mornings and afternoons. I think these are all good news, and that the endoscopic surgery is quite an enormous step ahead in medicine.