Hello Stoney,
I'm sorry you've had such a long drawn out series of injury and surgery. Ouch. You could probably repost over on the TOS forum. I see you've posted there in the past. I would imagine that the members who read there would be able to offer more information and support about this particular type of surgery.
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You could also try a forum search. I did a quick search but only came up with one other past post there. That may have been because of the search terms I used. You should try it though.
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