Originally Posted by Dr. Smith

Gabby, you made both positive and negative statements, hence my confusion. Half-empty or half-full is irrelevant - it's still half either way you look at it.

The confusion continues when you reiterate things like:

and then detail your negative ordeals.

If you say you're positive about it, I'll accept that, but what you say doesn't support that in my mind.

I don't know where you get that I'm negative when I admit I'm firmly on the fence. Cautious optimism at best/worst. I've not had surgery yet, because my orthopedic/neuro surgeons have thus far advised otherwise at this time, but there are a lot of variables in flux.

Doc